{"id":5622,"date":"2019-10-23T12:38:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2019-12-18T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:26:46","slug":"kochi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/kochi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kochi : The city and its castle in Shikoku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"full_slider_1\" class=\"avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"avia-slideshow av-be2emn-f9949f7e24cd274fb784a5ea4047c397 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-autoplay av-loop-endless av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1\" 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class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr av-k0fc52yl-1eefbf90f35cabe6f7a2931afa83c825 hr-short  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_three_fifth  hr-center\"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0fc6x5o-29a0584c06d92b54f2b4f4f2c24bf350\">\n.flex_column.av-k0fc6x5o-29a0584c06d92b54f2b4f4f2c24bf350{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-k0fc6x5o-29a0584c06d92b54f2b4f4f2c24bf350 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  \"><section class=\"av_textblock_section av-k0fc7acf-9cd611ae878ac9dd8c2f8ad621157124 \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kochi<\/strong> is the capital of the prefecture of the same name, located on Shikoku Island. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/tokyo\/\">Tokyo<\/a>, you can reach it by plane: JAL offers direct flights (1 hour and 20 minutes) to Kochi Ryoma airport. Alternatively, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/okayama\/\">Okayama<\/a>, you can take the Limited Express Nanpu train (2 hours and 30 minutes).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kochi&#8217;s main attraction is its castle: Kochi Castle is one of the few white castles in Japan that has kept some of its original features. Indeed, the keep of the current castle dates back to 1601. For the record, it was humanist activists who, during the Meiji Restoration, asked for a park to be built around the castle to preserve it, rather than destroy it. The Castle also offers a magnificent view of the city and its surroundings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In downtown Kochi, the main tourist attractions are the Harimayabashi Bridge, a small bridge that was the scene of the forbidden love story between a monk and a potter&#8217;s daughter, and the House of Osachi Hamaguchi (27th Prime Minister of Japan).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For museum lovers, the Kochi Prefecture Art Museum is not to be missed. You can see works by local and international artists (such as Marc Chagall), and you can also attend No Theatre performances in the museum lobby. The Museum of Sakamoto Ryoma&#8217;s Birthplace Museum is also very interesting, it is dedicated to Sakamoto Ryoma, a 19th century samurai and politician.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nature lovers will enjoy a walk in the Godai-san mountain, which offers a magnificent panoramic view of the city and its surroundings and includes the Makino Botanical Garden of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent 2.5 hectare garden that includes over 1500 varieties of plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around the city, you can visit Katsurahama Beach, a sandy beach located 35 minutes by bus to the south of the city; but also the Chikyu 33 Banchi monument erected at one of the 10 places in the world where GPS coordinates contain the number 33 six times (longitude is 133*33&#8217;33&#8221; and latitude North 33*33&#8217;33).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every year in August, the Yosakoi Matsuri, one of Shikoku&#8217;s major festivals, is held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of culinary specialities, Kochi&#8217;s Katsuo Bushi (a kind of &#8220;flakes&#8221; of dried, fermented and smoked bonito), mainly used as a condiment, is very famous. Katsuo no tataki, a bonito tataki, is also a flagship specialty of the city.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0fc9voo-ecbbe4b8ca313f249c35862256c4a590\">\n.flex_column.av-k0fc9voo-ecbbe4b8ca313f249c35862256c4a590{\nborder-width:2px;\nborder-color:#ddccb3;\nborder-style:solid;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:5px 5px 20px 5px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground:linear-gradient( to bottom, #ffffff, #eadecc );\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-k0fc9voo-ecbbe4b8ca313f249c35862256c4a590 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  \"><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0fcba5f-c1595cbd5a32533ce9171418bdd6ce62\">\n.avia-image-container.av-k0fcba5f-c1595cbd5a32533ce9171418bdd6ce62 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-k0fcba5f-c1595cbd5a32533ce9171418bdd6ce62 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#wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-k4bkfker-2b9a6a9e1dfed9c4beeb9e537b90dc74 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"av-special-heading av-k4bkfker-2b9a6a9e1dfed9c4beeb9e537b90dc74 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size\"><h2 class=\"av-special-heading-tag \" itemprop=\"headline\">General informations<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section av-k0fcatgo-36968ff59556d18bb7b52367070bb96b \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Kochi in japanese : <\/strong>\u9ad8\u77e5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Region :<\/strong> Shikoku<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Prefecture :<\/strong> Kochi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Population :<\/strong> 331,400 inhabitants<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Density :<\/strong> 1,070 inhab\/km\u00b2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Lien :<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city.kochi.kochi.jp\/kochi-city-travel-guide\/\">Official Website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0fcbrgi-90193a427bd140b79423da8e6fe69385\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-k0fcbrgi-90193a427bd140b79423da8e6fe69385{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"hr av-k0fcbrgi-90193a427bd140b79423da8e6fe69385 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last \"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close 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