Kochi Encounters: Japan

03/05/2017

Free entrance to the Kochi Prefectural History Museum today!
May 3rd, 2017. Don't miss the once a year free entrance day.
English website is available below.
http://www.kochi-bunkazaidan.or.jp/~rekimin/index-e.html

高知県立歴史民俗資料館／高知の歴史にまつわる資料や品などを展示しています。また長宗我部元親の常設展示や企画展では関連イベントなども開催しています。

23/06/2016

Peach, a talented singer/music composer from the Philippines visited Kochi with her family during the Sakura season, experiencing both the force of rain and the bright sunshine of Kochi.

She wrote about her adventures in the blog below!

Tokyo to Kochi AND BACK: more than 1,400 kilometers of travel!

19/04/2016

Sarah from Canada who participated in our program, wrote an article recommending Tosayama, Kochi, Japan to visit on Japan Info!

Arigato!

＃土佐山 #高知　＃四国　

Tosayama rests in the gentle hills just outside of Kochi City in Shikoku. With a population of less than a thousand and a centre town that boasts only a post office, general store, and government o…

07/04/2016

This is from Shizuoka prefecture, but this is helpful for anyone who wants to experience the Japanese Onsen. Check out the cute animation video in the link.

“For anyone who wants to learn How to use the Japanese Onsen (hot spring). Animation in English. Kudos Shizuoka! https://t.co/TEhkdxjmKM”

30/03/2016

Anissa from the USA wrote about her day with us on her blog!
She participated in the : "Tosayama Community Building & Japanese Dessert Making" preliminary test program.
Arigato!

This past weekend, I was given the opportunity to visit a rural mountain village in Japan called Tosayama. We started out the morning with a hike with two locals who migrated to the city 3 years ag…

06/03/2016

March 5th, 2015.
Kochi Encounters: Japan conducted the second preliminarly test with participants from Canada and the USA.

This Encounter was designed to learn about the community building initiatives of the villagers in the Higashikawa area of Tosayama, Kochi, Japan.

This experiece will include Encounters with:
*The nature of Tosayama and how it's protected by the community
*Plum Festival and the actual operations by the community
*Meet with the community leaders for discussion
*See the Auberge hotel and store built by the ideas of the villagers
*The local Japanese house and living
*Eat healthy, vegetarian Japanese food
*Learn and make Japanese dessert with the local Japanese herb

If you want to try this tour for yourself, please contact Kochi Encounters: Japan!

16/02/2016

Hello everyone, I have decided to change the name of my Kochi & Japan experience company to "Kochi Encounters: Japan".

02/12/2015

This little tour organized by the local community of Motoyama-cho and the municipality of Motoyama-cho was a delight. It may have been unfortunate that the autum leaves had already fallen, but it did...

23/11/2015

Have a happy day from the people of Sakawa in Kochi, Japan!

Here’s a uplifting little video for you by the “interesting milk cow” of Sakawa, Kochi pref., Japan. :) Sakawa is famous for it’s dairy products, and has always been a city of education and culture...

23/11/2015

Unfortunately, still only in Japanese but the pictures of the food and how it's made by the local people of Tosayama is worth a look.

If you can read Japanese, this is also a great web page to get an in-depth look into the lives and culture of Tosayama village, Kochi, Japan.

23/11/2015

Great small gift from Japan!

《Japan Omiyage (souvenir)》 For the Japanese green tea (Maccha) lovers. This is an delicious alternative to the green tea kit-kat that the tourists love to buy in bulks. Its a 4 layered sweet, layered...

21/11/2015

At last Kochi made its official tourism website!

A great website to get you intruduced to Kochi prefecture, Japan.

20/11/2015

November is the season for Yuzu in Kochi.

19/11/2015

These are pictures to introduce you to the small village of Tosayama in Kochi prefecture, Japan. 高知県高知市の旧土佐山村をご紹介する写真です。