From Matsuyama Station To Dogo Onsen

Getting to Dogo Onsen from Matsuyama Station is easy.

In front of Matsuyama Station

 

You have the choice of taking the street-car/tram or any other wheeled vehicle to get directly to the famous onsen or you can be like us and do the hard way. You can take one right in front the Matsuyama Train Station. No worries.

Our way? Walk all the way from Matsuyama Station to Dogo Onsen. Come on. If a 9-year can do it, why can’t you? Right? Furthermore, you get to see plenty of interesting sights along the way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty interesting stuff to see, right? I'll post up more details on these photos and the places we visited or passed by along the way to Dogo Onsen some time soon. No, Rurousha - wait for the explanation in the next post(s). Be patient. xD But anyhoo, I know you know about them or if not; will research them anyways. Am I right or am I right? hahaha

 

In front of the Dogo-onsen station, there is a karakuri-dokei; a gadget clock and a tub( footbath?), which was used in the Meiji-era (1867-1912) in Hojoen.

The L-shaped Dogo shopping street stretches from Dogo-Onsen-Honkan to the street-car/tram Dogo-onsen Station. Souvenir shops and restaurants line the street and public bathhouse "Tsubaki-no-yu" is at the intersection of the L-shaped shopping street. It is a white-walled, storehouse-style building and creates a different atmosphere from that of Dogo-Onsen-Honkan, which was constructed in a wooden castle-style design.