Tentang lokasi ini: Kastil Kochi
Kastil Kochi, dibangun tahun 1611 dan dibangun kembali tahun 1747, adalah salah satu dari 12 tenshu asli yang bertahan. Ini adalah satu-satunya kastil yang mempertahankan seluruh honmaru-nya (area dalam); satu-satunya tempat di mana menara utama dan istana honmaru bertahan bersama. Klasik dengan sakura musim semi.
Sorotan utama
- 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
