Kochi
Worth seeing in and around Kochi
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kōchi Castle
Kōchi Castle is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is located at Otakayama hill, at the center of Kōchi city, which in turn is located at the center of the Kōchi Plain, the most prosperous area of former Tosa Province on the island of Shikoku.
1.2 km · Japanese castle in Kōchi city · Wikipedia - 02Chikurin-ji Temple
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.
4.1 km · Shingon temple in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage · Wikipedia - 03The Museum of Art, Kōchi
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.
3.9 km · art museum in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum
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.
1.1 km · museum in Kōchi, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Makino Botanical Garden
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.
4.1 km · garden in Kōchi, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Sekkei-ji Temple
Sekkei-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 33rd temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
5.5 km · Linji school temple in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 33 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage · Wikipedia - 07University of Kochi
University of Kochi is a public university in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1944, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.
5.1 km · public university in Kōchi, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Kōchi Literary Museum
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.
1.3 km · museum in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Kōchi Castle Museum of History
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.
1.1 km · museum in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Kochi Racecourse
Kochi Racecourse is located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is the only racecourse located in Shikoku.
5.2 km · Racecourse in Kochi, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kochi
- Airports
- Kochi Ryoma (KCZ), 13 km · Matsuyama (MYJ), 83 km · Takamatsu (TAK), 86 km
- Stations
- Kōchi Station, 2.1 km · Iriake Station, 1.9 km · Engyōjiguchi Station, 2.1 km · Asakura Station, 4.4 km · Asahi Station, 2.5 km
- Matsuyama → Kochi78 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ¥1,300–1,770
- Takamatsu → Kochi99 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · ¥1,470–2,010
- Hiroshima → Kochi138 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · ¥2,930–3,990
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kochi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kochi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAs the financial capital of Kerala, Kochi is well-connected by air, road, rail and ferry from others parts of India, and to some other international destinations.
- Get inCATS also operates limo services as well as customised packages available for full/half day trips.
- Get inBy helicopter: Pawan Hans, in the departure gate of the domestic terminal, operates a wide range of helicopter services to almost all parts of city as well as state, which requires a prior booking.
- Get inCochin Airport has its own helicopter services with support of Bharat Airways.
- Get inScheduled and chartered helicopter services to pilgrimage centres like Sabarimala, Guruvayoor and major cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode are available.
From Wikivoyage: Kochi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Kochi
Kochi is 50 km from Shinagawa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kōchi-shicapital city of Kochi Prefecture, Japan1 km