Fudoki Japan
愛媛県 · Shikoku Region

Ehime Hidden Gems

El reino del onsen y los cítricos en Shikoku. El Dogo Onsen Honkan, la casa de baños más antigua de Japón e inspiración de El viaje de Chihiro, tiene más de 3 000 años de historia termal. La ruta ciclista Shimanami Kaido conecta seis islas, y el castillo de Matsuyama corona una colina con vistas al mar Interior.

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Huertos de cítricos junto al mar Interior y una fuente termal que se dice es la más antigua de Japón, al pie de un castillo en la cima de una colina.

Clima y mejor temporada

Templado y soleado en la costa, más húmedo y fresco en las montañas del sur. Bueno todo el año; los cítricos alcanzan su mejor momento en invierno.

Gastronomía típica

  • Mikan y otros cítricos
  • Taimeshi (arroz con dorada)
  • Jakoten
  • Botchan dango

Lugares emblemáticos

  • Dogo Onsen
  • Castillo de Matsuyama
  • Shimanami Kaido
  • Calle histórica de Uchiko
Uchiko Town — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Ehime· Uchiko

Uchiko Town

Uchiko's merchants made fortunes in the 18th and 19th centuries by harvesting waxy berries from haze trees, crushing the…

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Ozu Castle Town — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Ozu

Ozu Castle Town

Ozu is a well-preserved castle town along the Hijikawa River, featuring Edo-period merchant houses, samurai residences,…

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Bessho Onsen (Ehime) — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Saijo

Bessho Onsen (Ehime)

Bessho Onsen is a secluded hot spring resort nestled in the mountains near Mt. Ishizuchi, known for its milky-white sulf…

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Shimanami Kaido (Imabari side) — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Ehime· Imabari

Shimanami Kaido (Imabari side)

The Shimanami Kaido runs 70 kilometers from Honshu to Shikoku, crossing the Seto Inland Sea by hopping six islands conne…

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Mount Ishizuchi — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Saijo

Mount Ishizuchi

Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山, 1,982m) is the highest peak in western Japan and one of Japan's seven sacred mountains, a Shugendo…

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Sada Misaki Peninsula — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Saijo

Sada Misaki Peninsula

Sada Misaki is a narrow peninsula extending 40km into the Bungo Channel, forming Shikoku's westernmost point. The dramat…

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Tobe Pottery — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Tobe Pottery

Tobe-yaki is Ehime's signature ceramic style, characterized by thick white porcelain hand-painted with indigo-blue botan…

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Imabari Towels — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Imabari

Imabari Towels

Imabari produces approximately 60% of Japan's towels, a textile industry dating to 1894 when the region's soft water (fr…

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Omishima Island — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Omishima

Omishima Island

Omishima is the largest island on the Shimanami Kaido cycling route, home to Oyamazumi Shrine which houses Japan's most…

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Taimeshi — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Taimeshi

Taimeshi (鯛めし, 'sea bream rice') is Ehime's signature dish, existing in two completely different regional styles: Matsuy…

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Dogo Onsen Honkan — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Ehime· Matsuyama

Dogo Onsen Honkan

Dogo Onsen Honkan stands three stories tall in dark wood and white plaster, looking like a castle designed for bathing i…

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Uwajima Castle — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Uwajima

Uwajima Castle

Uwajima Castle is one of only twelve Japanese castles retaining an original Edo-period tenshu (main keep), built in 1666…

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Uwajima Bull Fighting — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Uwajima

Uwajima Bull Fighting

Uwajima is one of the few places in Japan where traditional togyu (bull sumo) continues — two bulls weighing 700–1,000kg…

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Matsuyama Castle — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Matsuyama Castle

Matsuyama Castle occupies the 132-meter summit of Mt. Katsuyama in central Matsuyama City, one of only twelve Japanese c…

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Ishite-ji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Ishite-ji Temple

Ishite-ji is Temple #51 of the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, a large Buddhist complex featuring a towering three-story p…

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Ehime Mikan — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Ehime Mikan

Ehime Prefecture produces 20% of Japan's mikan (mandarin oranges), making citrus the region's defining agricultural prod…

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Botchan Ressha — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Botchan Ressha

The Botchan Ressha is a restored vintage steam locomotive (actually diesel-powered replica) operating as a tourist tram…

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Nanrakuen Garden — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Nanrakuen Garden

Nanrakuen is a traditional Japanese landscape garden built in 1688 for the lord of Matsuyama Domain, featuring seasonal…

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Jakoten — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Matsuyama

Jakoten

Jakoten (じゃこ天) is Ehime's signature fish cake made from small fish (jako — tiny sardines or anchovies) ground whole with…

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Garyu Sanso Villa — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Ehime· Ozu

Garyu Sanso Villa

Garyu Sanso is a refined villa and tea house built in 1907 by a wealthy merchant, perched on a cliff overlooking the Hij…

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