Shopping Tatara Michi no Eki, Omishima Rod Walters Tatara Michi no Eki is one of two road station on the island of Omishima on the Shimanami Highway. It’s a great place to take...
Food Curry Shop Delhi Rod Walters There’s a curry shop in Matsuyama JR Station with the whimsical name “Delhi”—whimsical because this is a typical Japanese “cu...
Culture Mother and Child Museum on Omishima Rod Walters The Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum on Omishima is a very strange art gallery. It’s a ring of whitewashed concrete open to ...
Activities Tatara Observation Deck on Omishima Rod Walters Above the Tatara Road Station on Omishima is a hill topped with an observation deck that offers a 350 degree view, including ...
Food Setouchi Chashitsu Restaurant Rod Walters Setouchi Chashitsu Restaurant on Omishima Island offers sashimi and tai meshi standards, and novel fish-themed ramen.
Culture The Murakami Suigun Boat Race 2026 Rod Walters The Murakami Suigun Boat Race is a festival that takes place every July. The venue is Oshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Activities The Scarecrows of Kaminada L. MacLean Traditional, cute, and scary scarecrows can be found at Kaminada and other places in Ehime during the rice growing season.
Food Wagura Ichijoan Café Rod Walters Wagura Ichijoan Café in Kuma Highland was originally a thatched farmhouse built in the Edo Era. Today coffee and lunch are se...
Activities Furuiwaya on Kuma Kogen Rod Walters Furuiwaya is a mysterious area of weird geology and Buddhist statues. You can find it on the road between Kuma Highland’s two...
Activities Ryuko-ji Temple in Uwajima Rod Walters Ryuko-ji, the Temple of the Dragon’s Light, is temple No. 41 of the 88 sacred temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage. It’s more Sh...
Culture Butsumoku-ji Temple in Uwajima Rod Walters Butsumoku-ji, the Temple of the Buddha’s Tree, is temple No. 42 of the 88 sacred temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage. It has an...
Activities Azechi and Iseki Memorial Hall Rod Walters The Azechi Umetaro and Iseki Kunisaburo Memorial Hall is an engaging museum about an artist and an industrialist from the area.
Culture Kuma Kogen Furusato Ryoko Mura Rod Walters Kuma Kogen Furusato Ryokō Mura is a largely self-contained tourist ‘village’ located in a picturesque but easily accessible p...
Activities Omishima Island Rod Walters Omishima is an artistically and religiously significant island in the Inland Sea. Part of Imabari, it’s accessed by the Shi...
Culture Omishima Art Museum Rod Walters Omishima Art Museum is a gallery of modern art on Omishima Island, part of the Shimanami Kaido. It holds high quality rotatin...
