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Ropeway Platform, where the cable cars or chairlifts start up from here up to the middle of the hill.

Charlifts. They are a little bit scrary to ride on. Usually people get in a cable car.

Ehime Private Tour - The square in the middle way to the top of the hill.There are lots of trees and floweres planted here throughout the year: cherry trees and wistetria in spring, hydrangers in rainy season, and oak trees and winter cherry in winter.

The square in the middle way to the top of the hill.There are lots of trees and floweres planted here throughout the year: cherry trees and wistetria in spring, hydrangers in rainy season, and oak trees and winter cherry in winter.

Ehime Private Tour - There is a haiuku monument, which serves as a haiku post. What is inscribed here is a haiku compsed by Masaoka Shiki. Into the haiku post people can post their works. Periodically, usually every two months, those works are collected and good works are selected.

There is a haiuku monument, which serves as a haiku post. What is inscribed here is a haiku compsed by Masaoka Shiki. Into the haiku post people can post their works. Periodically, usually every two months, those works are collected and good works are selected.

There are many steps and walls.

There are openings on the wall. They are loopholes. The square ones were for snipers, and the rectabgular ones were for archers.

A Chinese poem compsed by the 9th fuedal lord.

Carpenters' devices. There are many kinds of joints used in the construction of the castle exhibited.

Ehime Private Tour - Again to the foot of the hill. So-called Ropeway Street continues north to south lined with a lot of shops selling Ehime specialities. Restaurants also are found here.

Again to the foot of the hill. So-called Ropeway Street continues north to south lined with a lot of shops selling Ehime specialities. Restaurants also are found here.

Towel specialty shop IORI, which is selling the world-famous Imabari Towels. Consumption tax free shop for foreign travelers.

These are what are produced by the company, having the brand name of the Imabari Towel.

There are also vaious kinds of fabrics sold here.

Ehime Specialties Shop operated by Ehime Prefectural Government.

Lots of mikan, or orange, products.

Ehime Private Tour - There are various kinds of tart cakes sold here. Tart cake is Matsuyama specialty which about 400 years ago then fuedal lord encouraged his staff samurai to create modeling after the delicios cake from Holland.

There are various kinds of tart cakes sold here. Tart cake is Matsuyama specialty which about 400 years ago then fuedal lord encouraged his staff samurai to create modeling after the delicios cake from Holland.

Ehime prefecture's mascot character dolls are being sold. Please bring back to you home as a souvenir.

An antique shop.

This shop is specializing in the pottery.

Another antique shop.

From the window, you can see things exhibited on the shelves.

Inside the shop. These are used kimon, whose cloth seems to be turned into various things. They are popular among tourists.

Taimeshi is food of boild rice mixed with seabream flesh, which is very popular around here.

Ehime Private Tour - This is the Birthplace of the Akiyama Brothers.The Akiyama brothers, Saneyuki and Yoshifuru, played important roles in Japan's history when the countgry emerged as a world power in the Meiji Period. They were ones of greatest Generals in Japan. They are heros for Matsuyamaites, as Masaoka Shiki is so in the literature field.

This is the Birthplace of the Akiyama Brothers.The Akiyama brothers, Saneyuki and Yoshifuru, played important roles in Japan's history when the countgry emerged as a world power in the Meiji Period. They were ones of greatest Generals in Japan. They are heros for Matsuyamaites, as Masaoka Shiki is so in the literature field.

Matsuyama Castle (Course A) by Kaz

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Joined 2017

Kaz （和夫）

4.67 / 5

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Ehime

English

4 hours

Private tour (only you and Kaz （和夫）)

Up to 8 people

Matsuyama Castle is the best attractive sightseeing spot in Matsuyama. First,we will go up to the castle tower and enjoy a panoramic view of the city, Mt.Ishizuchi and the Seto Inland Sea. After coming back to the hill's foot, we will enjoy exploring the shops selling many attractive things. And our final touch is visiting the Birthplacce of the Akiyama Brothers: heros born in Matsuyama.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

at your hotel (or the entrance of the ropeway platform building)

Matsuyama Castle (the main keep and the castle tower on a hill)

Ropeway Street ( exploring various kinds of shops)

Birthplace of the Akiyama Brothers

Ending Point

at your hotel (or the place you like at around Ichiban-cho, the very downtown of the city)

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee

What‘s not included

taxi fare (from your hotel to the ropeway platform building , and to your hotel if you want to go back)

ropeway(cable car) fare: 510 yen / person / a round-way ticket / you can use chairlift for the same cost

entrance fee to the castle's main tower: 510 yen / person

entarnce fee to the Birthplace of the Akiyama Brothers : 300 yen / person

The above-mentioned charges are not imposed to the guide.

Your and my lunch bills (If you want to extend your tour hours and have lunch attended with me)

Tour Important Information

During this tour you have to walk down through the path in the hill forest from the main keep to the second keep and then to the third keep. There is a difference of more than 90m in terms of altitude. You need to be sturdy in walking. So if you are not strong and slow in walking, you should avoid this tour.

Time is moeny. And I would like to help you avoid a troublesome thing. So, basically I would like to pick you up at your hotel in the city and use a taxi to the foot of the castle's hill.

But if you are sure to find the place of Ropeway Platform, or Ro-pu-ei Nori-ba in Japanese, which is the second in the photo show, we can meet there.

The taxi fare would be, in most cases, within 1,000 yen per car. If you let me know your hotel's name, I can tell you estimated fare in advance. If the fare is estimeted to be too expensive, I would make an alternative proposal to you.

The taxi car holds up to 4 passengers Including me, a guide. So when you are 3 members, all of us can get in a car. But when you are 4 to 7 members, you should need another car and have to take 2 cars in total.

The tour is desigend so that I will attend you to your hotel. But if you want to leave me at Ichiban-cho, you can do it. You may be able to enjoy shopping around there, because the place is the very downtown of the city.

Important message from the supplier

I can guide you at other areas in Shikoku, if you would burden my travel expenses. The expenses are, for example, 8,000 yen at Kochi.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

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Kaz （和夫）

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(3 reviews)

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About Tour Guide Kaz （和夫）

Hi, everyone. I am Kaz. I live in Ehime, which is opposite from Hiroshima across the Seto Inland Sea.

There is no Shinkansen bullet train here, but there are many things to see. You will have a relaxed, peaceful time, feeling as if time were passing slowly. And you will find lots of beautiful things. For example, there has been a tradition in people's behavior that they will show their hospitalityby serving tea or cakes to walking pilgrims. There have been many who want to visit the temples belonging to the Shikoku 88 Sacred Places, as a pilgrim.

There is also abundance of natural beauty. You can see high mountains extending to the far distance and rivers running through the area. It goes without saying that there is a lot of delicious food.

I am looking forward to seeing you. Please come visit Japan, and discover hidden treasure. Thank you.

Reviews

Simon P.

4 / 5

Apr 11, 2019

The tour exploring traditional Japan in Matsuyama.

Ehime

4 hours

Customized

Apr 11, 2019

“Historical View of Matsuyama”

We had a great guided tour given by Kaz in Matsuyama. He had a challenge of making the tour interesting for teenagers all the way up to a 79 year old!.. He met the challenge with great enthusiasm, and as a result we saw parts of Matsuyama that we would not have seen on our own, I believe not even some locals know what we experienced. Thanks Kaz!

Kaz （和夫）

Thank you for your message to me, Simon. I also had a good time with you and your family members. What you were interested in led to us to a local sake brewer, which began its operation 1bout 120 years ago, and to a cozy garden of the most prestigios inn hotel in Matsuyama with a history of about 400 years. These are the spots they don't visit in a usual tour. As you said, among local people there are few who are so aware of these as you are. I hope you will come to Japan again some day in the future. Finally, please send my regards to your family. Thank you very much again, Simon !

Bob B.

5 / 5

Oct 15, 2018

The tour to Uchiko and Oozu

Ehime

8 hours 30 min

Customized

Oct 15, 2018

“Matsuyama & surrounds”

Kaz was very helpful, reliable, well informed and responsive. A pleasure to have as a personal guide in unknown territory.

Kaz （和夫）

Thank you very much, Bob. I think you could stay in Ehime at a good time becuase it was just around the autumn festival day in Matsuyama. I hope you will visit Shikoku again in the future.

Chelsea R.

5 / 5

Oct 22, 2017

Kochi Custom Booking : 2017-10-17

Kochi

6 hours

Customized

Oct 22, 2017

“Kochi Castle, Buddhist temple, beach ”

We had an awesome time with Kaz. We were able to see quite a lot and Kaz was very informative about the places we visited. Highly recommend!

Kaz （和夫）

Thank you very much for your message, Chelsea. The tour was not a long one,a half-day tour, but I think you could experience good places in Kochi. Now a big typhoon is attacking Japan. It is lucky for you that you could avoid it. The T-shirt your mother gave me at the pier suits very well. Please send my best regards to her. I would like to say again, thank you very much for having a good time with me.