Kochi

There's several, right? So obviously we feature this straw-fired grill, right? It's the essence of our name.

So we do a variety of things beyond just the grilled fish that I spoke about from Kochie.

So we grill avocados over this straw-fired grill, which give those a nice smoky, charred taste.

And we make a really nice salad with that, with feta cheese and some crispy... wontons and shiso leaves and things so it's got a nice acidic dressing then goes on that so that's a you know that's one of my favorite dishes that's been on since the beginning and proves really popular we also grill burrata cheese over this warayaki which uh you know again just gives that kind of smokiness and warmth to the burrata which starts to get it melting and then we do a nice dressing with um citrus and yuzu kosho and so i think these are something that are very unique to us Dubai and Abu Dhabi seem to be discovering hand rolls the last couple of years, of course.

Um, we've then got another Korakuen on the 11th of November.

Uh, we're then in Ehime on the 14th of November, Kochi on the 15th.

Korakuen again on the 18th.

Um, Akita, um, on November 21st.

At Koja's September 2 rally in Naha, a 3,500-capacity arena was packed, with flags from six political parties crowding the stage.

Discontent in Kochi as gas stations maintain identical prices for regular, Kochi drive through the streets of Kochi and it will quickly become clear what is fueling local and prefectural discontent.

Multiple gasoline stations are selling regular gas at the exact same price.

A former owner of such a gas station said, we don't want to have another war like the last time.

And between October 2023 and July 2024, the price hovered between 179 yen and 180 yen with very little, if any, change.

This was at odds with the gas prices in other prefectures fluctuating based on the price of petroleum or demand trends.

Kochi's average gas price was also among the top 10 most expensive rates in Japan.

An executive with the Prefectural Cooperative of Petroleum Companies admitted that many gas stations had set prices similar to others, but noted that there was still competition because some gave discounts to regular customers or used a cashback point system.

The Japan Meteorological Agency forecast torrential rain for parts of western Japan on September 4 and urged residents to remain on the alert for flooding in low-lying areas, swollen rivers and landslides.

A linear rain band capable of producing extremely heavy rainfall could form through the night of September 4 in Kochi, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, the JMA said.

Northern and eastern Japan also face risks of landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and rising rivers.

Heavy rain could continue through around September 7 depending on the typhoon's track and the movement of the rain front, the JMA said.

But the tour also looks beyond the people represented here.

Yuri Kochiyama, she was born in California to Japanese immigrant parents, so she's first generation.

Her father's detained by the FBI after Pearl Harbor, so similar to Sono.

He dies the day after his release.

うちでお世話になっております。お世話になっております。

あっ、あっ、ね、こっちに入ってますね。ゲストカムの方にいっぱい入ってますね。はい。うーんね。高知ではお世話になっておりますね。これは七条さんって呼べばいいんですかね。

ビールはサッポロですね。

ビールはサッポロですと書いてありました。

Your neck cramps, your spine compresses, and you arrive at your destination needing a full day of recovery just to function.

In the 1990s, the chairman of Kochi Ekime-Kanko took a trip to China and rode a sleeper bus.

The roads were rough, but he noticed something important.

Sleeping completely horizontally eliminated that next-day travel fatigue.

The team took their blueprints to major seat manufacturers, assuming they could get the prototype built.

Every single one turned them down, deeming the structure too complex and risky to touch.

With no corporate backing, they pivoted to a local metalworking shop in Kochi called Thermal Kobo.

Together, they ripped apart old bus seats, studied the internal structures, and started welding Pestam steel frames entirely from scratch.

どんな、どの辺のこうエリアが熱いとかあるんですか？そういう音楽の仕事したい子たちがめっちゃ多くてとか。

え、まあ高知とか熱いですよね。

へー、高知が熱い理由聞きたいな。

なんかね、軽音楽部がやっぱ盛り上がってる地域はやっぱり。

The idea behind the trend is that residents may be unable to respond quickly in an emergency unless they utilize these shelters regularly.

Rising fourteen-point five meters tall, one such structure, the Ikumi Park Tsunami Evacuation Tower, sits a four-minute walk from Tsukumo Station in Tsukumo, Kochi Prefecture, which is the last stop for the Nakamura Tsukumo section along the Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo Line.

Tsukumo City has been preparing for a powerful Nankai Trough earthquake as low-lying areas across the municipality are forecast to be inundated by tsunami.

The evacuation structure, completed in 2022, is equipped with stairs and ramps.