Ehime
Travel plans
Eastern Ehime: The Sacred Mountain & the Copper-Mine Frontier — 2 Days
Mt Ishizuchi by ropeway, the spring-water town of Saijo and its railway park on day one, then the Besshi copper mine and the Akagane museum at Niihama on day two — two days in the rugged eastern end of Ehime, based at a business hotel in Saijo
Uwajima & the Deep South: A Castle, a Garden & the Terraced Sea — 2 Days
Uwajima Castle, the Tensha-en garden, the Date museum and the bullring on day one, then the terraced fields of Yusumizugaura and the Nametoko gorge on day two — two days in the deep south-west of Ehime, based at a historic ryokan in Uwajima
Uchiko & Ozu: Two Little Castle Towns of the Hijikawa — 2 Days
Uchiko's Meiji merchant street, its wax-museum residence and its old playhouse on day one, then Ozu Castle, the Garyu Sanso villa and cormorant fishing by torchlight on day two — two slow days in the 'little Kyoto' of the Hijikawa valley, staying in a restored townhouse hotel in Ozu
The Shimanami Kaido: Island-Hopping by Bike from Imabari — 2 Days
Imabari Castle, the great Kurushima bridge and the pirate museum of Oshima on day one, then the Oyamazumi shrine, the Tatara Bridge and the Imabari towel country on day two — two days riding the Ehime half of the Shimanami Kaido, based at a cyclists' lodge on Omishima
First-Time Matsuyama: Dogo Onsen, the Castle & the Old Hot-Spring Town — 2 Days
Matsuyama Castle and its garden, a French-style villa and the Okaido arcade on day one, then Ishite-ji temple and two of the Dogo bathhouses on day two — a first-timer's two days in the capital of Ehime, based at a historic ryokan beside Dogo Onsen
