{"id":88356,"date":"2021-12-23T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=88356"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T05:38:15","slug":"travel-guide-tips-kochi-prefecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/travel-guide-tips-kochi-prefecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Kochi Be Japan’s Best Kept Secret?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I could try to convince you about the many virtues of Kochi Prefecture (\u9ad8\u77e5\u770c), but instead, I’ll leave that to Kenneth Mukai, the transplant from Southern California who is now owner of Kochi\u2019s newest craft beer brewery<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We met Kenneth serving us beer tastings at his Blue Brew Taproom<\/strong>, tucked away in the mountains of Niyodogawa (\u4ec1\u6dc0\u5ddd\u753a). “Tucked away” is a polite understatement; Lewis and Clark would have had some trouble locating Blue Brew in the dense forests along the Nakatsu River, a tributary of the locally famous Niyodo River. Kenneth said he chose the location partly because of the renowned purity of the Nakatsu water. But that didn’t explain why this long-tenured former school teacher left his job in Los Angeles a year-and-a-half ago to open a craft brewery in one of the most remote places in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n