Food Manshu-ya in Matsuyama's Okaido Rod Walters Manshu-ya in Matsuyama's Okaido boasts Japan's best gyoza and tonkotsu ramen. They're good gyoza, but you be the judge.
Shopping Coharu Souvenir Shop Rod Walters Coharu offers a range of beautiful textile products and chopsticks that make convenient and useful souvenirs. Aprons, towels,...
Shopping MiurArt Village has Warhol and Moore Rod Walters MiurArt Village, the art gallery of the boiler maker Miura, has a couple of Warhols and a Moore. The works of founder Tamotsu...
Food Ikko Restaurant in Saijo Bret Colebi The freshest fish you can possibly come by—the middle of the restaurant is full of soon-to-be sushi swimming around ready to ...
Food Lunch at Akarenga Kohikan Rod Walters The Akarenga Kohikan is a coffee shop on Ropeway Dori, housed in a classic building and filled with interesting antiques.
Culture The Museum of Art, Ehime Rod Walters The Museum of Art, Ehime, stands within the moat of Matsuyama Castle. It hosts frequent special exhibitions and is home to a ...
Culture Bekku Oyamazumi Shrine Rod Walters Bekku Oyamazumi Shrine in Imabari is divided into three parts, each in a different style. It makes an interesting contrast wi...
Food Sova Sova Restaurant Rod Walters Sova Sova is a restaurant and café on Matsuyama’s fashionable Ropeway Dori. It serves unremarkable soba noodles.
Culture Live Earth Matsuyama 2027 Rod Walters Live Earth Matsuyama is a festival for music, environmental activism and ethnic food in the middle of May.
Food Yuhinkan Restaurant Rod Walters Yuhinkan is the main restaurant at Futami Road Station. It offers reasonably priced meals and coffee with a great view of the...
Beauty & Spa Imabari Yunoura Heights Onsen Rod Walters This onsen is the public bathing area of the Imabari Yunoura Heights hotel, located just outside the town of Imabari on a hil...
Beauty & Spa Kurhaus Imabari Rod Walters For visitors who fancy a swim and onsen in the company of Ehime’s friendly senior citizens, there’s no better venue than Kurh...
Food Escobar - S. American home cooking Rod Walters Escobar on Ropeway Dori serves a very good South American lunch, and a full dinner menu. It’s hard to find something this aut...
Culture Arts & Crafts at Ehime Folk Museum Rod Walters The Saijo Folk Museum has some unusual arts and crafts housed in a beautiful Japanese art nouveau building.
Activities Bamboo Forest Trail to Ishite-ji Rod Walters The area around Ishite-ji is pretty weird. On the path that leads there from Isaniwa Shrine in Dogo which passes through a ba...