Kochi Sawachi Cuisine Guide: What to Order & Where to Eat
Kochi sawachi cuisine guide: what's on the platter, typical costs, reservation timing, and where to eat it, from Tsukasa to Hirome Market.
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Kochi faces the Pacific on Shikoku's wild southern coast — an original castle keep, the boisterous Hirome Market where locals eat seared katsuo no tataki at shared tables, a 300-year-old Sunday street market, and Sakamoto Ryoma's statue gazing from Katsurahama beach. These guides cover Kochi's castle, markets, and the clear-flowing Shimanto River.
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Discover Kōchi's food scene: straw-seared katsuo tataki, Hirome Market, yuzu cuisine, and the okyaku sake tradition in Shikoku, Japan. Plan your trip now.