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Best Hotels Near Okaido Station | The Castle Ropeway Crossing
Okaido is Matsuyama's downtown crossing — castle ropeway up the street, arcades in both directions, izakaya lanes behind,…
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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama Station | The JR Gateway to Ehime
JR Matsuyama Station is Ehime's rail gateway — newly rebuilt, tram-connected to the castle and Dogo Onsen, and…
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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama City Station | The Iyotetsu Hub of the Castle Town
Matsuyama City Station is the busiest station in Shikoku's biggest city — the Iyotetsu hub where trams leave…
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Best Hotels Near Kataharamachi Station | Old Port Takamatsu
Kataharamachi is one Kotoden stop from the port — Takamatsu's old merchant quarter of retro arcades, castle moats…
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Best Hotels Near Marugame Station | The Wooden Keep & Bone-In Chicken
Marugame keeps one of Japan's twelve original wooden castle keeps atop its tallest stone walls — plus a…
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Best Hotels Near Sakaide Station | Under the Great Seto Bridge
Sakaide sits where the Seto Ohashi bridge lands in Shikoku — a rail junction town with serious udon…
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Best Hotels Near Kawaramachi Station (Takamatsu) | The Arcade & Izakaya Hub
Kawaramachi is Takamatsu's downtown — the Kotoden rail hub buried in Japan's longest shopping arcades, ringed by izakaya.…
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Best Hotels Near Takamatsu Station | Udon, Ritsurin & the Art-Island Ferry Port
Takamatsu Station sits beside the ferry port to Naoshima's art islands, minutes from Ritsurin Garden and the best…
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Best Hotels Near Ishii Station | Pilgrim Plains of the Yoshino River
Ishii sits on the Yoshino river plain where the Shikoku pilgrimage strings temples through the rice fields —…
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