Tosashimizu is a really rural area in Kochi. There is little but the beautiful ocean and the tiny ports. Sea … More
Category: Feature Articles
The Life and Times of Kochi Prefecture
Atago Theater: Kochi’s Cinema Paradiso
The sun is nowhere to be seen but I feel sweat myself because of humidity, a ticket collector of the … More
Happy Kochi Wedding Receptions: local traditions, local cuisine
“Are you nervous?” The sendou of the hotel staff asks a man in a tuxedo and a young woman wearing … More
“Circle” festival in Ino
It is getting cool when the sky begins to darken on June 30th. As we get out the car, we … More
Kochi Organic Market in Ike: Let’s Eat Organic!
There is endless conversations between customers and sellers. There’s children’s laughter, and a clear singing voice by a local performer … More
Kochi’s Sika deer population caught in the crosshairs
The forest is rather bright. It appears to be in the middle of winter as there is not a leaf … More
The Toden Densha line: the heart of Kochi City
The Toden densha line in Kochi is an essential part of the life of the city and runs from Gomen to the … More
Kochi Ice: an inspired ice cream company
“If you don’t beat the drum, you can’t know what it sounds like.” (utan taiko ha saran) These are the … More
A birthplace of smiles, “Obiyamachi”
“Hey, Let’s go to the Aeon!” I said to Satoru-kun. I remember it was a cold day on 23rd December … More
Tosa’s Sunday Market: The most heartful market in Japan
One clear sunny day in June, I decided to go to Sunday Market by bike. Before I got there, I … More
Sports Festival in Nanasato
It is a beautiful sunny day and on the small elementary school’s athletic field, about 200 people have gathered to … More
Why you’ll love Kochi Castle
On a sunny day in the morning, I go to a Kochi castle by bicycle from my house. It takes … More
A Little Journey to Ekin
It’s one in the afternoon in the Ekin Museum called “Ekinkura” in Akaoka city. A woman in the museum says … More
Welcome to Sawa-man
After a heavy rain in the evening, people are heading up a big slope to go back to their apartments. … More
Gendai Kigyosya: loved in Kochi
About 55 years ago, one couple opened a café at a street corner in Kochi. The café, named “Chopin”, was … More
The Tosaben Musical
On a Sunday evening in April, when the sky is getting darker, some people, old and young, Japanese and foreigners, … More
Blue Water Lily
It is a rainy day and the sky is gray. We are deep in the forest. There are no sounds … More
Dear Bear, From Dabada
Once upon a time, there was a bear which was kept in a bar in a big city. One night, … More
Local Produce and Consumption
Here is Shimanto city, my grandmother’s home. Kochi in March, in the early morning around 4 o’clock, chickens are clucking,and … More
Wanpa-ku Kochi
One day in 1993, all of the animals in a zoo which was near the Kochi castle moved to another … More
Matsuya’s 88 Years
by Diyana P. It was the sweet, creamy smell that attracted me first to the shop.Yes, if it was not … More
Kanzashi & the Yosakoi-bushi
by S. Minami One day during Edo period, a Buddhist priest named Junshin was in a small accessories shop at … More
The Most Earnest Biscuits on Earth
by Hanis Asmadi “I can remember a hot mid-summer evening in Kochi,” says my classmate Yukiko. “The sun was shining … More
The History of the Big Cedar in Otoyo Town
by Chisa Kawakami The Osugi michinoeki is a two-story blue building with many banners flying outside advertising many different foods … More
Boushi pan
by Y. Nishimura One hot and humid afternoon, an exhausted baker in Kochi’s factor found that he forgot to put … More
Nabeyaki ramen
by A. Sakakibara We are on a train to Susaki, about one and a half hours from Kochi city. It’s … More
Otoyo Town’s Special Product
by H. Hattori “What a hot day!” says one woman in front of her house. She and her neighbor are … More
The Fish Story of Katsuo
by Jyo Syowai Villa “Oh, you are here already!” said the fisherman with his professional smiling reception, “Please wait a minute … More
Chirimen Don : looking at me
by M. Yuki Something is looking at me with the glare of eyes from a plate…..It’s a Chirimen Jako!!! I … More
The Phantom Fermented Tea: Goishi Tea in Otoyo
by M. Watanabe The women are talking cheerfully. “Irashai! Come in, welcome!” they say when we enter the roadside station … More