Beauty & Spa
Near the port in Imabari (今治市, Imabari-shi) is a huge, beautifully made ship’s propeller displayed as sculpture. It looks ...
Ozu (大洲, Ōzu) is sometimes referred to as Ehime’s ‘Little Kyoto’. I have no idea why, because they’re as unalike as any two...
To most Japanese people, Tobe (砥部) calls to mind Tobe-yaki, a type of ceramic known throughout Japan. People tend to imagin...
Uwajima is the southernmost city in Ehime. It’s a compact city, centered around a small castle on a hill. Above the city towe...
Matsuyama is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture and the largest city in Shikoku. Its name means “pine mountain”. Matsuyama ...
In Japan, the names for municipalities bear scant resemblance to entities of the same name in the west. So in Japan, a ‘villa...
Matsuno is a pretty little settlement in Ehime near the border with Kochi. Once a very quiet backwater of the celebrated Shim...
The city of Saijo sits on a plain facing the Seto Inland Sea, with the imposing Mt. Ishizuchi behind it. Saijo is sandwiched ...
Yawatahama is a sleepy port town in the armpit of Japan’s longest peninsula, the Sadamisaki Peninsula that juts out of the we...
Niihama City in Ehime Prefecture is a bustling industrial city of 124,000 people on the north coast of Shikoku. Although the ...
Kuma Highland—Kuma Kōgen in Japanese—is a large inhabited area at a high elevation in central Ehime bordering Kochi Prefectur...
Uchiko is small town that lies to the southwest of Matsuyama. It stands at the bottom of a river valley with rice fields spre...
Toon City, pronounced Tō-on, is a city in name only. There’s no built-up center to it at all, which may seem strange to peopl...
Hojo is the northernmost part of Matsuyama. Once a separate municipality with the rank of ‘city’, it merged with Matsuyama in...
The Nagoya City Museum of Art has one of the world's best collections of art from the School of Paris (École de Paris). As th...
A special exhibition taking place at the Ehime Museum of Art looks at the works of Hiroshige Utagawa (1797 - 1858), who was c...
Each year from around late January through to early March, Ehime's Nanrakuen Garden is home to a plum festival which showcase...
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On Kashima Island in Japan's Ehime prefecture awaits a quirky and rustic cafe and rest area, where you can relax the day away.
Doya Market is a wonderland for people who are really into fish to bring you delicious delights of every flavor.
Isonokawa in Hojo, Matsuyama is absolutely typical of old-style Japanese mid-grade restaurants.
Spa Ryokan Dougoya offers budget accommodation in Dogo with the atmosphere of a traditional ryokan.
Spa Ryokan Dougoya offers a ryokan-like experience in a stylish 1930s building in Dogo for travelers on a budget.
Imabari Station Hotel is a budget hotel located conveniently close to Imabari railway station.
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On Kashima Island in Japan's Ehime prefecture awaits a quirky and rustic cafe and rest area, where you can relax the day away.
Enjoy a relaxing time full of fresh air, seascapes, and soft fluffy cotton towels on the islands that make up Imabari. A prov...
