Kochi Castle is the mainstay of the city's repute, and with good reason. Built at the very start of the 17C and rebuilt in the 18C, it stands on a hill, its sturdy walls and arrow slits making clear its defensive purpose. The apartments of the lord i..

Bearing the n o 31 on the itinerary of 88 sacred temples, Chikurin-ji, "temple of the bamboo grove", was founded in 724 by Gyoki, a Buddhist monk. Its five-storey pagoda was reworked in 1970, but it has a lovely Zen garden , designed in t..