Tombo (Dragonfly) Nature Park

   For dragonfly fans, the Tombo Nature Park must be paradise, with 74 species of dragonflies on display throughout the year. The park boasts flowers for every season, and has a beautiful pond. The Shimanto River Gakuyukan, on the same site, exhibits creatures living in and around the river.

Aquariums in Kochi

   If you want to know about marine life in Kochi, please visit the Ashizuri Kaiyōkan in Tosashimizu City, which houses about 150 species of marine creatures that are native to Kochi.

Cape Muroto-misaki Yuhigaoka Campsite

   This campsite is very clean and neat. The lots are quite large, so you can spread out. (check-in 15:00 / out 13:00 )

Kingdom of Nature Shirataki no Sato Campsite

   You can have rural experiences such as the making of tofu, and bamboo crafts here. (Check in-8:30 / check out-any time )

Hino-miko River Campsite

   The site runs along a branch of the Monobe River. There is a bungalow and a tennis court, and a children's park. (Check in-15:00 / out 11:00 )

Log House Hao Ogama-so

   It’s a quiet village and has beautiful turf sites and an excellent log house. You can use the bath and laundry free. (Check-in 16:00 / out 10:00 )

Yume no Mori Park Campsite

   There are only five sites, but they’re free of charge. Because care for facilities is perfect, it is comfortable. There is a cooking ridge and toilets.

Swimming Pools in Kochi

Here is an information about 5 swimming pools in Kochi. Please relieve your summer fatigue.

1)Prefectural Gimnasium Swimming Pool
   Address: Sanbashidori 2-1-53, Kochi City
   Fee: 120 yen for adults, 80 yen for SHS & JHS, 40 yen for ESS

Weird and Scary Insects in Kochi

   What they don’t tell you before you arrive in Kochi is that it happens to be the home of a plethora of creepy-crawlies seemingly from out of this world! Let’s take a look at just three of them.

Summer Retreat

Tengukogen

   There are many opportunities to go for a swim in the sea or waterfront to soothe the summer heat on hot summer’s day, but instead, why don’t you go up to the calm mountains that have plenty of fresh cool air and be surrounded by greenery to refresh your sun-tired body and spirit?

Dangerous Bugs in Summer

   Dangerous bugs come out as it gets warmer at this time of year. They are different from those which are extremely popular with kids such as beetles and stag beetles to blood-sucking nuisances such as mosquitoes and horseflies. In this article I’ll give you details of the characteristics of the most dangerous bug “wasp” and some countermeasures against it.

Safety: Sea, Rivers and Mountains

   You will have many opportunities to visit the sea, rivers and mountains in the summer holidays, but remember that there are a variety of dangers in such places. You should be particularly aware of the following dangers:

Lifestyle Information - Preparing for Typhoons

   The typhoon season lasts from July to October in Kochi. In 2006, 10 typhoons landed in Japan, and six of them landed or approached Kochi. Typhoons bring very strong winds and very heavy rain, and cause people to be killed and go missing every year. So be sure to prepare for them!

Great Figures in Kochi - Osachi Hamaguchi (1870-1931)

   Osachi Hamaguchi, one of the greatest politicians from Kochi Prefecture was prime minister of Japan in the early Showa period.

Great Figures in Kochi - Chiyo (1557-1617)

   Chiyo was the wife of the first Tosa feudal lord Katsutoyo Yamauchi. Her husband was renowned for his achievements in the Battle of Sekigahara of 1600, and she is widely known as his “devoted wife.”