Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Ehime Area

  • Botchan Theater
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Touonshi Minara 1125
    This regional theater first opened in 2006. Works are performed focusing on the history, civilization, traditions, and notable figures of Shikoku and the Seto Island Sea region. The concept behind the theater is to give rise to new musical talents and to show off the culture of Ehime and Shikoku by holding performances across the country. You can enjoy a fully-fledged musical in the hall which seats 450 guests. This is the only theater in Japan to put on independent musical productions year-round. A free shuttle runs to the theater from Matsuyama Station.

    たかが地方の劇場とあなどるなかれ。かなり本格的な劇場です。人数の関係か、いつも一人が何役もこなしていますが、それもすごい。劇団四季経験者などめ演じています。かなりおススメです。

  • Oozu Akarengakan (Red Brick Building)
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    3.5
    30 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Ozushi Ozu 60
    The building was constructed as the main branch of the Oozu Commercial Bank in 1901, and is a blend of Japanese and Western-style architecture, featuring British bricks and a tiled roof. The building is now used to sell local crafts and special products, and there is a place for tourists to take a break on the second floor.

    まちの駅あさもやから地図を片手に歩きました。銀行として使われていた建物です。 文字通りの赤煉瓦の建物できれいです。が、その日は残念ながら休業日。中には入れず残念でした。

  • Traditional Tobe-yaki Pottery Industrial Hall
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Iyoguntobechou Ominami 335
    This museum in Tobe Town, Iyo County, Ehime Prefecture provides information on the history of “Tobe-yaki,” one of Japan’s traditional forms of pottery. Tobe-yaki was created in 1775 under the directive of Kato Yasutoki, the feudal lord of the Ozu Domain at the time. The museum exhibits materials on Tobe-yaki’s history, unique features, and production process. In addition to precious Tobe-yaki samples, there are exhibits on other forms of pottery as well. On the second floor you’ll find individual exhibits, group exhibits, and a variety of other planned exhibits. There’s also an area where visitors can purchase their own Tobe-yaki potteries.

    砥部焼の展示を行っている施設ですが、砥部町にある多くの窯元の磁器の販売も行っています。私が訪問した際には、1万円以上を購入すれば、1割引になると掲示されていました。複数の窯元の商品を比べて、それぞれを少しずつ購入したいなら、こちらの施設で買うのも良いかもしれません。 それ以外にも、自転車の貸し出しも行っていて、1日300円というかなり安い金額で自転車を借りることができます。 窯元を巡るのであれば...

  • Tamagawa Museum of Modern Art
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Tamagawachouono Case 86-4
    "Located approximately a 50-minute drive on National Route 317 from the center of Matsuyama City, this art museum houses and exhibits mainly works collected by the local businessman Tadatsune Tokusei. It has works from painters who have left their mark on modern Western painting such as Seiki Kuroda's ""Snow in the Garden"" and Takeji Fujishima's ""Corner of the Park,"" and small but warm treasures. The collection also includes overseas works from artists such as Picasso, Rouault, Miro and Chagall, and a wide range of works by painters who colored recent times. In addition, the shop also sells original museum Bary-san character goods."

    今治市の名誉市民で実業家の徳生忠常のコレクションをもとにした美術館。 コンクリート打ちっぱなしの館内は、落ち着いてゆっくりと鑑賞できるスペースが確保されています。 「須田国太郎と独立美術協会の画家たち」展を拝見しました。ほか、所蔵品の黒田清輝や特に松本竣介の作品も質のいいものだと思います。

  • Uwajima City Date Museum
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Uwajimashi Gotenmachi 9-14
    This museum is just a 25-minute walk from the Uwajima Station. It exhibits treasured documents of the region the Date family is associated with, as well as cultural items of Uwajima. Although the exhibit has various artifacts on display, from weapons, armor, paintings, writings, earthenware, and clothes, the exhibit of the splendid and luxurious bride's furnishings is extensive.

    伊達家のみならず四国内の殿様の甲冑や刀剣を展示しています。中には変わった兜も有りましたよ。面白いのは伊勢海老の兜、遠くからでも見分けが付きそうです。宇和島藩の歴史では宇和島藩は仙台伊達藩の分家ではないということを強調しています。藩祖秀宗公は大坂の陣の功績により、秀宗公が直接頂いた領地だからという話です。個人的にはどうかなと思いますが。尚、館内は撮影禁止です。

  • Sunokawa Park
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
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    Ehime Minamiuwa-gun Ainancho Sunokawa 288
    This park is located on National Route 56 in Sunokawa, Ainan Town, Minamiuwa County. It is comprised of the approximately one-kilometer-long Sunokawa Beach, a campsite, an event venue, a seawater pond, a freshwater pond, and other attractions. Visitors can enjoy activities such as swimming, snorkeling, and sea kayaking. The park is also adjacent to Yurari Uchiumi, which features a public bathhouse that uses seawater and a restaurant.

    貸し出しもしているようですがシュノーケルセットは持参しました。 シャワーは冷水ですが着替える所もあってよかったです。 色々な魚を見る事ができました。 魚の大群もみられて良かったです。

  • Uwa Rice Museum
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Ehime Seiyo-shi Uwacho Unomachi 2-24
    This museum in Unomachi 2-Chome, Uwa-cho, Seiyo City is located inside the relocated wooden school building of the former Uwa Town Elementary School. It features a number of exhibits about rice including old agricultural implements and specimens of rice plants. The museum also has a cafe where visitors can compare the flavor of Uwa Rice against brand-name rice varieties from across Japan. Other attractions include a museum shop that sells a variety of rice-related products and a blackboard room where visitors can scribble on the walls to their hearts’ content. Visitors can also test their speed and skill in a “floor-wiping race” down the former schoolhouse’s hallway.

    木造平屋建ての小学校で110メートルもある歴史的建物。 新しい小学校を建てるために移築したようです。 雑巾がけ競争で有名な直線廊下が見どころ。 近くに駐車場もありました。 コロナのため、一部しか見られませんでしたが、それは仕方のないこと。 それでも満足でした。 コロナ感染が落ち着いて、また来た時の楽しみに取っておきたいと思います。

  • Nihon Shokken World Tasty Museum
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Tomitashinko 1-3
    This commodity manufacturing museum was built to resemble the Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Austria. It was founded on the site of the Nihon Shokken Holdings Ehime main office as a transmission base of world food culture. There are two tour courses to choose from; the Food Culture Museum Course (takes around three and a half hours) which includes lunch at the staff cafeteria, and the Palace Course which centers around the KO Palace factory. It is the world's only museum that showcases a wide range of information about the food culture of the world, from the things that are actually put in the mouth to the ingredients, utensils, tableware, and meal etiquette.

    お城の工場見学に参加しました。入場料1000円は少し高いですが、焼き肉のたれなどのお土産がついてきます。宮殿の中に工場があるのでとてもシュールです。説明も丁寧ですが、若干駆け足です。せっかく説明パネルがたくさんあって面白そうなのに見られなかったのが少し残念でした。

  • Imabari Omishima Art Museum
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Omishimacho Miyaura 9099-1

    大山祇神社前にある日本画の美術館。 大展示室のメインを飾る加山又造の火の島は桜島をモチーフにした襖絵。赤と黄色の色調の華やかな雰囲気で、美しい情景がそのまま写し取られているよう。 ほか、田淵俊夫記念展示室の作品も落ち着いた正統派の作品です。

  • Ehime University Museum
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Bunkyocho 3
    This museum located on Ehime University’s Johoku Campus in Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama City has a mission of disseminating the results of university’s academic research. It features permanent exhibits on the four basic themes: Evolution of Earth and Universe, Ehime History and Culture, Diversity of Life, and Human Activities in the Environment. The museum also features spaces for special exhibits as well as an insect specimen repository and gallery with a collection of more than 1. 2 million specimens.

    伊予鉄道市内線(路面電車)の「赤十字病院前」電停から徒歩5分ほど。愛媛大学城北キャンパス内にある博物館。入館無料。 現在はコロナ禍のため休館となっており再開時期は不明。訪館する前に公式サイトで開館/閉館を確認した方がいいでしょう。

  • Kawara-no-furusato Park Kawara-kan
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Kikumacho Hama 3067
    This park is located in Kikumachohama, Imabari City. The park was developed around the theme of Kikuma-kawara roof tiles, which are a specialty of the district. Its attractions include features play equipment such as a large roller slide, an observation deck with a sweeping view of the Seto Inland Sea, art installations made with roof tiles, and more. The attached Kawara-kan tile museum features exhibits on subjects related to roof tiles including the history and production of Kikuma-kawara roof tiles. The park also hosts a Rose Festival that is timed to occur when the park’s roses are in bloom.

    表情豊かな菊間瓦をたくさん見ることができます。訪れたときは人がほとんどいませんでした。外には巨大な滑り台があります。海に向かって滑るので気持ちがよかったです。あまりにも長いので、服のまま滑ると摩擦で熱い。スカートで滑るとめくれてしまいます。段ボールがあった方がいいかもしれません。

  • Imabari City Kono Museum of Art
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Asahimachi 1-4-8
    This art museum is located in Asahi-machi 1-Chome, Imabari City. The museum possesses a collection of around 10,000 folding screens, hanging scroll, ancient documents, books, and other items collected by the late Shinichi Kono, who was a businessman from Imabari. In addition to exhibiting this collection, the museum also holds a variety of events including modern art exhibitions. The museum’s tea house was relocated from Kono’s residence. It was modeled after the famous Tai-an teahouse, a National Treasure.

    We had to pass a (very) rainy day in Imabari and ended up visiting this museum, which, despite initial appearances, was quite nice. It has a decidedly small-town feel, with most of the artists on...

  • Ikazaki Kite Museum
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
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    Ehime Kita-gun Uchikocho Ikazaki Ko 1437
    This museum in Ikazaki, Uchiko Town, Kita County is Japan’s first publicly-operated museum specializing in kite. It features a permanent collection of around 400 kites from around Japan and the world including the kites used in the Ikazaki Big Kite Battle, a traditional event of the region. The museum also offers kite-making classes (reservation required).

    Lots of wonderfully decorated kites fill 4 rooms, along with kite making and kite flying tools. This town & the kite museum hold a kite flying contest every year. The man who sold us our tickets...

  • Tokoro Museum Omishima
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Omishimachourado 2362-3
    This modern art museum can be found on Omishima Island, which is located along the Shimanami Kaido Expressway in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture. It opened in 2004 thanks to the contributions of businessman Atsuo Tokoro. Inside you’ll find an exhibit of approximately 30 three-dimensional works by Giacomo Manzu, known for creating the gate of St. Peter’s Basilica, as well as Noe Katz, Norichika Hayashi, and Takashi Fukai. The building is located on a plateau on the island, which affords the terrace a splendid view of the Seto Inland Sea.

    8月1日 3年ぶりくらいの訪問です。今治市 大三島町 大山祇神社前を通過して数キロ、海岸線の高台にあります。印象的な玄関がお迎えしてくれます。入り口から階段状の展示室を降りながら展望室へと向かいます。今回は、コロナ禍の関係でコーヒーのサービスはありませんでした。2度目の訪問、前回の印象より経年劣化を感じました。やはり受付の対応や展示仕方、備品やパンフレットのメンテナンス、来館者への気配りなど、工夫...

  • Uchiko-za Kabuki Theatre
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    Ehime Pref. Kitagunuchikochou Uchiko 2102
    This is a two-story theatre building with a gabled and tiled roof which was built in 1916, and its wooden architectural structure is representative of Aichi Prefecture. It was temporarily remodelled into a cinema, and there were also plans to demolish the building due to its deterioration, but in 1985 due to the zeal of the townspeople, the building was restored to its original condition at the time of being initially constructed. Public performances are done making best use of such things as “hanamichi” (stage–passages), “mawari-butai” (revolving stage), “masu-seki” (box seats) and Japanese musical accompaniment behind black bamboo screen. Again it is also possible to participate in a tour of the interior of the theatre when there are no events being held.
  • Mican Park Baishinji
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    2.5
    3 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Baishinjimachi 1374-1

    1階はみきゃんに関連するグッズやお土産売り場、2階はレストランになっている。思っていたよりも規模が小さく想定外。

  • Miurart Village Art Museum
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Horiechou 1165-1
    Planned by Miura Group founder, the late Tamotsu Miura, this art museum was completed in 1998. Works of art from around the world are displayed outdoors including his own ceramic works, Miurato. At the art museum you can try glazing your own ceramic tile before seeing it fired in the impressive vigor of 1,200-degree heat. The building was designed by modern architect Itsuko Hasegawa around the design of an unequal quadrilateral shape. The deeper you explore in the building the higher the ceiling raises, giving the interior a mysterious quality.

    こぢんまりした美術館ですが、園内に桜が綺麗に咲いていて、変わったオブジェや壁画が飾ってあり、ちょっとした異空間が体感出来ます。 今回は館内に展示された焼物の器の展示会を見てきましたが、不思議なデザインのアートが多数展示されていました。

  • Uwajima City Bullfighting Arena
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Uwajimashi Wareichou 496-2
    Uwajima City Bullfighting Arena is a domed stadium in which bullfighting contests are held, with bulls weighing over a ton being pitted against one another. The Arena opened in 1975. Bullfighting contests are held on January 2, the first Sunday in April, July 24 (the date of the Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival), August 14, and the fourth Sunday in October (Bullfights may also be held on other dates by special arrangement). On days when bullfighting does not take place, visitors to the Arena can watch video footage of previous contests.

    開催日は限られていますので事前に調べてから行く必要があります。宇和島の中心部からはバスでアクセスすることができます。飲食自由、撮影自由で、試合前後に牛を見学することもできます。迫力ある試合を間近で眺められるので、日程が合えば絶対に行くべきです。事前にネットでチケットを買うと500円引きになりお得です。 ただ、残念なことに地元の方のマナーが極めて悪く、トイレが混んでいるからと人前で立小便をしたり(こ...

  • Baishinji Sta.
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Baishinjimachi 1374-1

    いよてつ2デイパスを回収すべく郊外電車にも乗車します。近隣に大した観光資源はありませんが、「東京ラブストーリー」最終回のロケ地として駅自体(下り線ホーム)がよく知られています。ハンカチを結び付けた鉄柵の位置には看板がかかっています。これを見るために市街と単純往復するほどのものではありませんが、三津浜のついでに立ち寄る程度なら許容できるかしら、という感じです。

  • Oyamazumi Shrine Treasure Hall
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Omishimacho Miyaura 3327
    These treasure halls are located on the grounds of Oyamazumi Shrine in Miyaura, Omishima-cho, Imabari City Omishima Island. They are comprised of the Shiyoden, the Omishima Maritime Museum, and the Kokuhokan. They possess treasures such as sets of armor and swords that include eight National Treasures and 469 National Important Cultural Properties. In addition, the Omishima Maritime Museum features a variety of exhibits including the Hayamamaru, the boat used by Emperor Showa to collect samples for his marine biology research, as well as specimens of the flora and fauna from the Seto Inland Sea.

    鎌倉時代から戦国時代の甲冑の数々は日本一の展示で、国宝・重文がゴロゴロとあり全国の国宝・重文指定のの武具類のなんと8割もここにあるそうです。大三島が国宝の島と呼ばれるのも頷けます。日本総鎮守の大山祇神社、併設の海事博物館と共に一見の価値があると思います。ちなみに内部の写真撮影はできません。

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Stretched across the northwest corner of Shikoku island, Ehime is a nature-rich prefecture boasting beautiful coastlines and a rural center where mountains play host to 26 of the Buddhist temples that make up the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Matsuyama is home to an original post-feudal castle as well as Dogo Onsen, one of the country’s oldest natural hot springs. The northern city of Imabari marks the entrance to the Shimano Kaido, a road that crosses six spectacular bridges and several islands, forming a route between Shikoku and mainland Honshu.

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