Dōgo Onsen
Dōgo Onsen (道後温泉) is a hot spring in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.
Dōgo Onsen (道後温泉) is a hot spring in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.
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Worth seeing in and around Dōgo Onsen
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Matsuyama Castle
Matsuyama Castle is a "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its original tenshu.
2 km · castle in Iyo province (now Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture), Japan · Wikipedia - 02Ishite-ji Temple
Ishite-ji is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 51 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage.
1 km · Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 51 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage · Wikipedia - 03Yuzuki Castle
Yuzuki Castle was a former Japanese castle located in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. During the Muromachi period, it was the stronghold of the Kōno clan, who ruled Iyo Province under the Muromachi shogunate.
400 m · building in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum or Sakano-ueno-kumo Museum is a museum located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, and inspired by the novel Saka no ue no kumo, written by Ryōtarō Shiba. The museum was constructed by Tadao Ando.
1.9 km · museum in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Museum of Art, Ehime
The Museum of Art, Ehime opened in the grounds of Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1998, as the successor to the Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art, which opened in 1970. The collection of some 11,900 works includes paintings by Monet and Cezanne, nihonga practitioners Yukihiko Yasuda and Yokoyama Taikan, and yōga masters Nakamura Tsune and Yasui Sōtarō, as well as pieces by local artists, including Sugiura Hisui and Masamu Yanase.
2.6 km · museum in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Hōgon-ji Temple
Hōgon-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Ji sect in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. It is famed as the birthplace of the Buddhist sage Ippen, who founded the Ji sect as an offshoot of the Jōdo sect in 1276.
300 m · Buddhist temple in Ehime Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Hanta-ji Temple
Hanta-ji is a temple belonging to the Buzan branch of the Shingon school, located in Hatadera-cho, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. Its formal mountain name is Higashiyama, and its hall name is Rurikō-in.
3.1 km · Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 50 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage · Wikipedia - 08Isaniwa Shrine
Isaniwa Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Enshrined are Emperor Chūai, Empress Jingū, and Emperor Ōjin.
300 m · Shinto shrine in Ehime Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 09The Shiki Museum
The Matsuyama City Shiki Memorial Museum is a museum devoted mainly to the life and work of Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki, who was born and raised in Matsuyama. Shiki is widely considered to be the most important figure in the modernization of both haiku and tanka poetry.
300 m · museum in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Seki Art Gallery
Seki Art Gallery is a private art museum that opened in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1997. The collection includes sculptures by Rodin and Bourdelle, Yōga by Asai Chū, Fujishima Takeji, and Koiso Ryōhei, and Nihonga by Yokoyama Taikan and Kayama Matazō.
400 m · museum in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dōgo Onsen
- Airports
- Matsuyama (MYJ), 8 km · Hiroshima (HIJ), 66 km · Kochi Ryoma (KCZ), 89 km
- Stations
- Matsuyama Station, 3.6 km · Matsuyama City Station, 2.9 km · Iyo-Tachibana Station, 3 km · Kita-Kume Station, 3.8 km · Komachi Station, 2.9 km
- Hiroshima → Dōgo Onsen68 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · ¥2,050–2,790
- Nankoku → Dōgo Onsen85 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · ¥1,420–1,940
- Takamatsu → Dōgo Onsen128 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · ¥1,740–2,370
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dōgo Onsen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dōgo Onsen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerry services connect Matsuyama with various locations on Honshu and Kyushu.
- Get inIshizaki Ferry and Setonaikai Kisen operate daily to and from Hiroshima, with some boats stopping in Kure (呉).
- Get inSlower ferries depart on different schedules between 06:25 and 19:50 (10 per day), reaching Hiroshima in about 2½ hours at a cost of ¥3500 each way.
- Get inKokura Ferry runs an overnight service to Kokura in Kitakyushu, leaving at 21:55 and arriving at 05:00 the next day (you may stay on board until 07:00).
- Get inYou need to fill out a short form before boarding the ferry.
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Next door to Dōgo Onsen
Dōgo Onsen is 2 km from Matsuyama, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Matsuyamacity in Ehime prefecture, Japan2.4 km