Kōchi, Kōchi

Kōchi (Japanese高 知 市, -shi) is a city and seaport and administrative center of the Kōchi Prefecture in Shikoku, an island of Japan. Kōchi lies at the mouth of the river Kagami to the Pacific Ocean in the Bay of Urado.

Attractions

The city image belongs to the Temple Chikurin -ji (竹林寺).

Kōchi is a former castle town. The Kōchi castle is original, unlike many other castles in Japan not a replica of the postwar period, but.

Economy

Economic factors not only on fisheries (production of dried bonito, a Makrelenart ), paper, cement and silk industry.

Traffic

  • Street: Kōchi highway
  • National roads 32,33,55,56,194,195
  • JR Dosan Line

There is an airport Kōchi, which lies about 15 kilometers east of the city center.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ryoko Hirosue ( born 1980 ), actress and singer
  • Miyao Tomiko (* 1926), writer
  • Masanao Ozaki (born 1967 ), politician
  • Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), samurai
  • Tsutomu Seki (* 1930), astronomer
  • Nobuo Uematsu (* 1959 ), Composer
  • Kentaro Yabuki (* 1980), mangaka
  • Nobuyuki Yanagawa ( born 1974 ), sumo wrestler
  • Ryuichi Yokoyama (1909-2001), a manga artist and animated film director
  • Shotaro Yasuoka (* 1920), writer

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Nankoku
  • Tosa
  • Ino
  • Tosa

Twinning

Twin cities of Kōchi are:

  • United States Fresno, sister city since February 11, 1965
  • People's Republic of China Wuhu, Friendship cities since April 19, 1985
  • Japan Kitami, sister city since April 28, 1986
  • Indonesia Surabaya, sister city since April 17, 1997
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