Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Matsuyama, Japan

Hōgon-ji (宝厳寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Ji sect in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. It is famed as the birthplace of the Buddhist sage Ippen, who founded the Ji (time) sect as an offshoot of the Jōdo sect in 1276.

Wikipedia: Hōgon-ji (Matsuyama) (EN)

Yujinja Shrine is a shrine located in Kanzan, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is a prefectural company. The divine crest is "Flower on the tortoiseshell".

Wikipedia: 湯神社 (JA)

The Ehime University Museum is a university museum on the campus of Ehime University's Johoku Campus in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 愛媛大学ミュージアム (JA), Website

Shiroyama is a mountain located in the center of Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and is designated as a national historic site. Officially, it is "Katsuyama" (Katsuyama), but it is generally called "Shiroyama" because there is a Matsuyama Castle keep on the top of the mountain. On the eastern ridge stands a TV tower.

Wikipedia: 城山 (松山市) (JA)

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), Website