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A photo provided by a local resident shows buildings in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, damaged by a landslide on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2024
Three found dead after landslide near Matsuyama Castle
Rescue workers had been searching for three people who were living in a wooden house that collapsed after the landslide in Ehime Prefecture.
A photo supplied by a local resident shows buildings in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, damaged by a landslide on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 12, 2024
Search on for family of three after landslide in Matsuyama
Heavy rain since late Wednesday led to the 4 a.m. landslide that originated from the eastern side of Matsuyama Castle's main keep, which is under restoration.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 17, 2019
Matsuyama: Under the radar, home to the contemporary
Although Matsuyama is known for its historical role in the Shikoku Pilgrimage and as a home for centuries-old onsen hot springs, there's plenty of modernity to be found in Ehime Prefecture's capital city.
LIFE / Travel / G20 host cities special
Mar 5, 2019
Onsen and castle grounds steeped in history
Matsuyama, which will host the Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting on Sept. 1 and 2, is the biggest city on the island of Shikoku. The capital of Ehime Prefecture is known for the famous Dogo Onsen, which is regarded as Japan's oldest hot spring with a history dating back around 3,000 years, drawing...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 22, 2016
Civility shown to Russo-Japanese War POWs lives on as Matsuyama's legacy
Tucked away in a tiny corner of Matsuyama, on a hillside not too far from the famous Dogo Onsen hot springs resort, lies a unique graveyard. Inside lie gravestones for 98 Russian POWs who died during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, a somber reminder of a time the city is nevertheless generally eager...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 7, 2016
Conjuring haiku on the trail from Hiroshima to Matsuyama
Riding the shinkansen from Tokyo to Hiroshima, I am glued to my iPhone when Stephen Gill tells me to look outside the window. The countryside — rolling hills and rice paddies — is shrouded in mist. Perhaps inspired by the scene, he begins reciting an English translation of a 17th-century haiku by...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 23, 2015
Don't build castles in the air, go see Ehime Prefecture's real ones
I'm more than happy to start my day off on a literal high point, but as we tackle the steep incline up to Matsuyama's hilltop castle, I am beginning to doubt our chosen method of arrival.

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