Museum / Science Museum Spots in Ehime Area

  • Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
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    3.5
    348 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Ichibanchou 3-20
    “Saka no Ue no Kumo” (Clouds above the Hill) is a novel by Ryotaro Shiba, depicting the modernization of Japan through the life stories of brothers Yoshifuru and Saneyuki Akiyama, and poet Masaoka Shiki. Many materials related to the novel as well as the three main characters are exhibited in the museum. The four-story building with a basement was designed by Tadao Ando, and is made as a space expressing “clouds above the hill”.

    The story behind the museum lends itself to understanding a little in forming of modern Japan and specifically around 3 individuals enlighten approaches at that time. The museum is housed within a...

  • Imabari City Murakami Pirate Museum
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    4.0
    91 Reviews
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Miyakubocho Miyakubo 1285
    This museum, located in Miyakubo Town, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, preserves and displays artifacts related to Noshima Murakami, one of the Murakami pirates who was called “Daimyo of the seas” and who controlled Setouchi during the Sengoku, or warring states, period. The museum displays important artifacts and related works on the Noshima Murakami clan, as well as old documents, reconstructed models, and pieces unearthed during excavations. The restored Japanese armor and battle surcoat (a sleeveless campaign jacket worn over armor), said to have been actually worn, are must-see exhibits. The observation room with views overlooking the ruins of Noshima Castle, and the area where visitors can try on for themselves some armor and garments are also popular.

    I was on a tour so didnt plan on stopping here but is was so interesting. The artifacts of the museum was okay but the story and history of these pirates made the stop worthwhile. Especially if...

  • Matsuyama City Shiki Memorial Museum
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    4.0
    108 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Dougokouen 1-30
    Located roughly five minutes’ walk from Dogo Onsen Station, the Matsuyama City Shiki Memorial Museum has on display manuscripts and works by Masaoka Shiki, a leading writer of haiku poetry who was born in Matsuyama, as well as letters exchanged with Natsume Soseki and other major literary figures with whom he was friendly. The Museum provides detailed displays on the history of Dogo and Matsuyama, on the times in which Masaoka Shiki lived, and on his friendships and acquaintances. Special events are held on an occasional basis, and the Museum also functions as a community center for the local community.

    道後温泉駅から徒歩3分ほど。道後公園内に立地している4階建ての文化施設で、2-3階が博物館となっている。入館料は400円。展示室内は愚陀佛庵(復元)を除き撮影不可。 展示は全体の4分の1が道後・松山の歴史、残りが正岡子規の生涯に関する解説・資料展示となっている。正岡子規は松山の生まれで、松山市駅近くには「正岡子規誕生邸址」の石碑も立つ。教科書にも載る明治を代表する俳人であるが、浅学のため有名な「柿...

  • Birthplace of the Akiyama Brothers
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    4.0
    110 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Kachimachi 2-3-6
    This museum is located in Kachi-machi 2-Chome, Matsuyama City. The building is a recreation of the birthplace of the Akiyama brothers Yoshifuru and Saneyuki, whose military exploits were famously depicted in Shiba Ryotaro’s historical novel “Saka no Ue no Kumo.” The museum exhibits a variety of materials related to the brothers. Bronze statues of the brothers have also been erected on the grounds.

    秋山兄弟が暮らしていた家を再現した資料館です。ボランティアガイドの川端さんという博識な女性が秋山家の暮らしぶりや、秋山兄弟の人となり、展示物について丁寧に詳しく説明してくださいました。秋山真之の銅像は彫が深く西洋人のように見えるのですが、その理由はイタリア人の芸術家がイタリアで真之の写真を参考に彫り上げたからだとか。兄の好古は晩年北予中学校の校長に就任し、一人この家に住んだそうです。毎日学校に一番...

  • Ehime Prefectural Science Museum
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    4.0
    43 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Nihamashi Ojouin 2133-2
    The science museum has three permanent exhibition halls (the nature hall, the science and technology hall and the industry hall) and a huge planetarium 30 meters in diameter which has featured in the Guinness Book of Records. The centerpiece of the museum is a real dinosaur robot that moves. The museum plays host to many temporary exhibitions and hands-on events making it a great place to come for the whole family.

    愛媛県総合科学博物館(えひめけんそうごうかがくはくぶつかん)は、愛媛県新居浜市大生院(えひめけんにいはましおおじょういん)にある博物館だ。 1994年に設置され、当時は世界最大のプラネタリウムとして人気を博した(現在は名古屋市科学館に次いで世界2位) 2021年9月3日、この日は鈍川温泉ホテルに宿泊していた。 チェックアウトし、車で先に進んだ。 この日は、あいにくの大雨だ。 今治市玉川近代美術館...

  • Museum of Commercial and Domestic Life
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Kitagunuchikochou Uchiko 1938
    The Museum of Commercial and Domestic Life is located in Uchiko Town. The building that houses the Museum is itself of great interest, having formerly been an apothecary’s shop that operated during the Edo and Meiji periods. Mannequins and period utensils are used to recreate the scene in the apothecary’s shop as it would have been in years gone by; the unique, highly-realistic mannequins surprise visitors by welcoming them using authentic phrases (researched with experts familiar with the period). The realistic scenes—which include the owners’ family eating together with the apprentices, the housemaid cooking a meal, and little details such as someone talking to himself as he works—are very popular with visitors. Models are used to present information about Uchiko Town’s history and way of life, famous local individuals, etc.

    OK, it has talking dolls, but after the experience of the whole town in general, and the wax factory, it comes off second best. Can be missed.

  • Museum of Ehime History and Culture
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Seiyoshi Uwachounomachi 4-11-2
    This museum introduces and exhibits items related to the history and folklore of Ehime Prefecture. The expansive structure houses four historic and folklore exhibit rooms, and workshop classrooms. In addition to the displayed objects, on display are many scale-model replicas of iconic structures such as pit dugout dwellings, a town house during the Sengoku Age of Civil Wars, and a pre-war village main street, each depicting respective periods, affording one a sense of being transported back in time.

    It’s strange to find such a fine museum on Ehime’s history and culture in a small city like Seiyo rather than Matsuyama city. But it’s in an idyllic setting on top of a mountain. Entry is 510 yen per...

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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...

  • 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。

  • Omogo Mountain Museum
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
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    Ehime Kamiukena-gun Kumakogencho Wakayama 650-1
    This museum is located in Wakayama, Kumakogen Town, Kamiukena County. Its permanent collection features around 3,000 exhibits on a variety of subjects. These include the plants and animals that inhabit the Ishizuchi mountain range, the geology of Mt. Ishizuchi and the Omogo Gorge, and the history and folk culture of the area including mountain worship. The museum also holds three special exhibits each year as well as events such as nature observation parties and entomology seminars.

    石鎚山面河峡谷の自然をいろんな視点で解説展示していました。毎年の企画展も興味深いテーマで楽しめました。

  • Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory
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    2 Reviews
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    Ehime Kamiukena-gun Kumakogencho Shimohatanokawa Otsu 488
    This astronomical observatory is located in Shimohatanokawa, Kumakogen Town, Kamiukena County. It features an observatory equipped with a 60-centimeter reflecting telescope as well as a small 40-seat planetarium. Visitors can enjoy observing the shining stars over the highlands with expert commentary at the observatory’s nighttime stargazing parties (reservation required). Visitors can see a planetarium show every day in the daytime (except when the observatory is closed).

    家族でうかがったのですが、土星もばちり見えました! あとこの日は天の川も綺麗にみることができて子供たちも大興奮。 天体好きにはたまらないと思います。

  • Stone Culture Denshokan Museum
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    Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Miyakubochoumiyakubo 3546
    "This is the symbol of ""Stone Town Miyakubo-cho"" which has been producing beautiful durable Oshima-ishi granite since the start of the Edo-period. Oshima-ishi granite, which is as smooth to the touch as celadon porcelain, is marked by unwillingness to fade, with its deep grey increasing as time passes. It is used in both the National Diet Building and the imperial Akasaka Estate. There are displays on Oshima-ishi granite as well as other types of stone from around the world and you can learn about the history and culture of stone work. Unique stone works and monuments are dotted about the grounds and along with the main building there are grounds available for baseball and tennis and a multipurpose auditorium."
  • Museum of Great People of Ehime
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Uenomachi Ko 650 Ehime Lifelong learning Center
    This museum is inside Ehime Prefectural Lifelong Learning Center, in Ueno-machi, Matsuyama. It has exhibits with items related to 178 great people of Ehime who left behind reputations in one of nine fields, including scholarship, the arts, government, and sports. They also have a Children’s Great Person Learning Area with documents relating to the individuals on display.
  • Matsuyama City Archaeological Museum
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Minamisayacho Otsu 67-6
    This museum is located in Minamisayacho, Matsuyama City. It possesses a collection of around 500 relics dating from the Paleolithic era to the Heian period excavated from sites in the Matsuyama Plain. The museum features permanent exhibits with the basic themes of “look,” “listen,” “touch,” and “think.” This includes hands-on exhibits such as earthenware that visitors can touch. The museum also holds several special exhibits each year.
  • 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.

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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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