Places of Interest

Museum documenting the history and lives of the pirate-warriors who dominated the Seto Inland Sea.

The Muroto Peninsula forms the southwestern part of Shikoku, where the island comes to a sharp point.

The museum displays materials related to the local salt and sake industry, and exhibits related to the city’s people, history, and culture.

This brewery near the Shimanto River in the mountains of Kochi aims for natural elegance in its sake and shochu.

A temple with a beautiful main gate and a hall dedicated to Kiyomasa Katō.

Nagasaki Chinatown is one of the oldest and most compact Chinatowns in Japan. Located near Nagasaki Port, it reflects the city’s long-standing connections with China.

Nagasaki city was shaped by centuries of contact with China and Europe, then isolation, persecution, and sudden devastation.

The Museum of History and Culture is the city’s main institution for interpreting Nagasaki’s past as Japan’s most internationally connected port with a focus on the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Nagata Yumoto Onsen is a hot spring resort near the Japan Sea coast with a history going back over 600 years. Today it's enjoying a little renaissance.