“John Mung”, Kochi’s First Cosmopolitan

Tosashimizu is a really rural area in Kochi. There is little but the beautiful ocean and the tiny ports. Sea … More

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