‘Please eat with wasabi or salt first!!!’ It’s midday in Kochi, an agricultural city on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands. I’m at Katsuobune Tosa Tataki Dojo, a ...

Japan, May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Noriaki Ito, the head chef at a century-old restaurant Tsukasa in Kochi City, said he too had "never seen such fatty katsuo during this season of the year".

KOCHI CITY, Japan -- It would be an understatement to say that gardening is a way of life in Japan. With a long-standing commitment to honoring nature through elegant landscaping, it is no wonder ...

Every summer, thousands of people from Japan and around the world flock to Kochi City for one of Kochi Prefecture’s most historic and vibrant events, the Yosakoi Festival. Originating in Shikoku, the ...

Compared with last year, the blooming date was the same in Kochi ... western Japan on Sunday, and many places registered temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius or higher, including the city of Hyuga ...

Cherry trees have begun to bloom in Kochi on Japan's western island of Shikoku, marking the opening of the season in 2025 and the second consecutive year the city has recorded the country's ...

KOCHI: A new restaurant has popped up in the city that promises to bring you a slice of Japan. And indeed it does, in more ways than just the menu. With elegant interiors marked by imported tatami ...

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...

Specimen cherry tree in the Sannomaru, the largest terrace of Kochi Castle, comes in bloom on March 23, 2025. (Kyodo) KOCHI (Kyodo) -- Cherry trees have begun to bloom in Kochi on Japan's western ...