14 Culture The Straw Ropes of Kashima Futami Anonymous In early May, the straw rope between the twin rocks off Kashima Island is replaced. Spectators in fishing boats swarm around taking..
Food Sova Sova Restaurant Anonymous Sova Sova is a restaurant and café on Matsuyama’s fashionable Ropeway Dori. It serves unremarkable soba noodles.
Food Karasu Restaurant Anonymous Karasu is a restaurant in Mitsu, housed in an attractive historic building. Karasu serves Japan’s take on Western style food.
Culture Kamishibaiya Street Entertainment Anonymous In Dogo, you may find yourself getting drawn into a kamishibai performance — free, participatory street storytelling. Don’t wo..
Activities Akiyama Brothers Memorial Anonymous Statues of two famous soldiers, the Akiyama brothers, stand in a grove of cherry trees in Baishinji. The brothers played leading..
Culture Baishinji Anonymous The district of Baishinji faces the Seto Inland separated from Matsuyama by a ridge of hills. Consequently, it has something of..
Activities Matsuyama Shrine Anonymous Matsuyama Shrine is a small shrine near Dogo, dedicated to Ieyasu Tokugawa, relative of the first feudal lord of Matsuyama.
Food Honebuto Mikaku Ramen Anonymous Honebuto Mikaku ramen on Ropeway Dori serves tonkotsu ramen topped with a great mound of sliced pork. The soup is garlicky.