Food Sova Sova Restaurant Rod Walters Sova Sova is a restaurant and café on Matsuyama’s fashionable Ropeway Dori. It serves unremarkable soba noodles.
Activities Omishima Maritime Museum Rod Walters The main focus of the museum is a wooden boat called the Hayama Maru which was used by Emperor Hirohito, known in Japanese as...
Food Cucino Italia Orso, in Matsuyama Rod Walters Cucino Italia Orso, in Matsuyama offers a thoroughly fulfilling Italian lunch al fresco.
Culture Koonji no Okunoin Temple Bret Colebi A deeper enclave of Koonji, temple No.61 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage where you can get a stamp for your book, and practice some...
Culture Nanrakuen Windchime Festival 2021 Kim Bergström There are certain things that signify that summer has arrived in Japan, and windchimes are one of them. The Nanrakuen Windchi...
Activities Kamo Shrine Bret Colebi A shrine located in Saijo City where an artesian well is located. This well has twice received a prize for the best water in ...
Food Kikyou Restaurant Bret Colebi A quaint, homely little restaurant that serves Japanese cuisine and doubles as an Izakaya at night. A part of hotel Aoki, it...
Food Tenryu Chinese Restaurant Rod Walters Tenryu serves authentic Shanghai-style food on the fifth floor of a dingy building in downtown Matsuyama. The food is worth b...
Culture Commercial & Domestic Life Museum Rod Walters The Museum of Commercial & Domestic Life in Uchiko presents the life of a merchant in the late 19th century. Realistic maniki...
Food Yururi Café Bret Colebi A cafe located at Yu no Tani Onsen. Diners have the option of seating inside the café, or at an outdoor foot bath! Enjoy Ital...
Culture Sculpture at Mishima Shrine, Toon Rod Walters The unassuming-looking Mishima Shrine in Toon is home to some interesting wooden statuary dating from the Northern and Southe...
Culture Tsunashiki Tenmangu Shrine, Imabari Rod Walters Tsunashiki Tenmangu is an expansive shrine complex with its northern entrance facing onto a beach on the Seto Inland Sea.
Food Kushihide Chicken Restaurant Rod Walters Kushihide serves chicken of the Iyo Pojo brand, which is free range chicken reared in the lush countryside just outside Matsu...
Culture Choshi Waterfall Bret Colebi A quick drive from the Saijo interchange lies the roots of Uzuigawa, Saijo's easternmost river. At its genesis is 30 m high C...
Food Sosai Shiki Restaurant Rod Walters Sosai Shiki Restaurant is very close to Matsuyama JR station. You can eat well for ¥500 and enjoy free Wi-Fi.