Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama Castle and the Shimanami Kaido: walking Ehime’s hot springs and Setouchi coast
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About Ehime
Ehime is in northwestern Shikoku with Matsuyama as its capital, well known for Dogo Onsen and the Shimanami Kaido bridge route.
Main walking areas in Ehime
Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.
- Matsuyama (Dogo Onsen Honkan, Matsuyama Castle)
- Imabari (Shimanami Kaido)
- Uchiko (Uchikoza theatre, historic street)
Ehime trivia
Dogo Onsen Honkan is a Meiji-era wooden bath house, also famous as a setting in Soseki Natsume’s novel “Botchan.”
Tips for finding smoking areas in Ehime
- Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
- Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
- Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
- Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone
Find efficiently with Mottosuitai
Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=ehime for the Ehime list.