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Uwajima is a small historic city, situated deep inside Uwajima Bay, on the west coast of Shikoku and embraced on three sides by mountains more than 1,000 meters high. The city has flourished as a castle town of the Date family since the early 17th century. In the center of the city, there are Uwajima Castle, Uwatsuhiko-jinja Shrine, and other sites. The Tensha-en Garden built as a retirement palace for the Date family, is especially beautiful in the wisteria and iris season and admired by many local people. You can see bullfights, a traditional 300-year-old event in Uwajima. The events are held five times a year even today. Bulls weighing about one ton butt against each other in a 20-meter-diameter ring in a domed bullfight arena. The bulls fight until one loses its fighting spirit.
Old rustic feel town of life during the Edo period
Museum displaying great selection of towels and artwork from towels
Center of Ehime; Home to Matsuyama Castle
Beautifully Preserved with Old Homes in Takayama
Japan's oldest and most famous hot spring
51st of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage
Pleasant toll road connecting Shikoku to mainland Honshu
Old rustic feel town of life during the Edo period