Tosa Wave Blog

Pictured with a SGG volunteer guide    In August 2011, two young Japanese Americans whose ancestors were from Kochi visited Japan to t...

Have you ever wondered what people get up to in the smallest village in Japan ? Okawa village has a population of around 400 people, and wh...

   If you ask a local what fruit is Kochi’s best, most will say “mandarin oranges”. You can pick this fruit at Tosa-no-Kochi-no-Kudamonobata...

   There are only a few farmers who grow apples in Kochi. Our climate is a little too warm for apple growing. But in Sakawa Town and Tosa To...

   We can pick nashi pears at the following place: Tsuchimoto Kanko Kajuen    This orchard has the following types of pears. Kosui (very s...

   Have you ever been to Kashiwajima island? Kashiwajima is in the southwest of Kochi Prefecture . You can see beautiful ocean there. And y...

   Various kinds of grapes are cultivated in Kochi, including Campbell, Kyoho and Berry A. If you want to pick grapes, then go to either of ...

Yusuke Aoyagi, cartoonist    Kochi has produced many famous manga (comic) writers and is sometimes called the “Manga Kingdom”. No soon...

   There is a market called Taishōmachi Ichiba exclusively dealing with fish in Kure, Nakatosa Town, in western Kochi. The market is crowded...

   Once upon a time, a group of demons got together on Demon Island in the Setonaikai Inland Sea. Their leader, Captain Red Demon decided to...

   From the middle of September to November, the bonito that returns from the north is called "modorigatsuo", returning bonito. Th...

   Otsukimi, literally “moon viewing”, has for many centuries been held sometime in the middle of September all over Japan. During the ha...

Kochi Prefectural Museum of History    Toshio Tanabe (1921 – 2010) researched villagers in Kochi and captured them on his camera over...

image picture    In summer 2010, a film set in Kochi,`Kimi ga odoru, natsu: The summer you are dancing in’ was released.   The story is a...

Ehime University    (Ehime-ken) Ehime University in Matsuyama is seeking one contract English instructor for the English Education Cente...