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Matsuyama & Dogo Onsen, Shikoku — where to start?

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From the airport to Matsuyama & Dogo Onsen
Bus Matsuyama Airport → Central Matsuyama (Okaido) About 25 min
Airport limousine bus
Direct, no transfers
Recommended Food in Matsuyama & Dogo Onsen
  1. HyotaRamenRamen and izakaya dishes
  2. Sushimaru HontenSushiSushi and local dishes
  3. Sakana Kobo MarumanIzakayaFish dishes
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Getting around Matsuyama & Dogo Onsen

MainIyotetsu streetcars link JR Matsuyama Sta., Okaido and Dogo Onsen

PassStreetcar day passes are available

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Sushi·Seafood

Sea bream rice (tai-meshi)

鯛めし

Ehime's sea-bream rice: Matsuyama style cooks the fish with the rice, Uwajima style tops rice with sashimi in egg-and-soy sauce.

Area
Shikoku · Matsuyama & Dogo Onsen
Location
Dogo Onsen & central Matsuyama
Price range
¥¥ (2 of 3)
Travel tips · Some places serve both styles.
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Street food·SnacksMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Jakoten

じゃこ天

Ehime's fish cake of small fish ground bones and all, then fried; eat it hot on the street.

¥¥¥
Historic·TemplesMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Dogo Onsen Honkan

道後温泉本館

One of Japan's oldest hot springs; the three-story wooden bathhouse from 1894 is still in use.

5 min walk from Dogo Onsen streetcar stop
Historic·TemplesMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Matsuyama Castle

松山城

One of only twelve castles with an original Edo-period keep; from the hilltop you can see the city and the Seto Inland Sea.

5 min walk from Okaido streetcar stop to the ropeway
Historic·TemplesMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Ishite-ji Temple

石手寺

Temple No. 51 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, with a National Treasure gate and a mysterious cave passage.

15 min walk from Dogo Onsen
Shopping streetMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Dogo Haikara-dori

道後ハイカラ通り

An L-shaped arcade from Dogo Onsen stop to the Honkan, lined with citrus-juice and local sweets shops.

Dogo Onsen (streetcar)
Shopping streetMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Okaido & Gintengai

大街道・銀天街

Central Matsuyama's two shopping arcades, with department stores and drugstores.

Okaido (streetcar)
October festivalsMatsuyama & Dogo Onsen

Dogo Autumn Festival

道後秋まつり

Dogo Onsen's autumn festival, famous for portable shrines clashing into each other in the 'hachiawase'.

Around Dogo Onsen
Local cuisineTakamatsu

Sanuki udon

讃岐うどん

Kagawa's famous chewy udon; at self-service shops a bowl costs around ¥300.

¥¥¥