- The number of restaurants per capita ranks among Japan's top, known as a prefecture with thriving dining-out culture.
- When grilling bonito, 'wara-yaki' (straw fire) is common, with household straw packs popular as souvenirs.
- Of the total prefectural area, only about 16% is habitable land; due to steep terrain, settlements are distributed in strips along rivers.
- Kochi City's Sunday Market has continued for over 300 years, with about 300 stalls lining approximately 1km.
- Forty-seven 'submerged bridges' designed to sink during floods still exist on Shimanto River, creating unique scenery without railings.
- Cape Muroto and Cape Ashizuri are famous as 'Typhoon Alley,' important meteorological observation points.
- Forest coverage of 84% ranks first nationally. Rich forest resources including Tosa bincho charcoal and Yanase cedar.
- As an early rice production area, 'first new rice prefecture' with new rice appearing in July, attracting rice lovers' attention.
- Takashi Yanase, manga artist from Kochi and creator of 'Anpanman,' has a memorial museum in Kami City.
- Japan's highest temperature of 41.0°C (at the time) was recorded in 2013 at Ekawasaki, Shimanto City.
- Primate city-type population distribution with about half of prefectural residents concentrated in Kochi City.
- Banquet culture called 'okyaku' involves gathering around sawachi cuisine, quickly befriending even strangers.
- Ryugado Cave is one of Japan's three major limestone caves, featuring a rare artifact inside where Yayoi pottery and stalactites merged.
- Origin of nationally designated natural monument 'Tosa Onagadori' with tails exceeding 1m in length.
- Consistently ranks high in relocation preference rankings, maintaining Japan's top-class relocation promotion support systems.