Japan 2010, Matsuyama…

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:59:00 +0000

Exploring Matsuyama
A bamboo forest near a foreign settlement house

The inside of a tea house rented out for tea ceremonies

A view from the tea house

One of the older style street trams

A park surrounding the lower grounds of Matsuyama castle

A bento for the train ride back to Tokyo
Goodbye Matsuyama, I will miss you.

Japan 2010, Matsuyama..

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:44:01 +0000

On our way to Matsuyama, Ehime on the Shikoku Island…
We managed to catch a ferry boat from Hiroshima port going to Matsuyama port.

The view from the boat to Matsuyama

A snack on the boat..
Orange cream mochi
Matsuyama is famous for growing oranges

Pulling into Matsuyama port after a 3hr ride

After arriving at the port we had to take a short walk to the nearest station

This is the first station that we have had our ticket stamped by hand by a station manager. It was a very old and tiny station

On the train into Matsuyama
there were these school boys arguing
on the way to their stop

We finally made it to our very obscure hotel after asking the nice people at the police station for directions and a short cab ride there

The views from our hotel windows..
a large school and a tiny church of course

Exploring Matsuyama with our friend
Shoko san..

Dogo Onsen, the oldest Onsen in Japan

Lunch at a very traditional Japanese style cafe that serves sandwiches on their own fresh baked breads

Fancy looking buses outside the train station

On our way up to Matsuyama Castle in this thing…

The alternative way up to the castle

Matsuyama Castle and the view from it on top of a mountain

Ume Plum Tree

You can try on Samurai armor inside the castle

Matsuyama’s famous roll cake and dongo with matcha tea

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Japan 2010, Matsuyama…

Japan 2010, Matsuyama..