Katsurahama, Kōchi

Name: Katsurahama
Address: Kōchi, Japan

#13 among attractions in Kōchi

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Katsurahama Beach is located in Urato, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean. The beach is also the subject of a Tosa folk song, "Yosakoi-bushi," and the bronze statue of Ryoma Sakamoto standing overlooking the Pacific Ocean is known as one of Kochi's most famous sights.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 33°29'50"N, 133°34'30"E

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Katsurahama – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

5.1 miNW
Historic site with exhibits and city views
Kōchi Castle, Kōchi
130 min walk • Kōchi Castle is a castle located in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
~920 ftW
Museum, History museum
Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum, Kōchi
5 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.
5 miNW
Museum, History museum
Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum, Kōchi
128 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.
4.9 miNW
Museum
Kōchi Castle Museum of History, Kōchi
126 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.
5.1 miNW
Museum
Kōchi Literary Museum, Kōchi
130 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.
1.8 miW
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Sekkei-ji, Kōchi
48 min walk • Sekkei-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 33rd temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
3.4 miN
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Chikurin-ji, Kōchi
87 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.
3.4 miN
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Makino Botanical Garden, Kōchi
88 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.
4.4 miN
Museum, Art museum
The Museum of Art, Kōchi
113 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.
4.8 miNW
Museum, History museum
Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives, Kōchi
122 min walk • The Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives in Takajō-machi, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, now permanently closed, formerly housed historical materials related to the Yamauchi clan, rulers of the Tosa Domain.
5.1 miNW
33°33'42"N • 133°31'59"E
Gao zhi xian li wen xue guan, Kōchi
130 min walk • Museum