Yawatahama City Is Located in Western Ehime, at the Tip of Sadamisaki Potter Around on a Rental Cycle Peninsula
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An Outline of Yawatahama All the information you need for visiting Yawatahama Michi-no-Eki Minato Oasis Doya Market Yawatahama City is located in western Ehime, at the tip of Sadamisaki Potter around on a rental cycle Peninsula. The total land area is 132.68㎢. The city faces the Seto Yawatahama Minatto Inland Sea to the north, the Uwa Sea to the west, and commands a Pottering view of Kyushu across the Bungo-suido Channel. YAWATAHAMA You can rent bicycles from Yawatahama Minatto and The coastline has steep hills extending to the shore which form a Mecenat Drive. unique sawtooth coastline called the Ria coast, and is known for its The fish and other sea products caught that day are sold at the market price to restaurants Why not potter around Yawatahama on a bicycle? scenic beauty. and regular consumers. The freshness, You’re sure to find something interesting. CITY reasonable prices, and variety of the produce, The city has long been popular with offshore and inshore fisheries as well as our high spirits, contribute to the Rent-a-cycle and its quiet water is suitable for fish and other sea product farming. market name, Doya (meaning“Look how good Station they are!”) Yawatahama Port boasts some of the largest natural fish catches in ◎Electric bicycles Doya Restaurant western Japan. The port is called the western entrance of Shikoku GUIDE ◎City cycles etc. and is the hub of water traffic between Kyushu and Shikoku. Annually, 700,000 people use this port for traveling. At the local produce corner, Electric Tandem Bicycle Agora Marché fresh citrus and other fruits, The Unshu Mikan oranges that Yawatahama produces are well known vegitables, and local 500 Yen or more for their excellent quality throughout Japan. They have been specialties are sold. The Rord City Cycl restaurant section consists Enquiries Mecenat Drive developed to the current level of quality through generations of of a food court and At the Doya restaurant, special menus with reasonably Minato Communication Centre 400 Yen or more cafeteria. Local specialty priced fresh sea products and BBQ with your choice of Address: 1 Ekimae, farmers’ painstaking efforts. They are produced in the mild climate Address: 1581-23 Okishinden, Junior Cycle foods, bread freshly baked ingredients are offered. In winter, enjoy the Doya Market Yawatahama with sea breeze and with what we call , the Three Suns: the sunlight in the stone oven, and pizza original seafood pot. In Yawatahama, seafood city, enjoy Yawatahama 300 Yen or more Yawatahama City Tel: 0894-22-0266 sent directly from the sky, the sunlight reflecting off the water, and Welcome! are offered. the delicious fresh foods to your heart’s content. Tel: 0894-21-3710 the sunlight reflecting off the land. In fall, the lattice fields on the 1-1-1 Kitahama, Yawatahama, Ehime 796-8501 Yawatahama, Ehime hillsides are bright with the oranges’ golden color, which is the Tel: (0894) 22-3111 Yawatahama City Industry and Tourism Section Welcome to Yawatahama typical scenery in Yawatahama that we wish to leave for future http://www.city.yawatahama.ehime.jp/ Rediscover the attractions of Yawatahama Facebook http://www.facebook.com/yawatahama.kankou Yawatahama faces the Uwa Sea which leads generations. into the distant Pacific. It’s one of Shikoku’s main fish markets and one of Japan’s top producers of mandarin oranges. Honai Street Stroll Yawatahama Street Stroll A town of progressive industry and history. Mining, shipping The fish market of Yawatahama is one of the biggest in National Tangible Access and manufacturing were particularly active, and if you walk Shikoku. Surrounded by the sea and mountains, it’s a Cultural Property through the town you can find nostalgic traces of these Umebijin 50 min by aeroplane place of scenic beauty. industries. It’s an attractive town with many historically Sake Osaka Brewery 80 min by aeroplane valuable buildings. Tokyo Yanai Hiroshima Onomichi Kurashiki Kobe Matsuyama Expressway Western-Style (1 hr 50 min) Shiraishi Wataro Residence Minase Bridge Via Futami and Nagahama Sakaide Takamatsu About 90 min by car (coast road) 2 hr 30 min A western style building owned by When it was completed in 1933, the by train Kagawa 378 Matsuyama - Ozu Wataro Shiraishi, who made his Imabari About 70 min by car (Express) newels were used for illumination. Awajishima fortune operating a mining business The bridge has been used as a Matsuyama 56 Kawanoe JCT. Expressway in the late Meiji 30s (1903-1906). Island location for films. The Mokkin Road, Beppu Iyo (30 min) Around the building there are Yawatahama Yoshino River SA. Naruto JCT. About 30 min wooden promenade beside the Matsuyama Ferry by car luxurious residences of business Ozu I.C. Expressway Tokushima 1 hr 10 min Ozu About 50 min 197 From Yawatahama Expressway owners, which show how prosperous red-brick warehouse is perfect for a Kawanoe Higashi JCT. Tokushima I.C. by car 55 min by train (2 hr) the city was in those times. Misaki (Express) stroll. Siyo-Uwa I.C. 197 Wakamatsu Hata Shop Seiyo Kochi I.C. Yawatahama Saganoseki Misaki National Tangible Cultural Property Traditional dye house, founded in 1822, Kochi Beppu Uwajima I.C. City Ehime Sanshu Daihoji Temple offering high quality linen and cotton dye Uwajima About 3 hr 10 min by car Kochi products, including such things as banners, Suzaki Higashi I.C. (Former Nisshinkan) An eminent Buddhist monk of the Rinzai The Umebijin Sake Brewery Usuki Ferry 197 Legend doorway curtains, various hanging products, Tsushima Saganoseki 2 hr 30 min School, Kazan Nishiyama served as the Shimanto Town Chuo I.C. Expressway from Established in 1884 and now the and stage curtains. The artisanal quality and started its operation in 1916. A tall Tsushima-Takata I.C. Uwa Ferry head monk in this temple. Kannon Hall, Tsushima only silkworm egg producer in Ehime. 200 year tradition of craftsmanship have an brick chimney, which has long Usuki Ferry Road which was modeled after Ginkakuji excellent reputation overseas as well. Some Tsushima-Iwamatsu I.C. 2 hr 15 min The Ehime Sanshu building was built been known by local people as a of the products are popular as gifts to ship About 3 hr by car Ashizuri Expressway in 1919. The wooden 3story building Temple in Kyoto, and a wooden statue landmark of this area, shows its owners, celebrating the launch of a new has ornate pediments (isosceles by the sculptor, Hirakushi Tanaka, who Aeroplane ship. The workshop is opened to visitors. If long history. 5 buildings in the site triangular gables) and wainscots at studied Zen with Kazan, are notable you are lucky, you may even be able to talk are registered as cultural assets. the entrance and windows. properties of this temple. with the craftsmen. The chimney is one of them. Mue Beach Isaki Guide to accommodation in Yawatahama Kinzanshussekiji Temple FunFun EventsEvents Eat out in ❽ Accommodation in Yawatahama Please book accommodation in advance. Area code (0894) Yawatahama Sanwa Business Hotel ☎24-3838 New Hotel Toyo ☎23-1414 The soul food of Yawatahama is Matsue Ryokan ☎22-0326 Nagisa Ryokan ☎36-2432 Kikitsu known all over Japan. Business Hotel Suisen ☎37-2182 Harbor Plaza Hotel ☎22-0022 ❼ Heikedani Super Hotel Yawatahama ☎20-9000 Port Side Hotel Seto ☎22-0264 Maana Zashikibina (April) Seiwa Ryokan ☎22-0009 Ryokan Marunishi ☎22-0425 On April 2nd and 3rd, Hina dolls are arranged as decorations to Yawatahama champon Honai-cho Business Ryokan Mikotoen ☎24-0894 Business Hotel Yamaki ☎36-3370 celebrate each first daughter’s first Girl’s Day. The garden is Each shop has its own unique‘Champon’ noodles. Some are served Hizuchi-cho Minshuku Chidoriso Kaze-no-Ki ☎23-1736 Yawatahama Century Hotel Ito ☎22-2200 Mountain Bike Race (May) also decorated with a variety of with light soup, thick noodles and sliced pork ribs and vegetables on Bonsai and other ornaments with This internationally accredited race attracts Yawatahama about 400 riders to Yawatahama from all top. Some are served with noodles and Yawatahama’s specialty Taxi Bus Rent-a-car Rail Area code (0894) “Dairi Hina Dolls” at the center, transport and looks like a garden party. over Japan, making it Japan’s top race. seafood products generously arranged on top. Ikata Town, ❸Hizuchi Elementary School Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property Compare each shop’s specialty. You will find the unique Nishi-Uwa County Miyauchi T Atom Taxi ☎22-0033 R JR Yawatahama Station ☎22-0495 Kawanazu Hashiramatsu characteristics of the shop. Not only that, you’ll learn about the B Iyotetsu Nanyo Bus ☎22-3200 T Sumire Taxi ☎22-0250 Shinto Blessing (April) foods and lives of the locals. B Uwajima Jidosha Co., Ltd. ☎22-2400 B Konan Kanko Bus (Ozu) ☎(0893)25-0045 This festival is held on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday in April. It originates after a T Uwajima Hire ☎22-0474 T Fuji Taxi ☎22-1000 series of fires during the Edo Period, Kawanoishi R Edel Rent-a-Car ☎36-2661 T Honai Taxi Toll-free 0120-480-034 when people in the village started a Maruyama Champon Kiki Sugawa purifying event, praying for the safety of established in 1948 Uchinoura Kokaido R Orix Rent-a-Car Yawatahama ☎24-1335 T Marunouchi Hassei Kotsu ☎22-4500 the village and no fires. The highlight of ❶ first created ❷ Go R JR Station Rent-a-Car ☎22-0495 R Mihara Sangyo DD Yawatahama Toll-free 0120-490-109 the festival is when a big demon with a Jigen-an Blue Stone Wall National Important Cultural Property flaming torch on his back climbs to the Yawatahama Kawanoishi Nagisa Ryokan B JR Shikoku Bus ☎(089)941-0489 ※ Please book your rent-a-car in advance.