12 Sights in Matsuyama, Japan (with Map and Images)

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. The castle has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1952. It is also called Iyo-Matsuyama Castle to disambiguate it from Bitchū Matsuyama Castle in Okayama. Tsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle were also built in a similar style around the same time period.

Wikipedia: Matsuyama Castle (Iyo) (EN), Website

Bansuiso is a French-style pavilion located in the center of Matsuyama City, the capital of Ehime Prefecture. It is located at the southern foot of Matsuyama Castle. It has been designated as an Important Cultural Property.

Wikipedia: 萬翠荘 (JA), Website

Iyozu Hikono Mikoto Jinja is a shrine located in Iaimachi, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Shikinai Company, formerly known as a prefectural company. The divine crest is a sixteen-petalled eight-fold chrysanthemum. Locally, it is also called Tsubaki Shrine and Tsubaki Mr./Ms..

Wikipedia: 伊豫豆比古命神社 (JA)

Shiroyama is a mountain located in the center of Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and is designated as a national historic site. Officially, it is "Katsuyama" (Katsuyama), but it is generally called "Shiroyama" because there is a Matsuyama Castle keep on the top of the mountain. On the eastern ridge stands a TV tower.

Wikipedia: 城山 (松山市) (JA)

Monjuin is a temple of the Shingon sect located in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. It is named Dafa Mountain, Monjuin Temple, and Tokujoji Temple. The main Buddha is Jizo Bodhisattva and Bunshu Bodhisattva. Shikoku 88 Extra Shrines, Shikoku Twenty Sacred Sites No. 9, Iyo Pilgrimage 21 Sacred Grounds No. 15, and Iyo Seven Lucky Gods Bishamonten. Honson Shingon (Jizo Bodhisattva): On Kakabi Mr./Ms. Maei Sowaka Honzon Shingon (Bunshu Bodhisattva): On, Ara Ha Sha Sacred Song: For the sake of our people, for the sake of the future, Michibikitamau, Saburo Emon

Wikipedia: 文殊院 (松山市) (JA), Website

Yujinja Shrine is a shrine located in Kanzan, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is a prefectural company. The divine crest is "Flower on the tortoiseshell".

Wikipedia: 湯神社 (JA)

Ishite-ji (石手寺) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 51 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. Its name means Stone Hand Temple (石手寺). Seven of its structures have been designated National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties.

Wikipedia: Ishite-ji (EN), Website

Ehime Prefectural Sports Park is an athletic park located in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. The facility is owned by Ehime Prefecture and managed and operated by the Ehime Prefectural Sports Promotion Corporation as the designated manager.

Wikipedia: 愛媛県総合運動公園 (JA)

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. The ruins of the castle were area designated a National Historic Site.

Wikipedia: Yuzuki Castle (EN)

Hōgon-ji (宝厳寺) 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 (time) sect as an offshoot of the Jōdo sect in 1276.

Wikipedia: Hōgon-ji (Matsuyama) (EN)

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 (愛媛県立美術館), 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 .

Wikipedia: The Museum of Art, Ehime (EN), Website

Yogin is a temple located in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. The mountain name is Mt. The religion is Shingon Sou Daigo. The principal is Aoji Kongo. Shikoku 88th place, Hana Henero No. 4 bill, Kazehaya Shikoku No. 49 (Shaka Nyorai), 52nd bill (Otohiro Daishi). Also known as a cane.

Wikipedia: 養護院 (JA)