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Katsurahama (beach)
200px, Statue of Sakamoto Ryōma is a beach in Kōchi, Japan, located on Urado Bay and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is a local recreation spot known for its statue of Sakamoto Ryōma overlooking the beach. History Chōsokabe Motochika built Urado Castle on a hill near Katsurahama in 1591 due to floods around Okō Castle, his original residence. The castle was abandoned after Yamauchi Kazutoyo took over Tosa and moved the court to Kōchi Castle in 1603. Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum now sits on the site of the ruins. In 1928, a group of youths gathered funds to place the now-famous memorial statue of Sakamoto Ryōma, a Kōchi native, on a small hill overlooking the beach. The statue and the beach itself remain popular destinations for tourists. The yosakoi melody also references Katsurahama and Urado Bay in its lyrics depicting well-known locations in Kōchi. In 1931, Katsurahama Aquarium opened nearby, moving to its present location on the beach in 1984. The area aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from Rock (geology), rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae. Sediments settle in different densities and structures, depending on the local wave action and weather, creating different textures, colors and gradients or layers of material. Though some beaches form on inland freshwater locations such as lakes and rivers, most beaches are in coastal areas where wind wave, wave or Ocean current, current action deposition (geology), deposits and reworks sediments. Coastal erosion, Erosion and changing of beach geologies happens through natural processes, like wave action and Extreme weather, extreme weather events. Where wind conditions are correct, beaches can be backed by coastal dunes which offer protection and regeneration for the beach. However, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kochi Katsurahama Sakamoto Ryoma Statue 1
Kochi ( , ), formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam. As of 2011, the Kochi Municipal Corporation had a population of 677,381 over an area of 94.88 km2, and the larger Kochi urban agglomeration had over 2.1 million inhabitants within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA). Nicknamed the Queen of the Arabian Sea, Kochi was an imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
