Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Matsuyama, Japan

Matsuyama Castle is a "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its original tenshu. The castle has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1952. It is also called Iyo-Matsuyama Castle to disambiguate it from Bitchū Matsuyama Castle in Okayama. Tsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle were also built in a similar style around the same time period.

Wikipedia: Matsuyama Castle (Iyo) (EN)

Shiroyama Park is located in Marunouchi and Horinouchi, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and is an urban park (comprehensive park) with Shiroyama and its surroundings as a park.

Wikipedia: 城山公園 (松山市) (JA)

The Museum of Art, Ehime opened in the grounds of Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1998, as the successor to the Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art (愛媛県立美術館), which opened in 1970. The collection of some 11,900 works includes paintings by Monet and Cezanne, nihonga practitioners Yukihiko Yasuda and Yokoyama Taikan, and yōga masters Nakamura Tsune and Yasui Sōtarō, as well as pieces by local artists, including Sugiura Hisui and Masamu Yanase .

Wikipedia: The Museum of Art, Ehime (EN), Website

Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum or Sakano-ueno-kumo Museum is a museum located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, and inspired by the novel Saka no ue no kumo, written by Ryōtarō Shiba.

Wikipedia: Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum (EN), Website

Bansuiso is a French-style pavilion located in the center of Matsuyama City, the capital of Ehime Prefecture. It is located at the southern foot of Matsuyama Castle. It has been designated as an Important Cultural Property.

Wikipedia: 萬翠荘 (JA), Website