Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Ehime Area

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Leisure / Outdoors

Shikisai Farm

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Ehime Saijo-shi Tanbaracho Takamatsu 2008

This farm is in Takamatsu, Tanbara-cho, Saijo city. They grow seven types of blueberry in a chemical-free environment, and nine types of grape in low chemical environments, as well as various other vegetables, fruits, and herbs. They offer all kinds of harvesting activities (by reservation only), like blueberry picking from mid-July through late August, then grapes from early August through late September.
Hakkiri Farm

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Ehime Saijo-shi Tanbaracho Takamatsu Ko 1962

This farm is located in Takamatsu, Tanbara-cho, Saijo City. It grows fruit using organic fertilizer. Guests can enjoy picking figs from late August to early November and persimmons from late October to mid or late November. The farm also offers chestnut harvesting from September to early October. Guests can roast and eat their chestnuts right there at the farm. All three activities require a reservation.
Tanbara Mogitate Club

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Ehime Saijo-shi Tanbaracho Nagano 2234

This sightseeing farm is on prefectural route 48 in Nagano, Tanbara-cho, Saijo city. This farm is run in cooperation with local fruit growers, and offers the chance to pick various fruits in different seasons. From early June they have peaches, then the season moves to blueberries, grapes, figs, chestnuts, persimmons, kiwi, and so on through the year. They also grow clusters of succulents, and they hold flower arrangement classes using roses year-round.
Gutokusan

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Ehime Saijo-shi Tanbaracho Nagano 915

This fruit farm is along prefectural route 48 in Nagano, Tanbara-cho, Saijo city. They grow a huge variety of fruits in chemical free plots, including about 30 types of grapes, Saijo's special Atago Persimmon, figs, kiwis, and the incredibly rare paw-paw fruit. You can try picking all kinds of fruit yourself in season.
Saijo Blueberry Farm

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Ehime Saijo-shi Iioka 3108

This fruit farm is located in Iioka, Saijo City. It raises a variety of berries including blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. The farm uses soil cultivation in order to create a growing environment as close to nature as possible. It has even been certified as an “eco-farmer” by the prefecture. The farm is open from mid-July to mid-August and offers blueberry picking (reservation required). . It also serves gelato made with blueberries and other fruits.
Saijo City Shimin no Mori

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Ehime Saijo-shi Fukutakeotsu 50-9

This park is located in Fukutake, Saijo City. It features a promenade, an open space with play equipment, an observatory with a sweeping view of the city, and other attractions. It is also adjacent to the Saijo Archaeological History Museum. Visitors can also enjoy seasonal flowers such as the 1,000 plum trees representing 20 varieties that have been planted in the park’s plum garden.
Gallery Shirokawa

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Ehime Seiyo-shi Shirokawacho Oriai 680

This art museum is located in Oriai, Shirokawa-cho, Seiyo City. There is a yearly national kamaboko board painting exhibition, which displays paintings made on kamaboko boards. Entries are displayed from mid-July tothe first Sunday of December. Outside of this exhibition period, other works such as paintings, sculptures and pottery are also displayed.
Akehama Autocamp Site Campa

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Ehime Seiyo-shi Akehamacho Takayama Ko 461-1

This campground is located in Takayama, Akehama-cho, Seiyo City. It features three different types of accommodations: camping sites each equipped with a water tap, log cabins, and American-style mobile homes. The cabins and mobile homes have fully equipped kitchens, allowing campers to cook their own food.
Seiyo City Nomura Silk Museum

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Ehime Seiyo-shi Nomuracho Nomura 8-177-1

This museum located in Nomura, Nomura-cho, Seiyo City features exhibits about silk production in the region that was formerly Nomura Town. Nomura came to be known as “the town of milk and silk” for its prosperous dairy farming and sericulture industries. Visitors can view materials about the history of sericulture, see tools used in the production of raw silk thread, and even try their hand at hand weaving or dyeing.
Ozu City Hijikawa Kaze no Hakubutsukan Museum Utamarokan

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Ehime Ozu-shi Hijikawacho Yokohayashi 99-1

"This museum is located in Yokohayashi, Hijikawa-cho, Ozu City. The Wind Museum's catchphrase is ""bringing wind into people's hearts"", and contains exhibits about wind power generation, as well as a wind tunnel experimentation room, and collections of cultural documents such as books, movies, music and other writings that have ""wind"" in their titles. And in the Utamaro building, there are woodblock Ukiyo-e prints by Utamaro Kitagawa and exhibits showing the history of ukiyo-e and how they are made, as well as reproduction ukiyo-e prints that can be purchased."
Otonosama Park

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Ehime Ozu-shi Ozu 848-1

This park is located in Ozu, Ozu City. It is a historical park developed around the Ozu Castle Sannomaru Minami Sumi Yagura Turret, a Ｎationally-Ｄesignated Important Cultural Property. The park also features the Main Building of the Former Kato Family Residence, a Nationally-Registered Tangible Cultural Asset. It was built during the Taisho period by Kato Yasumichi, who was an honorary citizen of Ozu City and the son of Kato Yasuaki, the last lord of the Ozu Domain.
Baseyama Park

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Ehime Minamiuwa-gun Ainancho Misho Heijo 5688

"This park is located on the summit of Mount Mazesan, and contains a ""Children's Zoo"" where visitors can interact with the animals, as well as an exhibit of a Violet Lightning fighter plane, which was recovered from the ocean floor."
Nanreku Misho Park

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Ehime Minamiuwa-gun Ainancho Misho Heijo 740

This park is located along National Route 56, in Ainan, Mishohirajo, Minamiuwa District. The multi-purpose plaza, which faces Misho Bay, can be used for concerts, and there are also six clay tennis courts available. In the summer, the Nanreku Jumbo Pool, with its 50-meter slide, wave pool and running water pool is also open.
Nanreku Omoriyama Camping Ground

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Ehime Minamiuwa-gun Ainancho Johen Ko 1500

This campsite is located in Johen, Ainan, Minamiuwa District. The campsite has campfire and cooking facilities, as well as showers and toilets, rental camping equipment and fuel for sale. There is also a sports facility in the nearby Nanreku Johen Park.
Suwazaki Natural Recreation Forest

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Ehime Yawatahama-shi Kurinoura

This forest is a natural forest located on a three- kilometer-long peninsula that juts out into the Uwa Sea in Kurinoura, Yawatahama City. About two kilometers of walking paths have been laid out in the forest, and visitors can stroll around admiring blossoms in all four seasons, including cherry blossoms, azaleas, and hydrangeas. In addition, they can see a beautiful view of the Uwa Sea from the tip of the peninsula.
Akamatsu Farm

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Ehime Kitauwa-gun Kihokucho Chikanaga 24

This strawberry farm is located in Chikanaga, Kihoku-cho, Kitauwa District. The farm cultivates varieties of strawberry such as Amaotome and Red Pearl, which are local to the prefecture, as well as the large Benihoppe variety. The farm is open to the public from early January to early May, and visitors can enjoy all-you-can-eat strawberry picking for 60 minutes. There are also strawberries available for direct purchase.
Nijino Mori Park Osakanakan Aquarium

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Ehime Kitauwa-gun Matsunocho Nobinono 1510-1

This aquarium is located in Nijinomori Park, along National Route 381, in Nobinono, Matsuno-cho, Kitauwa District. It has an outdoor diorama aquarium with the theme of the river system from the source to the river mouth, as well as exhibitions that focus on the freshwater fish that live in the Shimanto River, includingJapanese barramundi. The aquarium also has animals such as oriental small-clawed otters, penguins and crocodiles.
Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum, Imabari City

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Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Omishimachoumunagata 5208-2

The Sculpture Museum in Omishima in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture exhibits 44 works of Ken Iwata, known for his works with warmth of style work and the theme of Mother and Child. The building is cylindrical made of concrete walls on the site of the schoolyard of the former Munakata elementary school. The works are placed on the lawn of the semi-outdoor space with almost no roof. Visitors can sit on a bench while feeling the sea breeze and enjoy the works leisurely. The adjacent building is a refurbished old wooden school building now used as an accommodation facility.
Akasaka-Izumi Park

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Ehime Pref. Iyoguntobechou Shigemitsu 135

Akasaka-Izumi is a bubbling spring fed by underground water from the Shigenobu River. There are benches and tables in the park where visitors can enjoy the peaceful surroundings. 160 cherry trees have been planted around the park and it is full of people coming to see the cherry blossoms in the spring.
Texport Imabari

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Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Higashimonchou 5-14-3

Imabari is Japan’s leading producer of towels in terms of volume. At Texport Imabari, visitors can observe Imabari’s towel manufacturing process, try making their own towel, and so on. The headquarters also has a wide variety of Imabari-brand towel products for sale.

Ehime

Matsuyama Tobe Uchiko Imabari / Shimanami Kaido Mt. Ishizuchi / Shikoku Karst Ozu / Uwa / Sadamisaki

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Ehime Areas

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.