Dogo Autumn Festival
Dogo Onsen's autumn festival, famous for portable shrines clashing into each other in the 'hachiawase'.
- Area
- Shikoku · Matsuyama & Dogo Onsen
- When
- October 5–7
- Location
- Around Dogo Onsen
More places nearby
Dogo Onsen Honkan
One of Japan's oldest hot springs; the three-story wooden bathhouse from 1894 is still in use.
Matsuyama Castle
One of only twelve castles with an original Edo-period keep; from the hilltop you can see the city and the Seto Inland Sea.
Ishite-ji Temple
Temple No. 51 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, with a National Treasure gate and a mysterious cave passage.
Sea bream rice (tai-meshi)
Ehime's sea-bream rice: Matsuyama style cooks the fish with the rice, Uwajima style tops rice with sashimi in egg-and-soy sauce.
Jakoten
Ehime's fish cake of small fish ground bones and all, then fried; eat it hot on the street.
Dogo Haikara-dori
An L-shaped arcade from Dogo Onsen stop to the Honkan, lined with citrus-juice and local sweets shops.
Okaido & Gintengai
Central Matsuyama's two shopping arcades, with department stores and drugstores.
Sanuki Takamatsu Festival
A summer festival with fireworks over Takamatsu harbor and dance parades in the streets.