Sobre este lugar: Castillo de Kochi
El Castillo de Kochi, construido en 1611 y reconstruido en 1747, es uno de los 12 tenshu originales supervivientes. Es el único castillo que conserva todo su honmaru (recinto interior); el único lugar donde el torreón principal y el palacio honmaru sobreviven juntos. Clásico con cerezos primaverales.
Aspectos destacados
- Honmaru keep (18.5 m) — rebuilt 1749, one of Japan's 12 surviving originals, with an irimoya hip-and-gable roof; interior open, with a city panorama from the top
- Honmaru Palace — uniquely at Kochi, both keep and palace survive together within the inner bailey, in elegant shoin-zukuri style with kyo-ma tatami
- Otemon Gate — a designated Important Cultural Property rebuilt in 1801; during cherry-blossom season it frames the keep in the classic «sakura and castle» composition
- About 220 Yoshino cherry trees — selected among Japan's «Top 100 Cherry Blossom Sites,» in full bloom late March to early April with evening illumination
- Sugi-no-Dan stonework — robust black quartzite walls, especially distinctive when overgrown with moss
