Matsuyama City

Pines shaped like an English painter's.

Shijushima (Turner Island)

Photo by Jyo81 (ja: User) (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Taihoji Main Hall

The main hall, with round pillars, placessimple boat-shaped brackets only at the four corners.

The main hall of Taihoji temple in Minamiedo 5-chome, Matsuyama. Built in the Amida hall form of the late Heian period, it is thought to date from the early Kamakura period. The roof was originally thatched and is inferred to have been retiled in 1745 (Enkyo 2). This is a different temple from Daihoji in Kumakogen, Temple 44 of the Shikoku 88 Temples.

National Treasure (structure), designated March 31, 1953
3 bays by 4 bays, single-story, hip roof, tiled
Valued as the oldest wooden building in the prefecture (city, prefecture)
The shrine inside dates from 1631 (Kan'ei 8)

02 ／ Kagiya Kana Memorial Hall

Eight pillars hold up an octagonal roofin honor of the founder of Iyo kasuri.

This hall at Chorakuji temple in Nishihabu was built in 1929 (Showa 4) by the Iyo Textile Trade Association. Kana is said to have devised her way of weaving kasuri (ikat) after taking a hint from the rope marks left on old bamboo used for a thatched roof. The Kagiya Festival has been held on May 28, the anniversary of her death.

Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure), registered August 28, 2001
Reinforced concrete; eight columns with entasis carry a tiled octagonal roof (city)
Kagiya Kana lived 1782 to 1864 (city)
Another account says she began after meeting a merchant in kurume kasuri on a ship (Koho Masaki)

03 ／ Machiya of Mitsu

The business-and-hospitality style of buildingis said to mark the merchants of Mitsu.

In Mitsu 1-chome there are three nationally registered houses. The Mori house, a wholesale merchant's main building, has its second-floor walls finished in copper plate, and the Kimura house was built in 1881 (Meiji 14) as a shipping agency and ship-supply shop. At the port, the Mitsu ferry links it with Minatoyama.

Registered Tangible Cultural Properties: Mori house main building (2010), Kimura house (2019), former Suzuki house (2021)
All three are privately owned (city)
The Mitsu ferry is part of city road Takahama No. 2, about 80 m between Mitsu and Minatoyama, free of charge (city)

Living here

The city spreads from the Kutsuna Islands to the Matsuyama Plain.

about 510,000 people

The prefectural capital lies near the center of Ehime. The climate is mild, that of the Seto Inland Sea, with an average annual temperature of 16.8 degrees. The city spreads from the Kutsuna Islands in the Seto Inland Sea, past the foothills of the Takanawa mountains, to the Matsuyama Plain formed by the Shigenobu and Ishite rivers.

People living here: 511,192people
Area: 429.35km²
Households: 241,234households
Rent (average for rentals): 46,587yen
Healthcare: 41 hospitals ／ 475 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-01-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —72 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Matsuyama City in Japan33.839°N 132.766°E

to OsakaHighway bus310min
to KobeHighway bus252min

Travel times follow 伊予鉄バス公式「高速バス」（https://www.iyotetsu.co.jp/bus/kousoku/ ）の路線一覧が『通常通り運行しております』と表示。①『松山・八幡浜～大阪・京都』オレンジライナーえひめ（伊予鉄バス・阪急観光バス共同運行）の時刻表 PDF（https://www.iyotetsu.co.jp/bus/kousoku/pdf/osaka.pdf 。表題は『2024年4月1日～』のまま）の下り：大阪（阪急三番街）発→松山市駅着は 3号 8:50→14:00、5号 12:00→17:32、7号 13:50→19:20、9号 16:00→21:10、11号 17:10→22:15（15号 22:40→翌5:25 は夜行）。②『松山～神戸』ハーバーライナー（伊予鉄バス・神姫バス共同運行）の時刻表 PDF（https://www.iyotetsu.co.jp/bus/kousoku/pdf/kobe202609.pdf 。『2026年8月17日～』）の下り：神戸三宮発→松山市駅着は 8:15→12:27（毎日運行）、7:20→11:32（土日祝のみ）、10:20→14:32、14:20→18:32（土日祝のみ）、16:20→20:32、18:20→22:32（表の運休中の2便を除く）。 (checked 2026-09-30). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Matsuyama City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

45.5km

東温市, 今治市, 砥部町, 松前町, 久万高原町

Matsuyama City isthis kind of town.

01Shijushima is an island of three rocks off Takahama, named Turner Island (ターナー島) because the shape of its pines resembled pines painted by the English artist Turner. It is a nationally registered monument, managed by Matsuyama city.
02The city has Matsuyama Castle, a national historic site, and Dogo Onsen Honkan, an Important Cultural Property, and has produced many literary figures, beginning with the haiku poet Masaoka Shiki. It also has the National Treasure Taihoji Main Hall, the Kagiya Kana Memorial Hall honoring the founder of Iyo kasuri, and nationally registered townhouses in the port town of Mitsu.
03The prefectural capital, near the center of Ehime on the Matsuyama Plain, with the Kutsuna Islands floating in the Seto Inland Sea to the northwest.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Matsuyama City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗