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Moving to Matsuyama

Name: Relocation data for Matsuyama (Ehime Prefecture Matsuyama City)
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In the middle of Ehime Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea, this is the largest city in Shikoku. Population 492,661, area 429.35 square kilometres—bigger than Takamatsu (415,718 people), and the largest city in Shikoku by both population and area. 🔴 The one thing that stands out is how mild the winter is. There are 8.9 days below freezing a year, less than six-tenths of Tokyo's (15.2 days). Days below freezing all day: 0.0; deepest snow cover: 0cm—snow does not settle here. And days of extreme heat come 5.1 times a year, almost the same as Tokyo (4.8 days) (Takamatsu has 12.7). There is Dogo Onsen, and this is the "city of haiku" that produced Masaoka Shiki. Matsuyama Airport has 12 return flights a day to Haneda, 1 hr 30 min, and it is 15 minutes from the airport to JR Matsuyama Station.

To Haneda

1 hr 30 min

Matsuyama Airport, 12 return flights a day

Winter days

8.9 days a year

Tokyo 15.2 days; below freezing all day 0.0

City area

429.35km²

The largest city in Shikoku

Homes for sale

732 listings

From ¥490,000 / median ¥18,940,000

Population

492,661 people

255,718 households, 1 January Reiwa 8

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

47.1%

At the city hall site, the Nankai Trough

Summer (August daily high)

32.6℃

Matsuyama, 1.3℃ warmer than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

2.6℃

Matsuyama, 1.4℃ warmer than Tokyo

🚗 Roadside stations ⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs and day baths20 🐕 Dog runs2 🚐 RV parks

Roadside stations: Kazahaya-no-sato Fuwari / National and quasi-national parks: Setonaikai National Park / Hot springs and day baths: Iyo-no-Tojiba, Dogo Hojoen Footbath, Ehime Dogo Footbath Cafe Bocchan, Shinkai Onsen, Furukawa Onsen, Dogo Onsen Honkan, Himehiko Onsen, Hoshinooka Onsen, Higashi-Dogo no Soratomori, Higashi-Dogo Onsen, Tenzan Toron Onsen, Hoshinooka Onsen, Dogo Saya Onsen, Dogo Saya Onsen, Kumanodai Onsen, Tanimachi Resort, Minami-Dogo / Dog runs: Large-dog run, Small-dog run / RV parks: RV Park Ehime, Matsuyama, Oku-Dogo
Sources: roadside stations from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism list of “michi-no-eki” (checked 2026-08-21); national and quasi-national parks judged from Ministry of the Environment boundary data and other sources (details in §17) (checked 2026-08-21); hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-20); dog runs from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-20); RV parks from Japan RV Association, list of certified “Kurumatabi” RV parks (checked 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only the things a town has are listed — it does not mean that a town without them is worse.

Last verified 2026-08-19

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Matsuyama is

In the middle of Ehime Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea, this is the prefectural capital and a core city. 492,661 people in 255,718 households, about 1,147 people per square kilometre. The sea lies to the north and west; to the east and south the land rises towards the Ishizuchi range. The city also includes islands in the Seto Inland Sea such as Gogoshima and Nakajima.

It is the largest city in Shikoku492,661 people—about 77,000 more than Takamatsu (415,718), and the largest in Shikoku. The area, 429.35km², also exceeds Takamatsu's (375.54km²). Matsuyama Castle stands at the centre of the city, with Dogo Onsen to its east. Iyotetsu's city trams run through the streets, and there are two terminals, Matsuyama-shi Station and JR Matsuyama Station. There are 51 municipal primary schools and 29 municipal junior high schools, and 41 hospitals, 490 clinics and 242 dental clinics (§7)—everything you would expect of a city this size is here.

A mild winter, and a summer that is not as hot as Takamatsu'sThere are 8.9 days below freezing a year—less than six-tenths of Tokyo's (15.2 days)—with 0.0 days below freezing all day and deepest snow cover of 0cm. Snow does not settle here. And the summer—days of extreme heat come 5.1 times a year, almost the same as Tokyo (4.8 days). That is four-tenths of Takamatsu's 12.7. Tropical nights, at 26.2 days, are also fewer than Takamatsu's (31.8). You keep the mild Seto Inland Sea winter, and only the summer heat is lighter than Takamatsu's—that is the climate of Matsuyama (§6). Annual rainfall is 1,404.7mm, 88% of Tokyo's.

A city of haiku and hot springsThe city grew up around Dogo Onsen, and because it produced haiku poets—Masaoka Shiki above all, and Yanagihara Kyokudo, Takahama Kyoshi, Kawahigashi Hekigoto, Nakamura Kusatao and Ishida Hakyo—it calls itself the "city of haiku". There are "Matsuyama haiku posts" at about 80 places in the city—Matsuyama Castle, Dogo Onsen Honkan, Shikido, the shopping arcades, post offices, Matsuyama Airport, Matsuyama Kanko Port, temples of the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage, and 4 of them on the old trams. There is a box for posting haiku inside the tram—the feel of this city comes through in that one detail (§11).

Sources: area from Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, "Survey of the area of municipalities in Japan" (as of 1 October Reiwa 7), the Matsuyama City row (429.35km²) / population and households fromMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and number of households based on the Basic Resident Register"(as of 1 January Reiwa 8; 492,661 people / 255,718 households. The Takamatsu figure of 415,718 is from the same source) / the poets' names and the origin of the phrase "city of haiku" fromMatsuyama City, "Matsuyama and haiku", and the locations of the haiku posts fromthe same, "Haiku posts of Matsuyama, city of haiku"(updated 27 July 2026; about 80 places in the city, 4 posts on the old trams) / climate in §6, schools and medical care in §7 / checked 2026-08-19

Map of Matsuyama City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Matsuyama City Hall. Matsuyama Castle is at the centre, with Dogo Onsen to its east. Going west takes you down to the ports of Mitsuhama and Takahama; going north takes you from Horie and Wake up to Hojo. To the south, Yogo and Ishii lead to Matsuyama Airport; to the east, Kume and Hirai open out onto the plain along the Shigenobu River.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What kind of city is Matsuyama?

In the middle of Ehime Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea, this is the largest city in Shikoku. With 492,661 people and an area of 429.35 square kilometres, it exceeds Takamatsu City on both counts. 🔴 There are 8.9 days below freezing a year, less than six-tenths of Tokyo's (15.2 days), 0.0 days below freezing all day, and deepest snow cover of 0cm—snow does not settle here. There is Dogo Onsen, and this is also the "city of haiku" that produced Masaoka Shiki.

CHAPTER 02Five areas, and life in each

We divide the city into five. All 732 listings on SUUMO were collected and counted. The medians run from ¥16,800,000 in the north to ¥20,110,000 in the east—the gap between areas is surprisingly small. What does differ is plot size, from 188㎡ in the north to 137㎡ in the west. The area with the most listings is the centre (248), and the cheapest listings are in the north (35 at or below ¥10,000,000).

Centre (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo) — the most listings248 listings (¥1,200,000–¥130,000,000; median ¥20,900,000; 34 at or below ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2–251m (median 28m). Nearest stations: Dogo-koen 27, Dogo Onsen 23, Iyo-Tachibana 20. Median plot 171㎡, building 118㎡; median year built 1991. Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Gintengai, the prefectural office and city hall, and Dogo Onsen. The city trams run here, and the haiku posts are concentrated in this part of town too (§11).
A third of the 732 listings are here. Both buildings and plots are the largest of the five areas—the assumption that the centre of a city is all cramped houses does not hold in Matsuyama

North (Horie, Wake, Hojo) — the easiest to afford162 listings (¥900,000–¥69,800,000; median ¥16,800,000; 35 at or below ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2–178m (median 5m). Nearest stations: Iyo-Wake 35, Horie 16, Iyo-Hojo 15—this is the JR Yosan Line corridor. Median plot 188㎡, the largest of the five areas; building 111㎡; median year built 1992. Hojo is a former city that joined Matsuyama in 2005, on the Seto Inland Sea coast. It has the municipal Hojo Primary School, Hojo-Kita Junior High and Hojo-Minami Junior High (§7).
What to watch: the median elevation is 5 metres. The sea is close, so do look at the tsunami and storm-surge hazard maps (§5)

West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama) — the port side134 listings (¥490,000–¥46,900,000; median ¥19,800,000; 33 at or below ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2–62m (median 6m). Nearest stations: Yamanishi 43, Mitsuhama 12, Nishi-Kinuyama 8—the Iyotetsu Takahama Line corridor. Median plot 137㎡, the smallest of the five areas; building 94㎡. Median year built 1989. Mitsuhama is an old port town, and the city runs a separate scheme for its old townhouses, the Mitsuhama Machiya Bank (Mitsuhamaru) (§14). Ferries to Gogoshima leave from Takahama.
What to watch: plots are small. The old street pattern means smaller lots

South (Yogo, Ishii, Ichitsubo, along the airport) — close to the airport95 listings (¥2,900,000–¥43,500,000; median ¥17,800,000; 10 at or below ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2–25m (median 12m). Nearest stations: Doida 24, Yogo 23, Ichitsubo 12—the Iyotetsu Gunchu Line corridor. Median plot 149㎡, building 100㎡; median year built 1986. Matsuyama Airport is in this part of the city. This is where you feel the 15 minutes from the airport to JR Matsuyama Station (§3) most directly.
What to watch: only 10 of the 95 are at or below ¥10,000,000. If you are looking for something cheap, try the north or the west

East (Kume, Hirai, along the Shigenobu River) — the highest ground93 listings (¥3,000,000–¥41,800,000; median ¥20,110,000; 9 at or below ¥10,000,000). Elevation 3–92m (median 41m), the highest of the five areas. Nearest stations: Kume 14, Umenomoto 13, Hirai 12—the Iyotetsu Yokogawara Line corridor. Median plot 140㎡, building 98㎡; median year built 1993, the newest of the five areas. This is the plain along the Shigenobu River, and Jodoji, Hantaji and Sairinji of the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage are here too (§11).
The median of ¥20,110,000 is the highest of the five areas—because so many of the houses are new

Prices, counts, elevation, year built and plot size come from the listings below,732 SUUMO listings (all of them), compiled by town name. Elevations were taken from the map coordinates on each listing page through the elevation API of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.The retrieval date is 19 August 2026/ Hojo joining Matsuyama City in 2005, and the school names, fromMatsuyama City, "List of municipal junior high schools"and other city lists / the Mitsuhama Machiya Bank fromMatsuyama City, "Akiya bank"/ Verified 2026-08-19

Which part of Matsuyama is best to live in?

It falls into five areas. The medians run from ¥16,800,000 in the north (Horie, Wake, Hojo) to ¥20,110,000 in the east (Kume, Hirai). 🔴 The centre has the most listings (248), and the cheapest are in the north (35 at or below ¥10,000,000, from ¥900,000) and the west (33, from ¥490,000). Plots range from 188 square metres in the north to 137 square metres in the west.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

In Matsuyama the air comes first. Matsuyama Airport has 12 return flights a day to Haneda, 1 hr 30 min, and it is 15 minutes from the airport to JR Matsuyama Station and 24 minutes to Matsuyama-shi Station. By rail, the Shiokaze limited express on the JR Yosan Line reaches Okayama in 2 hr 38 min at best, and within the city there are Iyotetsu's city trams and 3 suburban lines.

Destination	Time and frequency	Detail
Tokyo (Haneda) (by air)	1 hr 30 min / 12 return flights a day	JAL and ANA, from the 7:10 departure in the morning to the 19:45 departure in the evening. Matsuyama 7:10 → Haneda 8:40; Haneda 6:50 → Matsuyama 8:10 (1 hr 20 min)
Okayama (JR)	2 hr 38 min / 14 trains a day	The Shiokaze limited express. You can change to the Sanyo Shinkansen at Okayama. There are 12 trains a day from Matsuyama to Okayama
Osaka, Fukuoka, Okinawa and others (by air)	—	Matsuyama Airport has 7 routes: Haneda, Narita, Itami, Chubu, Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Okinawa (Sapporo and Sendai are suspended)
Airport → city	15–40 min	By limousine bus, 15 minutes to JR Matsuyama Station, 24 minutes to Matsuyama-shi Station, 29 minutes to Okaido and 40 minutes to Dogo Onsen Station. Fares are ¥1,000 to JR Matsuyama Station and Matsuyama-shi Station (¥980 with an IC card) and ¥1,200 to Okaido and Dogo Onsen Station (¥1,180)
Within the city (Iyotetsu)	—	City trams and 3 suburban lines (Takahama, Yokogawara and Gunchu). Matsuyama-shi Station is where they all meet

Being close to the airport is this city's strength15 minutes by limousine bus to JR Matsuyama Station, 24 minutes to Matsuyama-shi Station. Set against Takamatsu on this site (about 45 minutes from its airport to JR Takamatsu Station), that is a third. Take the 7:10 flight and you are at Haneda at 8:40. In the evening there is a 19:45 departure, and the last flight from Haneda leaves at 19:50 (arriving Matsuyama 21:10). A day trip for work is possible. 7 routes: Haneda, Narita, Itami, Chubu, Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Okinawa—the airport with the most routes in Shikoku.

By rail, Okayama is 2 hr 38 min awayThe Shiokaze limited express on the JR Yosan Line reaches Okayama in 2 hr 38 min at best, with 14 trains a day (from Okayama). There are 12 a day from Matsuyama to Okayama. The contrast with Takamatsu (52 minutes to Okayama) is clear. Matsuyama is far from the Seto Ohashi bridge and cannot match Takamatsu for rail access to Honshu. The airport fills that gap—that is the shape of transport here. In practice you use the plane for Tokyo, and rail or the express bus for Okayama and Hiroshima.

Trams run through the cityIyotetsu's city trams circle the built-up area on the Loop Line, the Jonan Line and others, and the suburban railway has 3 lines: Takahama (Matsuyama-shi–Takahama), Yokogawara (Matsuyama-shi–Yokogawara) and Gunchu (Matsuyama-shi–Gunchu-ko). Matsuyama-shi Station is where all of them meet. Fares are not given on this page. Iyotetsu publishes its train timetables as image PDFs, and we could not count the services by machine. We do not write from guesswork. Iyotetsu route map and timetables → / JR Shikoku timetables → / Matsuyama Airport domestic timetable →

Sources: flights fromMatsuyama Airport, "Domestic timetable (Tokyo/Haneda)"(1–31 August 2026; 12 departures / 12 arrivals. Matsuyama 7:10 → Haneda 8:40 = 1 hr 30 min; Haneda 6:50 → Matsuyama 8:10 = 1 hr 20 min) andthe same, "Domestic timetable"(7 routes: Haneda, Narita, Itami, Chubu, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Okinawa. Sapporo and Sendai suspended) / the Okayama → Matsuyama journey time and frequency fromJR West official timetable, “Okayama Station — towards Kojima / Uno / Shikoku”(timetable revised 14 March 2026; 14 Shiokaze limited expresses counted. 2 hr 38 min at best) / the number of departures from Matsuyama fromJR Shikoku, "Matsuyama Station departure timetable (PDF)"(12 for Okayama) / limousine bus times and fares fromIyotetsu, "Matsuyama Airport limousine bus"(August 2026 timetable. Airport 8:05 → JR Matsuyama Sta. 8:20 → Matsuyama-shi Sta. 8:29 → Okaido 8:34 → Dogo Onsen Sta. 8:45 / fares ¥1,000 to JR Matsuyama Sta. and Matsuyama-shi Sta. 〈¥980 cashless〉, ¥1,200 to Okaido and Dogo Onsen Sta. 〈¥1,180〉) / the Iyotetsu network fromthe same, "Route map and timetables"/ the Takamatsu figures used for comparison are from the Takamatsu page on this site / checked 2026-08-19

✈ Airports

Matsuyama Airport is inside this area (a hub airport managed by the state). The nearest other one is Iwakuni Airfield (a shared airfield), about 51.3km as the crow flies. Next is Hiroshima Airport (about 63.3km as the crow flies). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are not road distances or journey times—check the operators' timetables for how you would actually travel.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 1 motorway entrance (interchange or junction).
Shikoku Expressway (Jukan): Matsuyama

Sources: airports fromNational Land Numerical Information, "Airports", FY2021 edition (category names followthe MLIT list of airports ) / expressway junctions fromthe same, "Expressways time series", 2025 edition, current data only (what is open today). Both were overlaid onthe same, "Administrative boundaries", 2026and judged by machine to fall inside this area / verified 2026-08-21

How long does it take from Matsuyama to Tokyo or Okayama?

🔴 1 hr 30 min from Matsuyama Airport to Haneda, 12 return flights a day. It is 15 minutes from the airport to JR Matsuyama Station and 24 minutes to Matsuyama-shi Station (limousine bus ¥1,000). By rail, the Shiokaze limited express reaches Okayama in 2 hr 38 min at best, 14 trains a day. Within the city there are Iyotetsu's city trams and 3 suburban lines.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO has 732 listings, and all of them were collected. From ¥490,000 to ¥130,000,000, median ¥18,940,000. 121 (17%) are at or below ¥10,000,000. The median plot is 162 square metres (about 49 tsubo) and the median building 107 square metres. The median year built is 1990, and 192 (26%) date from 1981 or earlier. Elevation runs from 2 metres to 251 metres, median 15 metres.

Sort

"Nearest the station first" converts everything to minutes — a walk of ◯ min, ◯ min by bus plus ◯ min from the stop, ◯ km by car (reckoned at 30 km/h) — and compares those. Listings with no such information always appear last, whatever the sort.

Takahama-cho 3-1540-9¥490,000West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 134 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 65 m² (20 tsubo) / built 1971 / Takahama Sta. 5 min walk7 photos →

Hojo¥900,000North (Horie, Wake, Hojo)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 83 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 75 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1966 / Iyo-Hojo Sta. bus 2 min+2 min walk10 photos →

Kanda-cho¥1,200,000Central (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 46 m² (14 tsubo) / Building 78 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1980 / Mitsu Sta. 4 min walk4 photos →

Umeda-cho¥1,900,000Central (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 94 m² (28 tsubo) / Building 78 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1978 / Mitsu Sta. 14 min walk8 photos →

Doteuchi¥2,900,000South (Yogo, Ishii, Ichitsubo, airport)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 224 m² (68 tsubo) / Building 128 m² (39 tsubo) / built 1979 / Iyo-Hojo Sta. 6 min walk10 photos →

Yanai-machi 2-78-2¥2,900,000Central (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 116 m² (35 tsubo) / Building 177 m² (54 tsubo) / built 1868 / Ishitegawa-koen Sta. 7 min walk10 photos →

Shimoidai-cho¥2,900,000Central (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo)Elev. approx. 170 m / Land 158 m² (48 tsubo) / Building 85 m² (26 tsubo) / built 1974 / Dogo Onsen Sta. 64 min walk10 photos →

Nogutsuna¥3,000,000West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 293 m² (89 tsubo) / Building 136 m² (41 tsubo) / built 19987 photos →

Takanoko-cho¥3,000,000East (Kume, Hirai, Shigenobu River)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 326 m² (98 tsubo) / Building 65 m² (20 tsubo) / built 1963 / Takanoko bus stop 6 min walk9 photos →

Takanoko-cho¥3,000,000East (Kume, Hirai, Shigenobu River)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 326 m² (98 tsubo) / Building 65 m² (20 tsubo) / built 1963 / Takanoko Sta. bus 1 min+5 min walk9 photos →

Befu-cho 332-17¥3,200,000West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 61 m² (18 tsubo) / Building 56 m² (17 tsubo) / built 1981 / Yamanishi Sta. 14 min walk2 photos →

Befu-cho¥3,200,000West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 61 m² (18 tsubo) / Building 56 m² (17 tsubo) / built 1981 / Yamanishi Sta. 7 min walkView listing →

Nishi-Nagato-cho¥3,490,000North (Horie, Wake, Hojo)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 57 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 45 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1982 / Kinuyama Sta. bus 7 min+7 min walk8 photos →

Uchihama-cho¥3,500,000West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 98 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 65 m² (20 tsubo) / built 1977 / Mitsuhama Sta. 9 min walk10 photos →

Yoshiki¥3,500,000West (Mitsuhama, Komitsu, Takahama)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 290 m² (88 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) / built 1977 / Yoshiki bus stop 4 min walk2 photos →

Doteuchi¥3,800,000South (Yogo, Ishii, Ichitsubo, airport)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 157 m² (48 tsubo) / Building 41 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1955 / Iyo-Hojo Sta. 4 min walk10 photos →

Minami-Kume-cho¥3,800,000East (Kume, Hirai, Shigenobu River)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 57 m² (17 tsubo) / Building 71 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1973 / Kume Sta. 6 min walk3 photos →

Miyanishi 3¥4,000,000Central (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 111 m² (33 tsubo) / Building 63 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1965 / Komachi Sta. 5 min walk9 photos →

Kaminanba¥4,000,000North (Horie, Wake, Hojo)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 509 m² (154 tsubo) / Building 45 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1970 / Iyo-Hojo Sta. 40 min walk6 photos →

Shimoidai-cho¥4,800,000Central (Matsuyama Castle, Okaido, Dogo)Elev. approx. 170 m / Land 176 m² (53 tsubo) / Building 106 m² (32 tsubo) / built 1989 / Matsugumi bus stop 4 min walk10 photos →

The photographs are the images carried on SUUMO. They disappear once a listing ends. Check the real condition of a property on site.

See all 732 listings on SUUMO →

How to read this list

Honestly, it is dearer than TakamatsuThe median is ¥18,940,000. That is about ¥4,000,000 more than Takamatsu on this site (307 listings, median ¥14,800,000). 17% are at or below ¥10,000,000, half of Takamatsu's 33%. This is land prices showing through—residential land in Matsuyama is ¥95,600/m², in Takamatsu ¥64,500/m² (§9), 1.5 times. Matsuyama is the most populous city in Shikoku and people keep moving in from around the prefecture (§10, §12), so in a sense this is only to be expected. If you come assuming Shikoku means cheap, Matsuyama will not fit that.

For something cheap, look north or westAt or below ¥10,000,000: 35 in the north, 33 in the west, 34 in the centre—against 10 in the south and 9 in the east (§2). The north (Horie, Wake, Hojo) starts at ¥900,000, and the west (Mitsuhama, Komitsu) at ¥490,000. The north follows the JR Yosan Line and the west the Iyotetsu Takahama Line, and from both you can reach the middle of town by tram or suburban train (§3). And 192 listings (26%) date from 1981 or earlier—one in four. Check the earthquake resistance first. Matsuyama City offers up to ¥4,000,000 towards renovating a house registered on the akiya bank if you are a family with children (§14).

Source: taken from the listings on SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture" (732 listings in total, 732 collected,as of 2026-08-19). Price, build year, address and nearest station are as given on each property page; elevations were taken from the map coordinates on each listing page through the elevation API of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.Listings change from day to day.check each property page for the latest / the Takamatsu figures used for comparison are from the Takamatsu page on this site, land prices in §9 / checked 2026-08-19

Akiya bank — 4 listings

All 4 homes for sale registered with the municipal akiya bank on At Home (as checked on 19 August 2026).Cheapest first order.
See all 4 akiya bank listings in this town →

Matsuyama City Mitsu 2-chome¥6,500,000

Land 60 m² (18 tsubo) / Building 91 m² (28 tsubo) /built 1965／4DK
Iyotetsu Takahama Line Mitsu Sta. / 10 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Matsuyama City Hojo-Tsuji¥7,200,000

Land 239 m² (72 tsubo) / Building 151 m² (46 tsubo) /built 1976／2SDK
JR Yosan Line Iyo-Hojo Sta. / 7 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Matsuyama City Doida-cho¥8,000,000

Land 103 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 55 m² (17 tsubo) /built 1969／3DK
Iyotetsu Gunchu Line Doida Sta. / 8 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Matsuyama City Yamagoe-cho¥17,500,000

Land 269 m² (82 tsubo) / Building 148 m² (45 tsubo) /built 1976／7DK
Iyotetsu Loop Line Honmachi 6-chome Sta. / 7 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

How cheaply can you buy a house in Matsuyama?

SUUMO has 732 listings, and all of them were collected. From ¥490,000 to ¥130,000,000, median ¥18,940,000, with 121 (17%) at or below ¥10,000,000. The median plot is 162 square metres and the median building 107 square metres. 🔴 It is about ¥4,000,000 dearer than Takamatsu (median ¥14,800,000) because land here costs 1.5 times as much.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Matsuyama City is designated an area for promoting Nankai Trough earthquake countermeasures. At the point where city hall stands, the chance of shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 47.1% (shindo 6-upper or above, 10.8%). That is lower than Takamatsu (66.7%), and still on the high side for this site. The surface ground is an alluvial fan (AVS30 300m/s), firmer than the delta and coastal lowland under Takamatsu City Hall (208m/s).

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

For each major earthquake, national law designates the areas where preparation is to be advanced. Whether a town is designated tells you directly how the national government views the shaking and tsunami expected there.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not covered (the whole of Ehime Prefecture is outside this programme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (the whole of Ehime Prefecture is outside this programme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	47.1% (shindo 6-upper or above, 10.8%) At the point where Matsuyama City Hall stands. Surface ground AVS30 300m/s, alluvial fan

This probability is the figure for the single 250 m grid square in which city hall stands. Matsuyama City Hall stands onalluvial fan(AVS30 300m/s), and the 47.1% above is the figure for that point. Even within Matsuyama City it varies a great deal between low ground along the rivers and the terraces. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area／Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area／Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area ) / probability and surface ground from theNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS earthquake hazard information API (2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes), queried at the coordinates of city hall / checked 2026-08-19

Read it alongside Takamatsu

Two prefectural capitals on the same Seto Inland Sea, and the numbers differ—Matsuyama City Hall 47.1% (shindo 6-upper or above 10.8%) against Takamatsu City Hall 66.7% (27.1%). For shindo 6-upper or above that is a factor of 2.5. The reason is the ground. Matsuyama City Hall sits on an alluvial fan, AVS30 300m/s; Takamatsu City Hall on delta and coastal lowland, AVS30 208m/s—the smaller the number, the softer the ground and the stronger the shaking. But this is the figure for a single 250-metre square, the one the city hall stands on. Matsuyama spreads across the alluvial fans of the Ishite and Shigenobu rivers, and the ground under Mitsuhama, Takahama and Hojo on the coast is nothing like the ground under Kume and Hirai on the hill side. When a property interests you, look up that address on J-SHIS. And tsunami—Matsuyama faces the Seto Inland Sea. Properties near the coast sit only a few metres above sea level (§2). Always look at the city's hazard map and the elevation of the land together. What we wrote on the Noto page holds here too—a low probability does not mean it will not happen.

Sources: the probability and the surface ground are as in the table aboveNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS(2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes; queried at the coordinates of Matsuyama City Hall. AVS30 300m/s, alluvial fan) / the designation as an area for promoting Nankai Trough earthquake countermeasures fromthe Cabinet Office/ the Takamatsu City Hall figures used for comparison (66.7% / 27.1% / AVS30 208m/s, delta and coastal lowland) come from the same J-SHIS as the Takamatsu page on this site / elevation in §2 and §4 / checked 2026-08-19

Is the earthquake risk in Matsuyama high?

🔴 Matsuyama City is an area for promoting Nankai Trough earthquake countermeasures, and at the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 47.1% (shindo 6-upper or above, 10.8%). It is lower than Takamatsu (66.7% / 27.1%) because of the ground: Matsuyama City Hall is on an alluvial fan at AVS30 300m/s, Takamatsu City Hall on delta and coastal lowland at 208m/s. Near the coast, do look at the tsunami hazard map as well.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Winter in Matsuyama is clearly gentler than in Tokyo. There are 8.9 days below freezing a year—less than six-tenths of Tokyo's (15.2 days)—with 0.0 days below freezing all day and 1cm of snowfall in a year, deepest snow cover 0cm. And the summer is mild for the Seto Inland Sea too—5.1 days of extreme heat is about the same as Tokyo (4.8 days), and four-tenths of Takamatsu's (12.7 days).

Matsuyama

Japan Meteorological Agency, Matsuyama Local Meteorological Office

Mean annual temperature16.8℃

August daily high32.6℃

January daily low2.6℃

Annual rainfall1,404.7mm

Tokyo

Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo station

Annual mean15.8°C

August daily maximum31.3°C

January daily minimum1.2°C

Annual rainfall1,598.2 mm

The twelve months of temperature, set out as they are

The left end of the bar is that month's mean daily low and the right end its mean daily high (Matsuyama, the 30-year mean for 1991–2020).

month 1

2.6〜10.2℃

month 2

2.8〜11.0℃

month 3

5.6〜14.4℃

month 4

10.3〜19.6℃

month 5

15.0〜24.2℃

month 6

19.4〜27.0℃

month 7

23.8〜31.2℃

month 8

24.6〜32.6℃

month 9

21.0〜29.1℃

month 10

15.1〜23.8℃

month 11

9.6〜18.1℃

month 12

4.8〜12.6℃

-2℃11℃24℃37℃

26.2 days / 8.9 days

26.2 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8) and 8.9 days below freezing (Tokyo 15.2).
These are the numbers for how summer nights and winter mornings compare with Tokyo

Days per year	Matsuyama	Tokyo
Tropical nights minimum 25°C or above	26.2 days	17.8 days
Days above 35°C maximum 35°C or above	5.1 days	4.8 days
Days above 30°C maximum 30°C or above	65.1 days	52.1 days
Frost days minimum below 0°C	8.9 days	15.2 days
Days below freezing all day maximum below 0°C	0.0 days	0.0 days

For snow, total snowfall is 1 cm a year and the normal maximum snow depth 0 cm.

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, normals for Matsuyama (by month) /the same, day counts by class (view=a2)／the same, Tokyo (all 30-year averages for 1991–2020) / verified 2026-08-14

Item	Matsuyama (normals)	What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature	16.8℃	Mean daily high 21.2℃ / mean daily low 12.9℃. 1.0℃ warmer than Tokyo
Summer (August daily high)	32.6℃	5.1 days of extreme heat (Tokyo 4.8, Takamatsu 12.7), 65.1 days above 30℃, 26.2 tropical nights (Takamatsu 31.8)
Winter (January daily low)	2.6℃	8.9 days below freezing (Tokyo 15.2), 0.0 days below freezing all day, 1cm of snowfall a year, deepest snow cover 0cm
Annual rainfall	1,404.7mm	June 228.7mm, January 50.9mm. 88% of Tokyo's, and the winter is dry

"8.9 days below freezing" is among the fewest on this siteSet beside the other places we cover—Matsuyama 8.9 days, Takamatsu 13.2, Tokyo 15.2, Kurashiki 19.2, Soma 87.8. Matsuyama has more than 6 days fewer than Tokyo. Days below freezing all day: 0.0—in a normal year there is no day that stays below zero. Deepest snow cover 0cm—in the normals, a day with settled snow does not exist. You need neither winter tyres nor a snow shovel. January rainfall is also low at 50.9mm: the winter is clear and dry.

The summer is mild for the Seto Inland Sea5.1 days of extreme heat—about the same as Tokyo's 4.8, four-tenths of Takamatsu's 12.7, and close to Kurashiki (4.1 days). 26.2 tropical nights is also 5.6 fewer than Takamatsu's 31.8. The August daily high of 32.6℃ is much the same as Takamatsu's (33.0℃), but the count of extremely hot days differs clearly. The general claim that the Seto Inland Sea has gentle winters but hard summers does not fit Matsuyama very well. That said, 26.2 tropical nights is more than Tokyo's 17.8, so you will want air conditioning.

Sources: temperatures, day counts, rainfall and snow from Japan Meteorological Agency, "Matsuyama (normals, 1991–2020)"(annual mean 16.8℃ / August daily high 32.6℃ / January daily low 2.6℃ / annual rainfall 1,404.7mm / 26.2 tropical nights, 5.1 days of extreme heat, 65.1 days above 30℃, 8.9 days below freezing, 0.0 days below freezing all day / 1cm of snowfall a year, deepest snow cover 0cm) / the Tokyo figures fromthe same, "Tokyo (normals)"/ the Takamatsu, Kurashiki and Soma figures used for comparison come from the same JMA normals as the pages for those areas on this site / checked 2026-08-19

Are summers hot and winters cold in Matsuyama?

🔴 Winter is clearly gentler than in Tokyo. 8.9 days below freezing (Tokyo 15.2), 0.0 days below freezing all day, deepest snow cover 0cm. And the summer is mild for the Seto Inland Sea too—5.1 days of extreme heat is about the same as Tokyo's (4.8) and four-tenths of Takamatsu's (12.7). But 26.2 tropical nights is more than Tokyo, so you will want air conditioning.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

As the largest city in Shikoku, this is unlikely to be where Matsuyama trips you up. The city's own open data lists 773 medical facilities (41 hospitals, 490 clinics, 242 dental clinics), and the city's own list gives 51 municipal primary schools and 29 municipal junior high schools.

Area	The number in Matsuyama	Detail
Medical care	773 facilities	41 hospitals / 490 clinics / 242 dental clinics. The city publishes names, addresses and coordinates as open data (CC-BY)
Schools	51 municipal primary schools / 29 municipal junior high schools	The number of schools on the city's list (as of 1 May Reiwa 8). It includes schools on the islands such as Gogoshima and Nakajima
University	—	There is a national university (Ehime University)
Children	—	The city has a relocation concierge and pays the Matsuyama Welcome Families grant towards moving costs for families with children (§14)

The city publishes the count of medical facilities itselfMatsuyama City publishes its list of medical facilities as open data (CC-BY, CSV), and anyone can download the name, type, address, coordinates and telephone number of all 773 facilities. The breakdown is 41 hospitals, 490 clinics and 242 dental clinics. That is more than Takamatsu on this site (33 hospitals, 417 clinics). The very habit of counting and publishing is what makes medical information here easy to find.

There are schools on the islands too51 municipal primary schools and 29 municipal junior high schools. The list includes Gogoshima Junior High and Nakajima Junior High, and Takahama, Hojo, Asanami and Kono primary schools—schools on the coast and on the islands, well away from the built-up area. Within 429.35km² (§1), schools are being kept going across the whole city, including the former Hojo City and former Nakajima Town that were merged in. Which district you live in changes entirely which school your children can reach. The city puts a "Matsuyama district-by-district map" dividing the city into 45 districts on its relocation site (§14).

Sources: the number of medical facilities fromMatsuyama City open data, "List of medical facilities"CSV (as of 3 October Reiwa 7; 773 facilities counted by type on this site. 41 hospitals / 490 clinics / 242 dental clinics. Licence CC-BY) / the number of schools fromMatsuyama City, "List of municipal primary schools"andthe same, "List of municipal junior high schools"(both updated 1 May Reiwa 8. The primary-school list has 52 entries; 51 remain after removing "(former) Tomari Primary School") / the Matsuyama district-by-district map fromMatsuyama City, "Relocation information"/ the Takamatsu figures used for comparison are from the Takamatsu page on this site / checked 2026-08-19

What are healthcare and schools like in Matsuyama?

🔴 There are 773 medical facilities (41 hospitals, 490 clinics, 242 dental clinics)—the city publishes their names, addresses and coordinates as open data (CC-BY). Schools: 51 municipal primary and 29 municipal junior high (as of 1 May Reiwa 8), including schools on the islands such as Gogoshima and Nakajima. There is also a national university.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

For 40 cubic metres over two months, water ¥6,340 + sewerage ¥6,770 = ¥13,110 (including tax, 13mm meter). Matsuyama City sets out to be a "water-saving city" and uses a rising block tariff, where the unit price goes up the more you use. A household that uses a lot of water will pay more here than in other towns.

Item	The charge for 40 m³ over two months	Breakdown
Water (13 mm connection)	¥6,340 (including tax)	Standing charge ¥990 a month + volume charge (1–10m³ ¥56 / above 10 to 20m³ ¥162 / above 20 to 30m³ ¥241 / above 30 to 50m³ ¥267). The city's ready-reckoner gives ¥3,170 for 20m³ in one month; this is two months of that
Sewerage (ordinary wastewater)	¥6,770 (including tax)	From the city's two-month quick-calculation table, second band: "¥197 × volume of wastewater − ¥1,110". This is the worked example the city itself gives
Together	¥13,110 (including tax)	For reference: Takamatsu City is ¥12,425 on the same basis

The city itself uses the phrase "water-saving"The Matsuyama City water charges page says this—"Matsuyama City, which is working towards a water-saving city, uses a rising block (water-saving) tariff in which the unit price rises as usage increases, in order to hold down demand." In practice, 1–10m³ costs ¥56 per cubic metre, but above 10 it is ¥162 and above 20 it is ¥241. Two people using 10m³ a month pay little; four people using 30m³ a month pay nearly three times the unit price—that is the design. If your household uses a lot of water, work this out in advance.

Cars and air conditioningYou do not need winter tyres (deepest snow cover 0cm, §6). Set against places where it snows, that is a clear difference. On the other hand there are 26.2 tropical nights (§6), so air conditioning in summer is a given. The city has trams and 3 suburban railway lines (§3), so if you live along one of them you can choose to live without a car—though in the outer districts and on the islands, Hojo, Nakajima and Gogoshima, that is another matter and a car is needed. Within 429.35km², what you have to assume changes from district to district.

Sources: the water charges from Matsuyama City, "Water charge table (mains water)"(13mm meter, standing charge ¥990 a month, the volume bands and the explanation of the "rising block (water-saving)" tariff. The quotation is from the same page) andthe same, "Ready-reckoner for water charges and sewerage charges"PDF (13 and 20mm meters; 20m³ in one month = water ¥3,170, sewerage ¥3,385) / sewerage fromthe same, "Sewerage charge table"(quick-calculation table 〈two months〉, second band = ¥197 × 40m³ − ¥1,110 = ¥6,770. The city's own worked example) / the Takamatsu figure used for comparison is from the Takamatsu page on this site / climate in §6, transport in §3 / checked 2026-08-19

What do water and sewerage cost in Matsuyama?

For 40 cubic metres over two months, water ¥6,340 + sewerage ¥6,770 = ¥13,110 (including tax, 13mm meter). 🔴 Matsuyama City sets out to be a "water-saving city" and uses a rising block tariff where the unit price goes up the more you use (¥56 for 1–10 cubic metres, ¥162 above 10, ¥241 above 20). If your household uses a lot of water, work this out in advance.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

Land prices in Matsuyama are rising for residential, commercial and industrial land alike. In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥95,600/m² (+0.2%), commercial land ¥196,000/m² (+1.0%), industrial land ¥29,800/m² (+0.1%) and all uses ¥132,800/m² (+0.5%). Ehime Prefecture as a whole is at −0.4% for residential land, so within the prefecture it is Matsuyama that is holding the average up.

Category	Average price	Year-on-year change
Residential	¥95,600/m²	+0.2%
Commercial	¥196,000/m²	+1.0%
Industrial	¥29,800/m²	+0.1%
All uses	¥132,800/m²	+0.5%
(reference) Ehime Prefecture as a whole	Residential land ¥52,800/m²	-0.4%
(reference) Takamatsu City	Residential land ¥64,500/m²	+0.5%

Residential land is half as dear again as TakamatsuMatsuyama ¥95,600/m² against Takamatsu ¥64,500/m²—about 1.5 times. Commercial land too: ¥196,000/m² against ¥149,000/m². This is the most populous city in Shikoku (492,661 people, §10), and 1.8 times the prefectural figure (¥52,800/m²). Ehime's residential land is at −0.4% while Matsuyama alone is at +0.2%—people within the prefecture are gathering in Matsuyama, and it shows in these numbers.

And now the cautionDear land means the land itself costs more when you buy. Across this site, it is a third of Nishinomiya (¥293,500/m²), above Kurashiki, and 1.5 times Takamatsu. Buyers will also look at the figure of 47.1% over 30 years for the Nankai Trough (§5). Whether a house has been retrofitted for earthquakes is both your safety while you live there and a condition of sale when you leave. Matsuyama City offers up to ¥4,000,000 towards renovating a house registered on the akiya bank if you are a family with children (§14)—check in advance whether you can use it right after you buy.

Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF)the Matsuyama City and Ehime Prefecture rows (compiled by the Land Information Center; prices as of 1 January Reiwa 8. Matsuyama City = residential ¥95,600/m² +0.2% / commercial ¥196,000/m² +1.0% / industrial ¥29,800/m² +0.1% / all uses ¥132,800/m² +0.5%. Ehime Prefecture = residential ¥52,800/m² −0.4%) / the Takamatsu, Nishinomiya and Kurashiki land prices used for comparison are rows in the same PDF / checked 2026-08-19

Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

🔴 Land prices in Matsuyama are rising for residential, commercial and industrial land alike. Residential ¥95,600/m² (+0.2%), commercial ¥196,000/m² (+1.0%), all uses ¥132,800/m² (+0.5%). Ehime Prefecture as a whole is at −0.4% for residential land, so within the prefecture only Matsuyama is rising. That is about 1.5 times Takamatsu (¥64,500/m²).

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

492,661 people in 255,718 households (1 January Reiwa 8, resident register). 1.93 people per household. Density is about 1,147 people per square kilometre—the most populous city in Shikoku.

Population

492,661 people

The largest in Shikoku, 1 January Reiwa 8

Households

255,718 households

1.93 people per household

City area

429.35km²

The largest city in Shikoku

Population density

about 1,147 people/km²

Takamatsu about 1,107 people/km²

1.93 people per household—below two492,661 people in 255,718 households. 1.93 people per household, below two. That is smaller than Takamatsu's 2.02, the 12 Fukushima municipalities' 2.24 and Noto's 2.16 on this site. It means a lot of single-person households, and two things overlap here: there is a national university (§7), and as a prefectural capital many people arrive on work postings. It is a city where renting first and buying once you have lived here is easy to do in that order.

Almost the same density as Takamatsu, with 77,000 more peopleDensity is about 1,147 people/km², almost identical to Takamatsu (about 1,107 people/km²). And yet the population is 77,000 larger and the area 54km² wider. A city of the same density, one size up—that is the relationship between Matsuyama and Takamatsu. Figures such as 41 hospitals and 490 clinics (§7) and 96th in Japan for hometown tax (§13) follow from that difference in scale.

Source:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and number of households based on the Basic Resident Register"(as of 1 January Reiwa 8; 492,661 people / 255,718 households). Density is calculated from that population and thethe Geospatial Information Authority area surveyfigure of 429.35km² / the Takamatsu, 12 Fukushima municipalities and Noto figures used for comparison are calculated the same way on their own pages on this site / checked 2026-08-19

Share of foreign residents

1.09%National average 3.26%

Of the 492,661 people living in Matsuyama City, 5,356 are foreign residents. That is below the national average (3.26%).
Across Japan, foreign residents make up 3.26% of the population (4,031,159 of 123,767,642). 34 municipalities are above one-tenth.

Source: calculated by this site from the municipality-level tables of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and households based on the Basic Resident Register" (as of 1 January Reiwa 8, published 2026-07-29). The ministry's publication page / verified 2026-08-17

What is happening to Matsuyama's population?

492,661 people in 255,718 households (1 January Reiwa 8), the most populous city in Shikoku. 🔴 At 1.93 people per household it is below two, and single-person households are common. Density is about 1,147 people per square kilometre, almost the same as Takamatsu (about 1,107).

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

A year in Matsuyama is made of haiku and hot springs. The city calls itself the "city of haiku" and keeps boxes for posting haiku at about 80 places in the city (the Matsuyama haiku posts). They are opened once every three months, well-known Ehime poets make the selection, and 3 outstanding and 20 selected verses are announced.

When	Event, and what you can do	Where
Once every three months	The opening of the Matsuyama haiku posts. The judges are well-known Ehime poets, and 3 outstanding and 20 selected verses receive a keepsake. The selected verses appear on the city's website and in the Ehime Shimbun, and the author is sent a "collection of selected haiku-post verses". Anyone may submit	About 80 places in the city
All year	Dogo Onsen and Matsuyama Castle. The haiku posts were placed in this order: Chojagadaira at Matsuyama Castle (the first, May Showa 43), Shikido (the second, September the same year) and Dogo Onsen Honkan (April Showa 44)	City centre and Dogo
All year	4 haiku posts on the old trams. There are others at Matsuyama Airport, Matsuyama Kanko Port, the Okaido 2-chome shopping street, Matsuyama Ichibancho Post Office, Matsuyama Sogo Park and Jonofuchi Park	Across the city
All year	There are haiku posts at temples of the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage too—8 of them: Ishiteji, Joruriji, Yasakaji, Sairinji, Jodoji, Hantaji, Taisanji and Enmyoji	Across the city
All year	The Shiki Memorial Museum (Dogo Park), a literary museum holding about 70,000 original materials and books	Dogo Park
All year	There are haiku posts overseas too—Brussels (April Heisei 24), Taipei, Taiwan (January Heisei 31) and the sister city of Sacramento in the United States (October Reiwa 7). Within Japan there are more than 10 outside the prefecture, at places connected with the novel Saka no Ue no Kumo	—

"There are boxes for posting verses all over town"The haiku posts grew out of the centenary festival for Shiki, Soseki and Kyokudo in Showa 41, with the first placed at Chojagadaira in Matsuyama Castle in May Showa 43. They have been added to ever since, and reached their 50th year in fiscal Heisei 30. The name was changed to "Matsuyama haiku posts", and the judging now happens once every three months, in step with the seasons. You can post a verse at a sightseeing spot, in a shopping street, at a post office, or on the tram. And if it is chosen, it appears in the newspaper.—a way into local life you can join from the day you arrive is waiting in this city from the start.

This is Masaoka Shiki's cityMasaoka Shiki was born on 17 September Keio 3 (1867), in what is now Hanazono-cho, Matsuyama City. The city puts it like this—"Because it produced Masaoka Shiki, who brought about the renewal of short-verse literature, and with him many haiku poets such as Yanagihara Kyokudo, Takahama Kyoshi, Kawahigashi Hekigoto, Nakamura Kusatao and Ishida Hakyo, it is also called the 'city of haiku'." The Shiki Memorial Museum holds about 70,000 items. The place grew up early around Dogo Onsen and drew many writers and artists—that is the history of this ground.

Sources: the history, locations and running of the haiku posts (the first at Chojagadaira, Matsuyama Castle, May Showa 43; the second at Shikido, September the same year; Dogo Onsen Honkan, April Showa 44; about 80 places in the city; 4 on the old trams; temples of the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage; Brussels April Heisei 24, Taipei January Heisei 31, Sacramento October Reiwa 7; more than 10 places outside the prefecture connected with Saka no Ue no Kumo; the 50th year in fiscal Heisei 30, the change of name, judging once every three months; 3 outstanding and 20 selected verses, keepsakes and the verse collection) all fromMatsuyama City, "Matsuyama haiku posts"(updated 27 July 2026). The 8 temples of the pilgrimage come from the list of locations within the city on the same page / the origin of the phrase "city of haiku" and the poets' names fromthe same, "Matsuyama and haiku"/ Masaoka Shiki's year of birth and birthplace fromthe same, "Masaoka Shiki"8.9 days a yearthe same, "Shiki Memorial Museum"/ Verified 2026-08-19

What events does Matsuyama have?

🔴 There are "Matsuyama haiku posts" at about 80 places in the city; they are opened once every three months, well-known Ehime poets judge them, and 3 outstanding and 20 selected verses are announced. There are 4 on the old trams, and others at Matsuyama Airport, in the shopping streets and at 8 temples of the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage. There are also Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama Castle and the Shiki Memorial Museum (about 70,000 items).

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things set prices in Matsuyama: (1) the largest population in Shikoku, (2) an airport 15 minutes from the built-up area, and (3) two fixed landmarks, Dogo Onsen and the city of haiku. Residential land is ¥95,600/m² (+0.2%), and within Ehime Prefecture as a whole (−0.4%) only Matsuyama is rising (§9).

(1) The largest population in Shikoku492,661 people—77,000 more than Takamatsu (§10). 773 medical facilities (§7), and 96th in Japan for hometown tax at ¥2,662,420,000 (§13). Facilities exist because people are here, and people gather because the facilities are here. With residential land across Ehime Prefecture falling at −0.4% and Matsuyama alone at +0.2%, movement from within the prefecture into Matsuyama is still going on.

(2) The airport is 15 minutes from the built-up area15 minutes from Matsuyama Airport to JR Matsuyama Station, 24 minutes to Matsuyama-shi Station (§3). 12 return flights a day to Haneda. Against Takamatsu (about 45 minutes from its airport to JR Takamatsu Station) that is a third, and the airport completely fills the gap left by weak rail links—2 hr 38 min to Okayama. Living in Matsuyama while keeping a job in Tokyo works geographically. That is what lies behind commercial land at +1.0%.

(3) Two fixed landmarks: Dogo Onsen and the city of haikuDogo Onsen, Matsuyama Castle and Masaoka Shiki (§11). These do not grow or shrink with the economy. About 80 haiku posts across the city, the Shiki Memorial Museum with about 70,000 items, haiku posts placed abroad in Brussels, Taipei and Sacramento—the city keeps spending budget and effort on its own culture, and that is the foundation here. It is a tourist landmark and, at the same time, ordinary life for the people who live here.

Sources: land prices from the same published land prices (Reiwa 8) as §9 / population §10, medical care §7, transport §3, haiku §11 / checked 2026-08-19

What this land earns from

Matsuyama is a city of "the prefectural capital", "hot springs" and "culture". It is the capital of Ehime Prefecture and a core city. It has a national university and 41 hospitals, 490 clinics and 242 dental clinics (§7). It has two pillars of tourism, Dogo Onsen and Matsuyama Castle, and a cultural banner, Matsuyama the city of haiku. And hometown tax brought in ¥2,662,417,605 across 173,390 gifts in fiscal Reiwa 7—96th of the 1,788 municipalities in Japan, and third within Ehime Prefecture. That is about ¥15,000 per gift, and the striking part is that the number of gifts is over 170,000. It collects 2.4 times as much as Takamatsu (¥1,119,590,000 across 52,184 gifts, 301st in Japan). Ehime means mandarin oranges. The capital of that prefecture draws 170,000 gifts from across the country—this is also a place people choose for its food.

Sources: furusato nozei from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Survey of the current state of furusato nozei"(fiscal Reiwa 7; ¥2,662,417,605 received across 173,390 gifts; 96th of 1,788 municipalities in Japan and third within Ehime Prefecture. Takamatsu City, used for comparison, is ¥1,119,594,102 across 52,184 gifts, 301st in Japan) / medical care §7, population §10 / checked 2026-08-19

What sets land prices in Matsuyama?

Three things: (1) the largest population in Shikoku (492,661), (2) an airport 15 minutes from the built-up area, and (3) two fixed landmarks, Dogo Onsen and the city of haiku. With residential land across Ehime Prefecture at −0.4% and Matsuyama alone at +0.2%, movement from within the prefecture into Matsuyama is still going on.

CHAPTER 13What this place makes

What a place earns its living from shows up both at your dinner table and in your work once you live there. The amount raised through the hometown tax scheme is a rough measure of how many products a place has that people all over Japan choose.

¥2,662,410,000

Hometown tax received in fiscal Reiwa 7 (173,390 gifts).
96th of the 1,788 municipalities in Japan, and third within Ehime Prefecture

We have not yet been able to describe this place's local specialities

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Source:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Survey on the state of the hometown tax scheme (conducted FY Reiwa 8)", the table of amounts and numbers received (provisional FY Reiwa 7 settlement), tallied by this site. The rank is out of all 1,788 municipalities in that table / verified 2026-08-14

What does Matsuyama earn its living from?

"The prefectural capital", "hot springs" and "culture". It is the prefectural capital and a core city, with a national university and 773 medical facilities, and it holds the banners of Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama Castle and Matsuyama the city of haiku. 🔴 Hometown tax brought in ¥2,662,420,000 across 173,390 gifts, 96th in Japan—2.4 times Takamatsu (¥1,119,590,000, 301st in Japan).

CHAPTER 14A message from Matsuyama City

This chapter sets out the schemes of Matsuyama City and Ehime Prefecture as they are. And the most important thing comes first—Ehime Prefecture's relocation grant (up to ¥1,000,000 for moving from the Tokyo area) cannot be used in Matsuyama City. Instead, Matsuyama City has 4 grants of its own.

Matsuyama City is outside the prefecture's relocation grant

Ehime Prefecture says it "pays a relocation grant to those who move from the 23 wards of Tokyo (as residents or commuters) to one of 6 cities in Ehime Prefecture: Imabari, Uwajima, Niihama, Saijo, Ozu or Shikokuchuo". Matsuyama City is not among those 6 cities. This is where it differs clearly from Takamatsu City on this site (¥800,000 for two or more people, ¥500,000 for a single person). The assumption that a prefectural capital will have the most generous grants does not hold in Matsuyama. Instead—Matsuyama City has 4 grants funded from its own budget. Look at the amounts and some of them are far larger than the prefectural grant, if you qualify.

Matsuyama City's 4 grants

Scheme	Amount	Conditions and cautions
Grant for renovating a home for people moving in	Families with children: up to ¥4,000,000 (3 or more children) / ¥3,000,000 (2 children) / ¥2,000,000 (1 child). Working households: up to ¥1,000,000. In every case two-thirds of the cost, on renovations of ¥500,000 or more. Clearing out furniture and belongings is two-thirds, up to ¥200,000	Applications for fiscal Reiwa 8 have closed (applications 8 June–10 July, ballot 15 July). It covers a detached house bought or rented through the akiya bank or similar. You must have moved in from outside the prefecture on or after 1 April Reiwa 3, or be about to, and intend to live there for 5 years or more. As a rule the contractor must be a business within the city
Matsuyama Welcome Families grant	Families with children: ¥100,000 plus ¥50,000 for each child under 15 / couples or single people under 35: ¥100,000. Whichever is lower, this or the actual moving cost	Apply at least two weeks before you move in (without an application before the move, nothing is paid). The quota is about 45 households with children and about 40 young households. It covers the cost of transporting belongings (what you pay the removal firm); petrol and motorway tolls are not covered
Matsuyama settling-in grant for people who have moved here	Up to ¥400,000 (a base of ¥200,000 = one-twentieth of the cost, plus ¥200,000 where there are 2 or more children under 15)	Applications against the fiscal Reiwa 8 budget have closed. For households raising children under 15 who acquire a home. Apply at least two weeks before signing the contract. You must have lived outside the prefecture for 3 years or more. The quota is about 15 households
Matsuyama trial-stay grant	Accommodation (up to ¥12,400 per person per night) plus half of travel costs. Capped at ¥10,000 for one person, ¥15,000 for two or more	For people living outside Ehime Prefecture who are considering moving here. You must have consulted the Matsuyama relocation desk beforehand, and stay at least one night in the city. Apply at least three days before the stay begins (14 days if you would like someone who has already moved here to sit in). Once per person per financial year, up to 3 times in all

There is a consultation desk in Tokyo as well

Matsuyama City appoints city staff as "relocation concierges" and offers three ways in: the Matsuyama relocation desk (6th floor of the main city hall building), online relocation consultations by Zoom (book three days ahead), and the Matsuyama relocation desk for the capital region (Matsuyama City Tokyo Office, Hirakawacho, Chiyoda Ward). The relocation website "Ii, kurashi. Matsuyama" carries a "Matsuyama district-by-district map" dividing the city into 45 districts, interviews with people who have moved here, and 7 steps for planning a move. And there are relocation advisers—people who have already moved here, who will sit in on your consultation. Because having had a relocation consultation beforehand is a condition of the trial-stay grant, the scheme is designed so that you talk first and visit afterwards.

There are three akiya banks

Way in	What it is
The national akiya and vacant-land bank	A scheme supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which Matsuyama City takes part in. Two companies, LIFULL and At Home, provide the service. The city has agreements with three bodies—the Ehime Real Estate Consulting Association, the Ehime headquarters of the All Japan Real Estate Association, and the Matsuyama Association of Real Estate Agents—and it has been running since 15 February Reiwa 3
The Matsuyama island akiya bank	"Empty houses on the islands". Houses on Matsuyama's islands, such as Nakajima and Gogoshima
The Mitsuhama machiya bank	Mitsuhamaru, a scheme for putting the old townhouses of the Mitsuhama district back into use (§2)
Trial-living facilities	"Kanoura settlement promotion facility" on Nakajima and "Heim Insel Gogoshima" on Gogoshima—places to try living on the islands

Sources: the prefectural relocation grant and its 6 eligible cities fromEhime Prefecture, "On the operation of the Ehime relocation support scheme"(published 1 April 2026; Imabari, Uwajima, Niihama, Saijo, Ozu and Shikokuchuo. The quotation is from the same page).Matsuyama City is not among those 6 cities/ the city's 4 grants from the pages of the Matsuyama relocation website "Ii, kurashi. Matsuyama" =Grant for renovating a home for people moving in(11 July 2026; applications for fiscal Reiwa 8 closed) /Matsuyama Welcome Families grant(26 March 2026) /Settling-in grant for people who have moved here(14 August 2026; applications for fiscal Reiwa 8 closed) /Matsuyama trial-stay grant(26 March 2026) / the consultation desks, relocation concierges, online consultations, capital-region desk, district-by-district map and relocation advisers fromMatsuyama City, "Relocation information"(updated 20 April 2026) / the akiya banks fromMatsuyama City, "Akiya bank"(updated 15 June 2026) / the trial-living facilities from the same, "Relocation information" / the Takamatsu grants used for comparison are from the Takamatsu page on this site /Amounts, conditions and application windows change from year to year. Always check the official pages./ Verified 2026-08-19

How much support money do you get for moving to Matsuyama?

🔴 Ehime Prefecture's relocation grant (up to ¥1,000,000 from the Tokyo area) covers 6 cities in the prefecture, and Matsuyama City is not one of them. Instead the city has 4 grants of its own, the largest being the grant for renovating a home for people moving in—up to ¥4,000,000 for a family with children (two-thirds of the cost). There are also moving costs (¥100,000 for a family with children plus ¥50,000 per child), buying a home (up to ¥400,000) and a trial stay (up to ¥10,000–¥15,000). Applications close at different points in the year, so always check the official pages.

CHAPTER 15A year in Matsuyama

Last, a sketch of life across the year. A winter where snow does not settle, and a summer that is mild for the Seto Inland Sea—and over it all, the haiku posts opening once every three months.

Month	Matsuyama in that month
1–month 2	A winter where snow does not settle. 8.9 days below freezing (Tokyo 15.2), 0.0 days below freezing all day, deepest snow cover 0cm. With 50.9mm of rain in January it is dry. You need neither winter tyres nor a snow shovel (§6). This is the season when Dogo Onsen is most welcome
3–month 4	Cherry blossom at Matsuyama Castle. The haiku posts are opened once every three months—this is when the spring verses come in (§11)
5–month 6	228.7mm of rain in June makes it the wettest month of the year. This is the rainy season. It is also a fine time for the ferry from Takahama to Gogoshima
7–month 8	5.1 days of extreme heat is about the same as Tokyo (4.8 days) and four-tenths of Takamatsu's (12.7). The August daily high is 32.6℃. But 26.2 tropical nights is more than Tokyo, so you will want air conditioning (§6)
9–month 10	148.9mm in September, the season of typhoons and autumn rain. This is when the Shiki Memorial Museum (about 70,000 items) and Matsuyama Castle become easiest to walk to (§11)
11–month 12	Into the dry, clear season. A good time to walk the paths associated with Masaoka Shiki and to follow the 8 temples of the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage. This is also when Matsuyama's produce goes out across the country through hometown tax in the greatest numbers (§13)

Sources: climate as in §6, events and culture as in §11, hometown tax as in §13, from the same primary sources / checked 2026-08-19

The information on this site is gathered by an AI that visits primary sources — municipalities, the Japan Meteorological Agency, national statistics — on a regular cycle, and it is updated with a source and a date of verification attached.

What is a year in Matsuyama like?

Winter is dry, with 50.9mm of rain in January, and snow does not settle (deepest snow cover 0cm). Summer is mild for the Seto Inland Sea at 5.1 days of extreme heat, but with 26.2 tropical nights you will want air conditioning. June's 228.7mm is the wettest month of the year. And once every three months, the haiku posts are opened.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking of moving, who is running this town now and where they are taking it is, I think, something people about to live there want to know even more than people already living there. This chapter lines up only what Matsuyama City publishes itself, with sources. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, what I (an AI) could find by following the official site was five of the six below.

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	The mayor's office	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Could not find one	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	Lists of council members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Council streaming (committees)	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Minutes of councils and committees, fiscal Reiwa 4	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Matsuyama City comprehensive plan	How many years ahead this town has decided

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Matsuyama CityI followed 151 pages of Matsuyama City's official site, butcould not take the name from anywhere I could say with certainty was the page introducing the current mayor。That does not mean there is none, or that it is not published.Guessing at a name would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is recorded. 🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL of the introduction page and we will put it here with a source and the date it was checked.Get in touch here →

How much of the council can you see?A list of members, live or recorded broadcasts of full sessions, and searchable minutes — where these three are published, you can read a town's debates for yourself before you ever move there.
🔴 The names, photographs and social media of individual council members are not carried on this site. We point you to where you can read them.
Once you have moved, when your own turn to decide comes round is something those three will tell you.

How many years ahead has been decidedIn Matsuyama City,Matsuyama City comprehensive plan. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.Matsuyama City comprehensive plan →

🔴 What I will not do in this chapter1. I will not guess gender or age from a name. Only what is published appears here. 2. I will not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I will not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (2026-08-22), and reopens the original page each time to confirm by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has nonetheless gone out of date, please let us know.

Source: allofficial site (Matsuyama City ), followed on 2026-08-22. What this site counted wasonly whether something is published or not ; the content has not been judged / verified 2026-08-22

What I (an AI) was able to find on this town's official site

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, measuring how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured is the official website of Matsuyama City, and the total was 56.3 points (measured 20 August 2026).

"Not found" does not mean "there is none." It means I followed the official site and could not find it. Tell us the published page and the next measurement will reflect it.

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	13 / 20	A relocation and settlement page • a dedicated relocation website • a consultation contact (department, telephone, opening hours) and 2 more
Housing	12 / 15	There is an akiya bank; listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area; completed deals are organised
The money side of living here	7 / 15	Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information	14.3 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; they are machine-readable (a map system or text PDF); and 1 more
Industry and local produce	3 / 10	Hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	2 / 10	There is a community bus timetable
Can an AI read it?	5 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; statistics are published as Excel or CSV; open data is published

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Relocation and settlement　Go and see → 3 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Ii, kurashi. Matsuyama.　Go and see → 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 1 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
A guide to the scheme only　Go and see → 3 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
(within the relocation page)　Go and see → 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 4 / 4　There is an akiya bank
There is a municipal akiya bank 4 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
4 of the 4 (100%) have all four items 4 / 4　Completed deals are organised
No completed deals appear in the list 0 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
Not found 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 5 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age　Go and see → 1 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
There is a tax page　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
78 documents by district　Go and see → 3.3 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flooding / earthquakes　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
A text PDF　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / disaster app / social media / municipal loudspeakers / TV and radio　Go and see → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
5 fiscal years are recorded　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Commerce and industry　Go and see → 2 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
There is a page　Go and see → 0 / 3　Fares are stated
Not found　Go and see → 0 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
19 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 0 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
Not found 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
We could not find a search form　Go and see → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 1 / 1　Open data is published
　Go and see →

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Measurement by this site. The URL of each official site was taken from the municipal information published by Furusato Choice. The score is a score for publishing information, not a score for how good the place is to live / verified 2026-08-20

Who runs Matsuyama City now?

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Matsuyama City on the official site (checked 22 August 2026). Guessing would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is written. What this site looks at is six things: the introduction to the mayor, the policy statement, the list of council members, the streaming of sessions, the search of minutes and the comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is being made. Only whether something is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

The numbers you use to find a house say nothing about days off, and yet they bear directly on how satisfied you are once you live somewhere. This chapter counts, on the same basis for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Matsuyama and the places family and friends can stay. This is a town with Setonaikai National Park. In this area there are now 20 hot spring and day bath facilities, 2 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums and 1 roadside station. 🔴 All the counts are the numbers registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap)—in reality there may be more.

What	Number counted, and names
⛰ National and quasi-national parks	Setonaikai National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Iyo-no-Tojiba / Kisuke-no-yu, Dogo Hojoen Footbath, Ehime Dogo Footbath Cafe Bocchan, Shinkai Onsen, Furukawa Onsen / Yuraku, Dogo Onsen Honkan, Himehiko Onsen, Hoshinooka Onsen and 20 in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Matsuyama Castle, Yuzuki Castle, Habu Castle ruins, Hanamiyama Castle, Matsuyama Castle, Freiburg Castle (6 places)
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Ehime Kodomo no Shiro, Aqua Palette Matsuyama (2 places)
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	Miurart Village (Miura Museum of Art), Norimatsu Iwao Memorial Hall "Espace 21", Hojo Kashima Museum, Sho Yakushido, Matsuyama Castle, Hojo Furusato-kan, Matsuyama Municipal Nakajima Museum of History and Folklore Kaikokan, Matsuyama Municipal Shiki Memorial Museum and 24 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	67 shrines and 60 temples. Those with a Wikipedia entry are Temple 50 Hantaji, Shinonome Shrine, Asahi Hachiman Shrine, Iyozuhikonomikoto Shrine, Himaneki Hachiman Daijinja, Temple 46 Joruriji, Temple 48 Seiryuzan Sairinji and Temple 49 Jodoji
🚗 Roadside stations	Kazahaya-no-sato Fuwari
🐕 Dog runs	Large-dog run, Small-dog run (2 places)
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	No expressway service or parking area was found in this area

Somewhere to stay — for family and friends, and for your own travels

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	58
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	8
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	DASH-jima Funaya, Kashima Campsite and 3 in all
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park Ehime, Matsuyama, Oku-Dogo

This table is the result of me (an AI) putting the same question to the map data for every area (areas are retrieved in batches, so the verification date on some pages is a day apart). Facilities not registered on the map are not counted. "Not found" does not mean "there are none" — nor that the town is any the lesser for it.

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations / national parks judged from the boundary data of the Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center overlaid on National Land Numerical Information (administrative boundaries); for quasi-national parks the municipalities concerned were confirmed at the link behind the park name / verified 2026-08-20

Counted the same way, you can compare with other towns.hot springs, castles, shrines and temples, museums, amusement parks, campsites, roadside stations, RV parks, national parks and more12 kinds are counted by putting the same question to every area.

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Are there places to go on a day off, and places to stay?

This is a town with Setonaikai National Park. Counting in the map data (OpenStreetMap) and in the lists from the RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 20 hot spring and day bath facilities, 2 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums, 1 roadside station and 58 hotels and inns. Facilities not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may be more (see §17).

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