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Kochi Grand Hotel

4-17 Tojinmachi Kochi, Kochi, Shikoku, 780-0864, Japan

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A travel blog entry by misocutlet

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... in the castle, and if I hadn't had much time in Kochi, I would have skipped it, but I found out that it was worth visiting later. Kochi Castle has one of the 12 remaining castle keeps of Japan and the wooden structure was tasteful. The castle keep itself was comparatively small, but a view from its top floor was good. After I descended the castle hill, while I was taking a photo of Yamauchi Kazutoyo, a middle-aged guy showed up and offered me a photo shoot. ...

Halloween extravaganza with a Japanese twist

A travel blog entry by elcigaro34

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... or something.” Jasper asks in an unsure tone, but quickly moves on. “So I’m curious to see your costume. Good job not telling anyone what you are going to be.”

“Yeah, people keep trying to get it out of me, but I’ve managed to keep it a secret.” I explain, but understand that there might not be any going back for me.

“Sweet. Well, let me know if you ...

Happy rafting

A travel blog entry by matt-n-ida

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... for dinner and breakfast?" And you have to leave the car perched on the edge a cliff and walk the last stretch because "the road gets a bit narrow up ahead" you can be sure that the big city lights won't be disturbing your tatami mat beauty sleep later that evening. As for the rafting, the river flow is pretty low at this time of year meaning that the grade 2-4 rapids become more technical to navigate and the rocks that there ...

Campsite, river, sun - perfect! What will we eat?

A travel blog entry by chibisimo

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... was closed. On asking in the post office they told him there was another shop around 2km away, and as it was a nice morning he thought he'd walk that too. It turned out to be around 10km in total, but it actually only took about an hour and a half to walk it, along the side of a scary, but thankfully quiet, road. The shop they were talking about was actually in the next town, and nearly out of the Iya valley!
Jonny arrived back, on the bus this time, with two bags ...

We found a great campsite :) It closes tomorrow :(

A travel blog entry by chibisimo

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... il campeggio sembrava dietro l'angolo, ma era invece quasi dall'altro lato della valle, per fortuna non abbiamo avuto la bella idea di "andare a piedi"!!

Il campeggio e' perfetto, economico, in una bella zona e con il fiume che scorre a pochi metri ma purtroppo e' chiuso il martedi (!!) cosi domani mattina dobbiamo trovare un altro posto dove stare... e noi che volevamo finalmente rilassarci per qualche giorno!
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