Matsuyama

Matsuyama is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture at the island of Shikoku in Japan and additionally Shikoku's largest city, with a populace of 516,459 as of December 1, 2014. It is placed on the northeastern part of the Dogo Plain. Its call means "pine mountain". The metropolis became founded on December 15, 1889. The metropolis is understood for its hot springs onsen, many of the oldest in Japan, and is domestic to the Dogo Onsen Honkan, a Meiji Period timber public bathhouse dating from 1894.

A 2nd favourite traveler spot is Matsuyama Castle. 8 of the 80-eight temples inside the Shikoku Pilgrimage are in Matsuyama. Matsuyama became in medieval instances part of the Iyo-Matsuyama Domain, a fiefdom of Iyo Province consisting particularly of a castle city, supporting Matsuyama Castle. There changed into a nearby village at Dogo Onsen to the east and a port extremely farther to the west at Mitsuhama imparting a hyperlink to the Japanese mainland and Kyushu.

Matsuyama has a properly-evolved delivery network. It is connected to the Japanese countrywide railway network with the aid of Matsuyama Station on the Yosan Line. It additionally has a network of suburban railways run by the Iyo Railway, which is focused on Matsuyama City Station. Iyo Railway also operates a system of trams and busses, which function the city's principal modes of public transportation.