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

大島と伯方島との間を流れる、日本有数の潮流を間近で体感できる観潮船。国指定史跡の能島周辺に渦巻く宮窪瀬戸の激しい潮流や、船が折れるほどの潮流が流れると言われる船折瀬戸、神秘的な伝説の残る鶏小島や鯛崎島などを巡る、歴史ロマンあふれる約40分間のクルーズ。途中エンジンを切って潮流に身をまかせ、川に落ちた笹舟のようにくるくる回転する様はスリル満点。複雑な潮の流れを熟知した熟練の船頭の軽快な舵さばきで波をかき分け進む船は、他では味わえないアドベンチャーとなっている。

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 pottery available for purchase as well as hands-on classes and pottery exhibitions. On the ground floor you will find over 30,000 works from 32 local potteries 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 pottery classes 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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県道47号、別子・翠波はな街道沿いにある道の駅。敷地内には別子銅山最後の採鉱本部跡地を利用した鉱山のテーマパークがあり、日本初の山岳鉱山専用鉄道を復元した鉱山鉄道・観光坑道、砂金採り体験パーク、露天風呂や岩盤浴が楽しめる温浴施設、屋内型子ども用遊戯施設などがある。休憩に最適なレストランもある。

東洋のマチュピチュ『東平』への定期観光バスは、道の駅 マイントピア別子が発着地点となっている。

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.