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Kochi, on the Pacific coast of Shikoku, is a castle town known for seared bonito, a long Sunday market and its ties to the hero Sakamoto Ryoma.

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Kochi stands on the southern coast of Shikoku, facing the Pacific, with mountains rising immediately behind. Kochi Castle, in the middle of the city, keeps its original wooden keep from the 18th century, one of the few left in Japan, and from the top there are views over the rooftops. Sakamoto Ryoma, a samurai who helped bring down the shogunate in the 1860s, was born here, and his statue looks out over the ocean at Katsurahama beach.

A Sunday market has filled the street below the castle for more than three centuries, with stalls of vegetables, knives, potted plants and snacks. Hirome Market, a hall of food stalls, serves local dishes at shared tables. In August the Yosakoi Festival fills the streets with dancing teams. Beyond the city, the Niyodo River runs a vivid blue, and the Shimanto, the longest river in Shikoku, winds through the south-west.

Katsuo no tataki, bonito seared over burning straw and eaten with garlic and ponzu, is the signature dish, followed by yuzu citrus drinks and sweet-potato tempura, with local sake. The climate is warm and wet, typhoons can arrive in late summer, and cherry blossoms open in March.

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