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Ehime Top 10

  1. Taimeshi, an Ehime Delicacy
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    Taimeshi, an Ehime Delicacy

    Matsuyama
  2. Kasho Museum
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    Kasho Museum

    Toon City
  3. Taga Fertility Shrine & Sex Museum
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    Taga Fertility Shrine & Sex Museum

    Culture
  4. Dogo Onsen Honkan
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    Dogo Onsen Honkan

    Matsuyama
  5. Doronko Matsuri Mud Festival
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    Doronko Matsuri Mud Festival

    Culture
  6. Himedaruma
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    Himedaruma

    Matsuyama
  7. Matsuyama Spring Festival
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    Matsuyama Spring Festival

    Matsuyama
  8. Studio Ghibli Shop and Café
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    Studio Ghibli Shop and Café

    Matsuyama
  9. Ninomaru Shiseki Garden
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    Ninomaru Shiseki Garden

    Matsuyama
  10. Spectacular Views at Matsuyama Castle
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    Spectacular Views at Matsuyama Castle

    Matsuyama

Upcoming Ehime Events

Tsubaki Matsuri
Culture

Tsubaki Matsuri

Mid - Late Feb

Tsubaki Matsuri is one of Matusyama's most popular festivals, and one that is unique to the region.

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Nanrakuen Plum Festival
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Nanrakuen Plum Festival

Late Jan - Early Mar

Each year from around late January through to early March, Ehime's Nanrakuen Garden is home to a plum festival which showcases..

¥310
Dogo Onsen Festival
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Dogo Onsen Festival

Mid - Late Mar

Every March, Dogo Onsen is dressed up in lanterns and red pinstripes to celebrate its cultural history and provide a platform for..

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Where to eat in Ehime

Culinary specialties of Matsuyama
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Culinary specialties of Matsuyama

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Matsuyama and Ehime offer a variety of culinary specialties reflecting the geographic diversity of the region. The best advice is..

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Places to stay in Ehime

Kiya Ryokan
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Kiya Ryokan

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Kiya Ryokan in Uwajima is a stylish renewal of a historic inn. Guests can rent the whole building where Japan’s leading politi..

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Latest Ehime Reports

Memorable Matsuyama
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Memorable Matsuyama

Arlene Bastion

Matsuyama has a lot of impressive and memorable attractions, but what prevails is really its air of unpretentious simplicity.

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Shimanami Kaido in Ehime 8
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Shimanami Kaido in Ehime

Lily Taki

Shimanami Kaido is a cycling route leading from Onomichi City in the Hiroshima prefecture to Imabari city in Ehime prefecture. It..

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About Ehime

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Shikoku
Island Shikoku
Capital Matsuyama
Population 1,431,493
Area 5,676.10 km²

Located in northwestern Shikoku and bordering the Seto Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県, Ehime-ken) is surrounded by nature - visitors can enjoy great views of the Inland Sea coast and the Seto Inland Sea National Park. 

Many tourists also flock to Ehime to visit Dogo Onsen, arguably the most storied hot springs in Japan, as well as the historical Matsuyama and Uwajima castles. In fact, Ehime has five of Japan’s “Top 100 Castles,” the most of any prefecture (tied with Hyogo and Nagano).

The capital city of Matsuyama is perhaps most famous for being the scene of Natsume Soseki’s Botchan, one of Japan’s most beloved novels. As a result, many attractions in the city bear its name, such as the Botchan Train. 

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