Ainan Town

  • Ehime
  • Area Info
  • Sightseeing
  • Nature
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Ainan Town, located at the southernmost tip of Ehime Prefecture, is a premier ocean resort in Shikoku facing the grand Pacific Ocean and the beautiful rias coastline of the Uwa Sea, where you can enjoy dynamic ocean blessings with all five senses. The vast sea with outstanding transparency is designated as the "Uwa Sea Marine Park," serving as a mecca for diving and snorkeling in Japan where colorful coral reefs and tropical fish live in colonies, fascinating marine activity lovers worldwide. Along the coast, odd rocks carved by rough waves and the ruggedly beautiful precipices of "Cape Komo" continue, with the sunset dissolving into the horizon being breathtakingly beautiful. It is an area packed with adventures and healing, also featuring gourmet and industrial romance like specialty premium bonito and pearl cultivation.

Ainan Town
Favorite
最優秀賞「風の町 愛南町」

最優秀賞「風の町 愛南町」

Ainan Town Tourism Association

優秀賞「Attractive!愛南町」

優秀賞「Attractive!愛南町」

Ainan Town Tourism Association

Ainan Town

Address
742 Mishojo, Ainan Town, Minamiuwa District, Ehime Prefecture
Website
https://ainan-marugoto.jp/
Operator
Ainan Town Tourism Association

Ainan Town Spots List

スポット一覧
  • Village of Stone Walls
  • Kashima Island
  • Mitsuhatajima
  • Uwa Sea Marine Park
  • Cape Komo
  • Murote Coast
  • Sunokawa Park
Village of Stone Walls
Ehime

Village of Stone Walls

The "Sotodomari District" in the Seika area of Ainan Town is a National Important Cultural Landscape termed the "Village of Stone Walls," where private houses line a steep slope in steps, enclosed by heavy stone walls overlooking the beautiful Uwa Sea. Hand-constructed tightly by ancestors who stacked natural stones one by one from the late Edo period to protect homes from typhoons, fierce winter seasonal winds, and sea breezes, its magnificent sense of unity and powerful scenery won the highest award at the "Beautiful Japanese Villages Contest." Walking the narrow paths of intertwined stone walls allows you to hear the...

  • Ehime
  • Sightseeing
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Kashima Island
Ehime

Kashima Island

Kashima Island, an unstaffed island floating about 400 meters off the coast of Ainan Town, is an ocean paradise with a perimeter of about 1.5 kilometers, surrounded by an untouched, rich primeval forest and an astonishingly transparent sea. Wild deer live leisurely on the island, and their warm welcoming appearance provides healing to travelers. The greatest charm is the beauty of the sea shimmering in coral blue, serving as an ideal spot for swimming, sea kayaking, diving, and snorkeling, highly popular among domestic and international active travelers. Additionally, taking the "Saikai Sightseeing Cruise" circling around the island allows you to...

  • Ehime
  • Nature
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Mitsuhatajima
Ehime

Mitsuhatajima

Mitsuhatajima, floating in the Uwa Sea of Ainan Town, is an unstaffed odd rock spot boasting a highly unique and dynamic landscape where three small rocky reefs (islands) stand harmoniously in a single line off the coast of a beautiful rias coastline入り江 inlet. The white rock surfaces carved by fierce Pacific waves and tidal winds over long years, the green of pines living robustly atop them, and the contrast of the surrounding deep Uwa Sea blue radiate a superb sense of Japanese aesthetics, just like a natural giant bonsai or a traditional Japanese landscape painting. Dusk is particularly recommended; the...

  • Ehime
  • Sightseeing
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Uwa Sea Marine Park
Ehime

Uwa Sea Marine Park

Uwa Sea Marine Park, expanding from the coast of Ainan Town, is an overwhelmingly transparent, beautifully preserved marine park that was the first designated in Japan in 1970. Receiving the blessings of the warm Kuroshio Current, colorful colony shikoro corals and multivarious tropical fish and marine life breathe within this marine area, drawing hot attention from divers worldwide as one of Japan's premier diving and snorkeling meccas. Even for those not good at swimming, taking the underwater sightseeing glass-bottom boat "Gaiyana III" allows you to observe the beautiful coral paradise close up through the large windows at the boat bottom,...

  • Ehime
  • Sightseeing
  • Nature
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Cape Komo
Ehime

Cape Komo

Cape Komo, located at the southernmost tip of Ainan Town and projecting grandly into the Uwa Sea, is a remote edge sacred site filled with wild natural energy, boasting an overwhelmingly scale spectacular view where you can overlook the vast horizon of the Pacific Ocean. Sheer rock precipice cliffs exceeding 100 meters altitude continue endlessly along the coastline, and the sight of fierce waves crashing against them with white spray lets you directly experience the earth's powerful dynamism. A lawn of sasa bamboo spreads across the ridge of the cape, providing the ultimate feeling of openness as you stroll along...

  • Ehime
  • Sightseeing
  • Nature
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Murote Coast
Ehime

Murote Coast

Murote Coast in Ainan Town is a beautiful white sand beach with a photogenic, tropical resort atmosphere, expanding along a calm inlet woven by its beautiful rias coastline. The coral blue Uwa Sea with outstanding transparency combines with rows of elegant phoenix palm trees lining the coast, creating a landscape as if wandering into an overseas southern island resort. Because waves are extremely gentle, it serves as an optimal field not only for family swimming but also for sea kayaking and SUP (Stand-Up Paddleboarding) which have seen rising popularity in recent years, loved by domestic and international nature-loving travelers. Feeling...

  • Ehime
  • Sightseeing
  • Activities
  • Nature
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Sunokawa Park
Ehime

Sunokawa Park

Sunokawa Park, located along the coast of Ainan Town, is a vast natural park where rich greenery and a blue sea comfortably merge, standing adjacent to the beautiful Sunokawa Coast which was selected among Japan's top 100 beaches. Spacious lawn plazas, campsites, and wooden athletic equipment are well-maintained within the park, providing an optimal environment for international backpackers and families to leisurely enjoy the outdoors in the midst of great nature. The beach right before your eyes connects directly to the highly transparent Uwa Sea Marine Park, serving also as a famous snorkeling spot where you can observe beautiful coral...

  • Ehime
  • Sightseeing
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
Back to Ehime