Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Matsuyama, Japan

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 7 km
Ascend 266 m
Descend 320 m

Explore Matsuyama in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Matsuyama

Sight 1: Hogonji Temple

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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)

465 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Yu Jinja

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Yu JinjaSaigen Jiro / パブリック・ドメイン

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)

507 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: 義安寺

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Gianji Temple is a temple of the Soto sect located in Dogo, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. It is commonly known as Rokubu-sama. Eighty-eight extra ticket offices in Shikoku.

Wikipedia: 義安寺 (JA)

811 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Yuzuki Castle

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Yuzuki Castle was a former Japanese castle located in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. During the Muromachi period, it was the stronghold of the Kōno clan, who ruled Iyo Province under the Muromachi shogunate. The ruins of the castle were area designated a National Historic Site.

Wikipedia: Yuzuki Castle (EN)

1854 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 5: 愛媛大学ミュージアム

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愛媛大学ミュージアム

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

1744 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 6: Matsuyama Castle

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Matsuyama Castle Jyo81 (ja: User) / CC BY 3.0

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)

1232 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 7: 城山公園

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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)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Museum of Art, Ehime

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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

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