2-day/1-night trip to the most popular spots in Ehime and Kagawa

From a tidal sightseeing boat, visitors can experience up close and personal one of the most powerful currents in Japan, which flows between Oshima and Hakata Island in Ehime Prefecture.
During the 40-minute cruise, you will not only experience the fierce currents of Miyakubo Seto, but also Funaori Seto, which is said to be so fierce that the boat breaks, and Niwatorikojima Island and Taizakijima Island, where mysterious legends have been told.
During the cruise, the boat's engine is turned off and you can experience being carried along by the current. The experience of spinning around like a leaf in the river is a thrilling one.
It is a unique adventure that can only be experienced by a skilled boatman who knows the intricacies of the tides.

This is the world’s first towel museum dedicated to the art of towel manufacturing. The unique museum has much to offer including displays of intricate traditional towels, works of art made from towels, an exhibition on the towel-making process, and there is even a garden area rich with seasonal beauty. The museum café offers pleasant lunches or afternoon teas and an enticing range of original goods and local products are available in the museum shops.

The Tobe-yaki Togeikan offers an incredible range of ceramics available for purchase as well as hands-on classes and ceramics exhibitions. On the ground floor you will find over 30,000 works from 32 local kiln (ceramist) for display and purchase. Many people come to the Kamadashi markets held here in spring and autumn for a special bargain. On the upper floor you can join the ceramic workshop and try your hand at painting, twisting, and wheel throwing.
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Matsuyama Castle, in the style of the Momoyama period, is one of Japan’s few original surviving castles. Its 21 buildings are listed as Important Cultural Properties, and the castle is regarded as one of the three best ‘Renritsu-shiki Hirayama-jiro’ (Renritsu-shiki: an architectural style where the top castle tower is in the centre with smaller towers on either side; Hirayama-jiro: a castle built on a hill on a plain). The towers are all connected to defend the main castle building. The castle is a well-known symbol of Matsuyama and is written about in the prologue of the novel, “Clouds Above the Hill” by Ryotaro Shiba. It has been and will be guarding the city of Matsuyama for centuries!

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The roadside station is located along the Bessi-Suiha-hana-Kaido Road, Prefectural Road No. 47.
There is a mining theme park, a mining railroad and sightseeing tunnel that restored Japan's first dedicated mountain mining railroad, a gold mining experience park, a hot spring facility with open-air baths and bedrock baths, and an indoor children's play facility. There is also a restaurant ideal for taking a break.
The regular sightseeing buses to Tohei, the Machu Picchu of Japan, depart from and arrive at Myntopia Besshi.

This is a popular shrine, commonly known as Konpira-san. It is the head shrine of "Kotohira" or "Konpira" shrines in Japan and has been worshiped since ancient times as "the God of the Sea".
There is an extremely long staircase, consisting of 1,368 steps. The area around the shrine is crowded with many shops such as cafes, teahouses, souvenir shops and udon restaurants. You can rent a walking stick and go for a stroll or take a ride in a "kago" palanquin and enjoy the sights as you are carried around.
At the mid-way point, you will find the Main Shrine. The shrine is dedicated to many gods including the gods of agriculture, livestock, medicine and marine safety. There are wonderful paintings on the ceiling of the main shrine. On certain festival days you can see the priests and shrine maidens dancing in traditional clothes. You can also purchase a beautiful Kofuku no Kiiroi Omamori (Yellow Charm of Happiness).

Graduate in About 60 Minutes!
Come Empty-Handed and Make Your Own Udon!
Our udon teachers will teach you everything you need to know to make authentic Sanuki udon noodles, from kneading the dough to rolling it out and boiling it. After you make your noodles, you'll get to enjoy them with everyone else. There's nothing like the taste of udon you've made yourself!

You can also take your udon home with you as a souvenir. We'll give you a graduation certificate, a secret recipe book, and a rolling pin as souvenirs. Please feel free to join us!

Ritsurin Garden is a daimyo (feudal lord) garden, which was completed in 1745 over a period of one hundred years. Designated as a Special Place of Scenic Beauty, this spacious garden features 6 ponds and 13 landscaped hills. While strolling you can enjoy the changing landscape, therefore it is said that the variety of scenery has the attraction of "ippo ikkei" or a change in scenery with every step. In the garden there are buildings, such as Kikugetsu-tei teahouse, where you can have matcha (powdered green tea) while viewing the picturesque landscape, and the Sanuki Mingeikan (Folk Craft Museum), where Sanuki folk crafts are exhibited. You can also enjoy a ride on a Japanese boat, the “Senshu maru”.

There are approximately 300 cherry trees, mostly Somei Yoshino, and the beauty of the cherry blossoms reflected on the lake surface and the strange colors of the green pine trees are breathtaking. In addition, spring lighting will be held to coincide with the blooming of the cherry trees, and during the nighttime lighting period, special Japanese-style boat trips will be offered on Lake Kitako.