Culture Tsunashiki Tenmangu Shrine, Imabari Rod Walters Tsunashiki Tenmangu is an expansive shrine complex with its northern entrance facing onto a beach on the Seto Inland Sea.
Culture Itoyama Park in Imabari Rod Walters Itoyama Park in Imabari stands on a hill offering a 360-degree view of the Shimanami Kaido, the Seto Inland Sea and Mt. Takan...
Activities Mugo Waterfall Rod Walters Mugo Waterfall is a little mountain power spot between Matsuyama and Imabari. This easily accessible waterfall is twinned wit...
Food Escobar - S. American home cooking Rod Walters Escobar on Ropeway Dori serves a very good South American lunch, and a full dinner menu. It’s hard to find something this aut...
Culture The Museum of Art, Ehime Rod Walters The Museum of Art, Ehime, stands within the moat of Matsuyama Castle. It hosts frequent special exhibitions and is home to a ...
Food Cha no Ma Samurai Dining Rod Walters Matsuyama is home to a chain of restaurants based on the theme of ‘samurai dining’. The food is a pleasing fusion of Japanese...
Food Mori no Mado restaurant in Hiyoshi Rod Walters Mori no Mado restaurant in Hiyoshi Yumesanchi Road Station offers a wide range of standard fare with a menu of seasonal speci...
Culture Shiraishi Wataro Yokan Rod Walters In the Meiji period, Yawatahama welcomed European experts as advisers, and the Shiraishi Watarō Yōkan, a guesthouse in an Eng...
Activities Niwatori Kojima Campsite and Beach Rod Walters The Niwatori Kojima are a couple of small scenic islets off Hakatajima Island on the Shimanami Kaido. Overlooking them is a b...
Activities Kofujiyama Rod Walters Kofujiyama (little Mt. Fuji) is the mountain on Gogoshima, the island that sits nearest the coastline of Matsuyama in the Set...
Culture Imabari City Kono Museum of Art Rod Walters The Imabari City Kono Museum of Art is an old-school Japanese art gallery. It has a fine collection of screens and scrolls, a...
Culture Graveyard of the Lords of Imabari Rod Walters Three of the first feudal lords of Imabari have graves on a low hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea on the Imabari coast.
Activities Saijo Tourism & Exchange Center Rod Walters The Saijo Tourism & Exchange Center near JR Iyosaijo Station has a good pamphlet in English and some nice exhibits.
Culture Arts & Crafts at Ehime Folk Museum Rod Walters The Saijo Folk Museum has some unusual arts and crafts housed in a beautiful Japanese art nouveau building.
Activities Hojo Tontaro Ramen and Gyoza Rod Walters Tontaro offers affordable ramen across Shikoku, especially in Ehime—and their gyoza are among the tastiest around.
