Kōchi University, Kōchi

Name: Kōchi University
Address: Kōchi, Japan

#19 among attractions in Kōchi

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Kochi University is a national university in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. The predecessors Toya-gakusha was founded in 1874, Kochi Higher School in 1922, Kochi prefecture Teacher Training Institute for Agriculture Associated School in 1923, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. ()

Local name: 高知大学 Established: 1949 (75 years ago)Coordinates: 33°32'56"N, 133°29'13"E

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Nearby attractions include: Kōchi Castle, Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum, Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum, Kōchi Castle Museum of History.

2.7 miE
Historic site with exhibits and city views
Kōchi Castle, Kōchi
68 min walk • Kōchi Castle is a castle located in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
6.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum, Kōchi
156 min walk • The Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum opened in the grounds of the former Urado Castle in Katsurahama, Kōchi, Japan on 15 November 1991. The collection includes correspondence and other documents by Sakamoto Ryōma and his contemporaries and there is also a library of over two thousand books relating to the Meiji Restoration.
2.2 miE
Museum, History museum
Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum, Kōchi
58 min walk • Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum opened in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan in 2004. It is dedicated to the life and times of Sakamoto Ryōma and to the local area of Kami-machi and Kōchi more generally during the Bakumatsu period.
2.8 miE
Museum
Kōchi Castle Museum of History, Kōchi
72 min walk • Kōchi Castle Museum of History opened in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, in 2017. Located beside the main gate of Kōchi Castle, the collection tells the history of the Tosa Domain and of the Prefecture, and comprises the 67,000 items formerly preserved, researched, and exhibited at the Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives.
6 miNE
Temple
Zenraku-ji, Kōchi
154 min walk • Zenrakuji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 30th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
2.8 miE
Museum
Kōchi Literary Museum, Kōchi
72 min walk • Kōchi Literary Museum opened in the grounds of Kōchi Castle, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan in 1997. It is dedicated to the men of letters and literary life of the area from Tosa Nikki, through locally born Five Mountains master Gidō Shūshin, up until today.
4.6 miSE
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Sekkei-ji, Kōchi
119 min walk • Sekkei-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 33rd temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
5.2 miE
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Chikurin-ji, Kōchi
133 min walk • Chikurin-ji is a Shingon temple in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Monju Bosatsu. The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki in the early eighth century. The temple houses a number of important sculptures and its late Edo-period gardens are a Natural Monument.
5.2 miE
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Makino Botanical Garden, Kōchi
134 min walk • The Makino Botanical Garden, also known as the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located at Godaisan 4200-6, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is open to the public daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.
5.1 miE
Museum, Art museum
The Museum of Art, Kōchi
130 min walk • The Museum of Art, Kōchi was established in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan in 1993. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture. The permanent collection includes works by local artists as well as Marc Chagall and there is also a stage for Noh and other performances.
3.7 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Ino Paper Museum, Ino
94 min walk • Ino Paper Museum is a museum of Japanese paper in Ino, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It focuses on the production of Tosa Washi, dating back over a thousand years, and paper is also made by hand in a workshop on site.