Museums Shimanami Kaido Highway Anonymous The Shimanami Kaido is a highway over the Seto Inland Sea, with spectacular suspension bridges crossing a chain of islands between..
12 Temples & Shrines Tsunashiki Tenmangu Shrine, Imabari Anonymous Tsunashiki Tenmangu is an expansive shrine complex with its northern entrance facing onto a beach on the Seto Inland Sea.
Culture Bekku Oyamazumi Shrine Anonymous Bekku Oyamazumi Shrine in Imabari is divided into three parts, each in a different style. It makes an interesting contrast with..
Museums Kawara-Kan Tile Museum Anonymous The Kawara-kan is a museum devoted to the history and art of tiles. It features a quite stunning variety of rooftop art.
11 Temples & Shrines The Road to Oku-no-In Anonymous The path to Oku-no-In on Omishima Island is a wonderful winding track to nothing in particular (except for a rather nice toilet)...
9 Historical Nihon Shokken's Factory in Imabari Anonymous The head office and plant of Nihon Shokken food manufacturer in Imabari is a replica of the Belvedere Palace in Vienna.
8 Museums Mother and Child Museum on Omishima Anonymous The Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum on Omishima is a very strange art gallery. It’s a ring of whitewashed concrete open to t..
Museums Omishima Art Museum Anonymous Omishima Art Museum is a gallery of modern art on Omishima Island, part of the Shimanami Kaido. It holds high quality rotating exhibitions...