Tram in Kochi

Since today until Jan. 3, I go to Kochi for homecoming visit.
A tram in Kochi is the longest distance and history in Japan.

Sorry Station

There is Gomen Station in Kochi.
The station is on the Dosan Line of JR Shikoku and the Gomen Nahari Line (Asa Line) of Tosa Kuroshio Railway.

He is a character of this station.
His name is Gomen-Ekio-Kun.

This is the song of the station.
ごめん(Gomen) in Japanese means "Sorry" in English.
There is much apologizing.

And this character is Ampan-Man (Red Bean Bread Man).
He is famous hero in Japan.

Near the station, there is Dokin-chan.
She is a friend of Ampan-Man.

Each station has each character.

This is Ampan-Man Train.
Ampan-man was born in Kochi.

Ryoma Sakamoto

Do you know Ryoma Sakamoto?
He is Japanese hero. He transformed traditional Japan into contemporary Japan.
If he had not been born, Japan would have been a colony.

He was born in Kochi in 1836.

I was born in Kochi too.

So I proud of him.

This is KATSURA HAMA in Kochi.

He loved this beach.

There is the statue of Ryoma there.

This figure of Ryoma is made of coral.
It is very beautiful.

His one of words of wisdom is "Clean up Japan once and for all."