Museums Isso-an Anonymous Issō-an, home of the free-form haiku poet Taneda Santōka who lived until 1940. It stands on the route of the Iyo Yama no Be no..
Culture Kamishibaiya Street Entertainment Anonymous In Dogo, you may find yourself getting drawn into a kamishibai performance — free, participatory street storytelling. Don’t wo..
Museums Mercantile History and Culture Featured From the Edo period, the rural town of Uchiko accumulated great wealth through trade in high quality wax candles. You can still..
9 Historical Graveyard of the Lords of Imabari Anonymous Three of the first feudal lords of Imabari have graves on a low hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea on the Imabari coast.
7 Temples & Shrines Kamo Shrine in Imabari Anonymous Kamo Shrine stands in the valley of a little river that runs down to the Seto Inland Sea at Kikuma. Farm horses are raced here once..
Culture Zenno-ji in Hojo Anonymous Zenno-ji is a temple of the Zen sect of Buddhism, on the foothills of Mt. Takanawa in the northern part of Matsuyama. It offers..
Culture Hio-Hachiman Shrine Anonymous One of the obvious characteristics of Hio-Hachiman Shrine is its profusion of stone lions or shishi, which stand in pairs on either..
Festivals The Fireworks of Mori no Kuni [Closed] Anonymous The Mori no Kuni Summer Festival combines undemanding country festival entertainments with a truly riveting fireworks display in..