Everything for your trip to Kochi in one place: anime pilgrimage, events & festivals, attractions, cherry blossoms, travel passes. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
🎬 1 placeChugoku & Shikoku ・ Kamaida, Ochi, Takaoka District, Kochi
An animated feature film directed by Mamoru Hosoda about a high school girl living in a rural town in Kochi who gains fame as the songstress "Belle" in a virtual world. Ochi in Kochi, in the Niyodo River basin, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityChugoku & Shikoku ・ Kami, Kochi
A memorial hall in Kami City that collects, studies and exhibits the works of manga artist and picture-book author Takashi Yanase. It comprises the Anpanman Museum, based on the Anpanman picture-book series, and the Poetry and Märchen Picture Book Museum, which introduces Shi to Meruhen, the magazine that was Yanase's lifework. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
AugustChugoku & Shikoku ・ Kochi & Shimanto
Every year August 9–12 (eve festival on the 9th, main festival on the 10th and 11th, national contest and after-party on the 12th)
AquariumChugoku & Shikoku ・ Kochi & Shimanto
An aquarium inside Katsurahama Park, right in front of Katsurahama, one of Kochi's most famous scenic spots. It keeps about 4,000 creatures of around 220 species, and most of the facility is an open-air outdoor area with views of Katsurahama Beach and Tosa Bay. You can also bring your pet inside.
Castle
🎫 Combo ticketMonthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
