Activities Matsuyama’s ‘General Park’ Anonymous Matsuyama Sogo Koen has everything you would expect from a ‘General Park’ — greenery, children’s playgrounds, sports facilitie..
Camping & Trekking Hiking Mt. Miyuki Anonymous Rising up behind Gokoku Shrine is a mountain peak that wears a different face in every season. This is Miyukiji-san. It’s easy..
Activities Ehime Prefectural Office Anonymous The Ehime Prefectural Office is a working municipal building. But the original wing is beautiful, especially inside. It was built..
Camping & Trekking Kashima Island Anonymous Kashima Island is the blob of mountain dominating the coast north of Matsuyama. It’s good for swimming, camping, barbecues and..
Activities Akiyama Brothers Memorial Anonymous Statues of two famous soldiers, the Akiyama brothers, stand in a grove of cherry trees in Baishinji. The brothers played leading..
Sports & Fitness Aqua Palette Matsuyama Anonymous Aqua Palette Matsuyama, one stop on the train from JR Matsuyama Station, is an accessible swimming pool complex popular with people..
Activities Kazahaya Fireworks Festival 2026 Late Jul Kazaya Umi Matsuri is the quintessential summer fireworks event in rural Japan. Join yukata-clad locals for cold beer and oohs.
Sports & Fitness Ehime Children’s Playground is a riot! Anonymous Ehime Children’s Playground sits on a forested hill-top south of Matsuyama. Called Kodomo no Shiro in Japanese (Children's..