Shikoku's Kaiyodo Kappa Museum Sandra Isaka Shikoku's fantastic Kaiyodo Kappa Museum, dedicated to one of Japan's best-known mythological creatures, is 'must see' for an...
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 ...
Activities Canyoning at Nametoko Gorge Rod Walters Canyoning is one of the most exciting nature sports, involving descending through rocky gorges formed naturally over thousand...
Culture Rokkakudo in Matsuyama Rod Walters The Rokkakudo is one of Matsuyama’s oddest shrines. This shrine belongs to Inari, the fox god, and there are statues of foxes...
Activities Kamikuroiwa Archaeological Museum Rod Walters The Kamikuroiwa Archaeological Museum in Mikawa has an interesting collection of human bones and other prehistoric artifacts ...
Shopping Seiryu no Sato Hijikawa Road Station Rod Walters Seiryu no Sato Hijikawa is a Road Station with a restaurant, food stalls, restrooms, and a farmer's market. The name means “h...
Food Kazu Yakitori and Izakaya Rod Walters Kazu is one of the few restaurants in Matsuyama with a full menu in English. Enjoy charcoal grilled chicken with good sake in...
Food Sova Sova Restaurant Rod Walters Sova Sova is a restaurant and café on Matsuyama’s fashionable Ropeway Dori. It serves unremarkable soba noodles.
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...
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 Konpira-ji Temple and Ichijo-an Rod Walters Konpira-ji Temple and Ichijō-an is a little complex including a Buddhist temple, a Shinto shrine, and a cottage where the hai...
Culture Graveyard of the Lords of Imabari Rod Walters Three of the first feudal lords of Imabari have graves on a low hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea on the Imabari coast.
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.
Spring at Makino Botanical Garden Mandy Bartok Spring at Makino Botanical Garden is a colorful season complete with tulips cherry blossoms and a hundred other varieties of ...
Culture Okubo Temple in Autumn Bret Colebi The 88th and final stop of the Shikoku pilgrimage. From here the only thing left to do is head back to Kukai's final resting...
