Places of Interest

The Shiden-Kai Museum features a Japanese fighter raised from the seabed. It’s the only aircraft of its kind in Japan.

This rather old-fashioned museum in Dogo has many exhibits that illuminate the life of one of Japan’s major haiku poets.

This little museum dedicated to haiku poet Masaoka Shiki captures the atmosphere of his life in Matsuyama.

Shikoku’s new aquarium showcasing the marine and river life of the island.

A metal shed in Konan houses a fantastic collection of supercars, classic cars and motorbikes.

A huge plateau between Ehime and Kochi studded with limestone outcrops.

An attractive outdoor museum of traditional buildings from around Shikoku.

The Shimanami Kaidō is a chain of islands across the Seto Inland Sea, joined by a series of bridges which carry an expressway and cycle paths.

Shimanto City is the modern incarnation of the old domain of Nakamura, encompassing much of the watershed of the Shimanto River.