Uwajima City

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Uwajima City, located in the southern part of Ehime Prefecture, is a charm-filled port town facing the Uwa Sea, where bullfighting, pearl cultivation, and a historic samurai culture deeply live. The town's symbol, "Uwajima Castle," is one of the "12 Existing Original Tenshu" retaining its appearance unchanged from the Edo period, and its sophisticated wooden architectural beauty is designated as a National Important Cultural Property. Furthermore, it is a treasure trove of gastronomy represented by traditional "Uwajima Tai-meshi"—where fresh sea bream sashimi is entangled in special sauce and raw egg to be placed atop white rice—highly praised by international food gourmets. It is a place where your soul is deeply healed by the idyllic ocean landscape woven by its beautiful rias coastline, the refined castle town atmosphere built by the prestigious Date family, and the warm hospitality of local people.

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Address: 2F, 5-1-4 Marunouchi, Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture
Website: https://www.uwajima.org/
Operator: Uwajima City Tourism and Local Products Association

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Uwajima Municipal Bullring
Kabasaki Battery Site
Yoshida Fureai Kunayasu-no-Sato
Uwajima City Historical Museum
Kushima Island
Kushima Ohashi Bridge
Uwajima Castle
Kiya Ryokan
Nanyo Area
Yusu Mizunoura Terraced Fields
Iwamatsu Townscape

Uwajima Municipal Bullring

Uwajima Municipal Bullring

The "Uwajima Municipal Bullring," located at the summit of Mt. Maruyama in the center of Uwajima City, is the only dome-shaped bullring in Shikoku where you can experience traditional "bullfighting," an extremely rare event in Japan, close up. Unlike Spanish bullfighting, Uwajima's bullfighting does not feature a fight between a human and a bull; instead, giant male bulls weighing over 1 ton clash horns against each other to compete in pure strength and technique, a style termed "bull horn clashing." At the regular tournaments held four times a year (New Year, Spring, Summer, Autumn), the tremendous roar of giant bodies...

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Kabasaki Battery Site

Kabasaki Battery Site

Kabasaki Battery Site, located at the entrance of Uwajima Port, is the remains of a historic coastal fortress constructed during the turbulent late Edo period by the Uwajima domain lord Date Munenari to protect the castle town from threats of foreign vessels, such as the arrival of the Black Ships. Strongly equipped with cutting-edge Western artillery tactics of the time, it is carefully protected as a highly precious historical heritage symbolizing the dawn of modern Japan. Currently maintained as a quiet park, you can inspect the sturdy stone wall constructions of the time up close. Offering a sweeping view of...

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Yoshida Fureai Kunayasu-no-Sato

Yoshida Fureai Kunayasu-no-Sato

Yoshida Fureai Kunayasu-no-Sato in Yoshida Town, Uwajima City, is a rustic and beautiful historical experience-type facility where you can experience firsthand the history and culture of a castle town that once flourished grandly through the production of unique Japanese paper and wax (mokuro) as a branch domain of the Uwajima domain during the Edo period. Within the vast premises, mansions of wealthy merchants of the time, prestigious samurai residences, farmhouses, and private homes are beautifully relocated and reproduced with their ancient architectural techniques intact, spreading a nostalgic landscape as if slipping through time into Edo-period Japan the moment you step...

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Uwajima City Historical Museum

Uwajima City Historical Museum

The "Uwajima City Historical Museum," standing near the coast of Uwajima City, is a beautiful history museum utilizing a retro wooden Western-style building (gijo-fu architecture) constructed in Meiji 25 (1892) as the Uwajima Police Station. This building itself, featuring modern window frames over white walls, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property incorporating Meiji-period Western architectural techniques, radiating a must-see beauty for architecture fans. Within the building, you can deeply learn the prestigious history of the Uwajima domain ruled by warlord Todo Takatora and the eminent lord Date Munenari, alongside regional traditional culture and industrial developments through exhibitions of precious...

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Kushima Island

Kushima Island, floating about 400 meters off the coast of Uwajima Port, is a remote island with a perimeter of about 10 kilometers, charming for its untouched rich nature and rustic island living. Because the Kushima Ohashi Bridge opened in 2016, it became easily accessible from Uwajima city area via car, bicycle, or foot, serving as a hidden sacred site for cyclists and hikers. The road circling the island has very light traffic, allowing for stress-free strolls while listening to the calm waves of the Uwa Sea. The island features unusual rocks like the "Godzilla Rock" shaped like Godzilla, beautiful...

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Kushima Ohashi Bridge

Kushima Ohashi Bridge

The "Kushima Ohashi Bridge," opened in 2016, is a beautiful white suspension bridge with a total length of 468 meters connecting Uwajima city area and the remote Kushima Island floating off the coast. The birth of this bridge dramatically improved access to Kushima Island, which could previously only be crossed by boat, gathering attention as a new sightseeing route. A sidewalk is also fully maintained on the bridge, providing pure exhilaration for walking or cycling while feeling the pleasant sea breeze. From atop the bridge, you can gaze at a grand panorama of the dynamic多島美 of the Uwa Sea woven...

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Uwajima Castle

Uwajima Castle, standing atop a hill in the center of Uwajima City, is one of the "12 Existing Original Tenshu" conveying its appearance unchanged from the Edo period to the present day. Built by Todo Takatora, a powerful warrior renowned as a master of castle design, it features a complex layout utilizing an irregular pentagon to deceive enemies. The compact yet highly sophisticated wooden main keep is designated as a National Important Cultural Property, and stepping inside completely overwhelms you with the heavy construction where the breath of ancient samurai can be heard. The castle mountain is covered by a...

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Kiya Ryokan

Kiya Ryokan in the historic port town of Uwajima City is a long-established inn founded in Meiji 44 (1911) where politician Tsuyoshi Inukai and many grand writers historically stayed, now boldly renovated by a world-renowned architect into a luxury designer's inn limited to one group per day. While leaving its prestigious historical designs intact, such as the heavy wooden framework of the building and retro lattice doors, the interior floors boldly adopt acrylic glass throughout, spreading an innovative space where light pierces from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor, or from under the floor to the ceiling, as if...

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Nanyo Area

The "Nanyo Area," expanding across the southwestern part of Ehime Prefecture, is an ultimate hideaway resort deeply retaining the original scenery of Japan, sandwiched between the rich rias coastline of the Uwa Sea and the rugged yet rich Shikoku Mountains. Consisting of Uwajima City, Ozu City, Yawatahama City, and others, unique old history and culture breathe within each town, featuring castles with existing original keeps, towns labeled "Little Kyoto," and stone-walled terraced fields that seem to reach heaven. Quiet times completely unrelated to city hustle flow here, and it is also famous as a world-class cultivation land for high-grade pearls....

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Yusu Mizunoura Terraced Fields

Yusu Mizunoura Terraced Fields

The "Yusu Mizunoura Terraced Fields," located on the Koshima Peninsula in Uwajima City, are stair-like fields boasting an overwhelming beauty, praised as "cultivating until reaching heaven" and designated as a National Important Cultural Landscape. The stone walls constructed meticulously on the steep slope layer tightly over each other like stairs toward heaven, creating a breathtaking contrast with the deep blue Uwa Sea spreading before your eyes. These terraced fields are a "living historical heritage" built by ancestors with blood-sweat efforts to survive on limited land, where potatoes are mainly cultivated today. Climbing the walking path continuing to the summit expands...

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Iwamatsu Townscape

Iwamatsu Townscape

The "Iwamatsu Townscape" in Tsushima-cho, Uwajima City, is a history-emotion rich area deeply retaining the atmosphere of the past, having flourished from the Edo period to the early_Showa period through sake brewing and rice trading. Along the quiet streets facing the Iwamatsu River, prestigious grand-walled merchant houses, heavy storehouses, and buildings with characteristic lattice doors are carefully protected today. Known as the stage for the novel "Tenya Wanya" by modern Japanese novelist Shishi Bunroku, a literary romance drifts through the air. Retaining an un-commercialized, natural silence and the breath of old Japanese living, it is a hidden famous spot known...

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