I Go To Monet's Garden In Shikoku

This is Marmottan, Monet's Garden, in Kitagawa Village, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku.

This is a reproduction of Monet's Garden in Giverny, where the French impressionist painter Claude Monet lived from 1883 onwards, and was landscaped under the guidance of Gilbert Vayet, an advisor to Monet's garden in France.

Right Picture: Claude Monet

Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism.

I Go To Kohchi Castle At Night

The passage from Kochi Castle's Otemae Gate to the castle tower was decorated with flower arrangements.

The flower arrangements were lit up, and the lighting on the cherry blossoms and other trees was also beautiful.

Near the castle tower, a performance with a Japnaese sword was taking place.

I Go To Ryoma Birthplace Memorial Museum

Sakamoto Ryoma, born on 3 January 1836, was a Japanese samurai, and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.

He advocated for democracy, Japanese nationalism, return of power to the Imperial Court, abolition of feudalism, and moderate modernization and industrialization of Japan. 

I Go To Kohchi Castle

Kohchi Castle is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Kohchi.

It is located at Ohtakayama hill, at the center of Kohchi city.

Kohchi Castle was designated a national treasure in 1934 under the National Treasure Preservation Law, but was redesignated as an Important Cultural Property under the Cultural Properties Protection Law that came into effect in 1950.