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8 Shiki Masaoka Museum
" ⌂ 1-30 Dōgo-kōen; 3-min
Matsuyama walk from Dogo Onsen
松山 Honkan # 9am–6pm Wed–
Mon (to 5pm Nov–Apr)
! C6 ⌂ Ehime Prefecture
k £ n At JR Stn; www.city. Matsuyama Castle
matsuyama.ehime.jp/
lang/en " ⌂ 1 Marunouchi
v Kencho-mae stop, then
EXPERIENCE Shikoku and a castle town since 1603, then 5-min walk to cable car
The capital of Ehime prefecture
steep walk, or Okaido stop,
Matsuyama has many powerful
or lift § (089) 921-4873
# 9am–4:30pm daily
associations for the Japanese.
The Dogo Onsen Honkan,
a famous hot-spring spa, has
been in use for over a millen-
nium, and has a fine 19th-
Ozu
century bathhouse. Deeper 9
into the mountains behind 大洲
the historic bath house, is Oku- ! B6 ⌂ Ehime Prefecture
Dogo Onsen, which is a much Terraced fields overlooking
newer hotel resort area. £ n Near City Hall (20-min the harbor and mountainous
walk from JR Stn); (0893)
Natsume Soseki, an author 24-2664 landscape in Uwajima
whose port rait appears on the
¥1,000 bill, moved to the town A castle town built where
in 1895 and later wrote about the Hiji River snakes in an cormorant fishermen back
Matsuyama in his autobio- S-curve through a valley and forth through the river
graphical novel Botchan (1906). rimmed by picturesque breezes. Traditional culture is
The Shiki Masaoka Museum is bluffs, Ozu is known to still the norm in Ozu, where
devoted to Soseki’s friend Shiki insiders as the “little Kyoto” raw silk, dairy products, and
(1867–1902), a Matsuyama of Ehime prefecture. Whereas vegetables form the basis for
native held by many to be it could be argued that Kyoto the local economy. The town’s
Japan’s greatest modern haiku offers well-preserved relics of restau rants serve fish and eel
poet, as well as a fine painter. Japan’s past, Ozu offers a past caught in nearby rivers.
The collection includes manu- that is still alive. The riverfront The panorama of seasonal
s cripts, paint ings, and photo- is lined by quaint, narrow change is especially vivid in
graphs of Shiki and Soseki. streets of tile-roofed bars and the wooded hillsides of Ozu.
Matsuyama Castle is an restaurants with sliding August is marked with a
extensive complex on a bluff wood shutters. A riverside festival of fireworks launched
overlooking the city and Seto villa called Garyu Sanso, from an islet in the river.
Inland Sea. Plaques offer built in 1907, is one of the
intelligent commentary on most spectacular buildings. Garyu Sanso
the castle’s strategic features. On the river itself, shallow- " ⌂ 411-2 Ozu § (089) 324-
bottomed skiffs shunt 3759 # 9am–5pm daily
Dogo Onsen Honkan
" ⌂ 5-6 Dogoyunomachi
v Dogo Stn § (089) 921-5141
# 6am–11pm daily
GREAT VIEW
Capture the
Castle
Matsuyama’s castle
stands on a hill. A former
defensive feature, today
it provides a great view
out over the Seto Inland
Sea. In spring, when
the cherry trees are in
bloom, the panorama is
even more spectacular.

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