À propos de ce lieu: Château de Kochi
Le château de Kochi, construit en 1611 et reconstruit en 1747, est un des 12 tenshu originaux. C'est le seul château conservant tout son honmaru (enceinte intérieure) ; le seul endroit où donjon principal et palais honmaru survivent ensemble. Classique avec les cerisiers du printemps.
Points forts
- 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
