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City in Shikoku, Japan
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Aki (安芸) is a city on the Pacific coast in eastern Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
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野良時計
A clock built to be visible to farmworkers while they worked the fields. Now it's a popular historic sight and symbol of Aki. Sunflowers and various other flowers bloom in front of it at different times of the year.
土居廓中
The historic street is home to samurai residences, one of which can be entered. The road itself maintains the walls and hedges that existed when the samurai roamed the streets.
安芸城
It was an important castle from which they were able to launch attacks at Awa Province. Today, the moats and some of the castle walls remain.
錆と煤 満寿kotobuki店
A curry restaurant.
Hostel 東風ノ家
ビジネスホテル 弁長
By train
Aki is served by 6 stations on the non-JR Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line, usually known as the Gomen-Nahari Line, which branches off from the JR Dosan Line at Gomen.
By highway bus
Tosaden Kōtsū and Hankyū Bus operate two Yosakoi buses a day (one day, one night) to Aki from Osaka Umeda (Hankyū Sanbangai), as an extension of their service to Kochi.
By local bus
Kōchi Tōbu Kōtsū run 6 buses a day from Kannoura, which is the end of the train line along the east coast from Tokushima, taking 2hrs 20mins and costing ¥2880.
Most of the sites can be easily accessed by a 20-30 minute walk from Aki Station or a 10 minute bike ride. Free rental bikes are available at the souvenir shop outside Aki Station.
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