6. Ozu and Uchiko Nostalgic Townscape Walking Course
DAY 1

6:00

DAY 2

DAY 3

NOTES
DAY 1

Shussekiji early morning Buddhist ceremony
7:00

Baggage: Leave your baggage at Tokiwa Ryokan.
Meisekiji: Enter the temple through the Kongomon Gate for men and Taizomon

Gate for women, and climb the stone steps up Otoko-Yakuyokezaka slope for menand Onna-Yakuyokezaka slope for women, respectively. There is a gate on the way.
8:00

Shussekiji Shukubo (Check out)
baggage and the staff will keep it.)

10:00 10:07 Arrive Unomachi Station
Tokiwa Ryokan (Meet a staff member from
Ryokan then leave baggage.)

11:00 T43 Meisekiji

Explore Ozu Old Town
Ozu Castle
Garyu Sanso
Bansenso

Check in at Tokiwa Ryokan.

Imotaki event: September 4 to mid-October, evening to 9:00 p.m. Fee: 3,000 yen

Asamoya (Return the bike)※Combined ticket for admission to threesites and yakatabune

Lunch:
Asamoya, Aburaya, etc.

do so!

Ozu yakatabune and 3 museums admission ticket 1,800 yen

Lunch:
Restaurant near Toyogahashi

Gallery Café, Ikedaya, Tagosaku, station, etc.
13:00

This is a rare opportunity, so if your timing is right and you can attend, by all means

DAY 2

Bekkaku T8 Toyogahashi
12:00 Explore Unomachi
Lunch:coffee shop, you can try koke-manju (steamed buns sprinkled with seaweed to look
like moss).

Tokiwa Ryokan (Check out, you can leave

9:00

Kokemushiro: The moss garden is beautiful and the air is clear and refreshing. At theGaryu Sanso (Japanese garden): The well-calculated design in every detail is a rarearchitectural masterpiece. This is a borrowed landscape-type garden thatincorporates the surrounding nature. It is a graceful harmony of nature and artifice,and presents a different appearance in each of the four seasons.

Yakatabune (traditional Japanese boat): The fresh greenery and autumn leaves arereflected on the river’s mirror-like surface. Cormorant fishing in Ozu is a rare sight.

During the short summer season, cormorant boats and yakatabune run side by side.

Yakatabune cruise (1 hour)

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Bike: Rent an electric bicycle at Asamoya, Ozu Machi no Eki.
14:00
Asamoya (Borrow electric bike)
15:00Koke Mushiro（Moss Garden)

Explore UchikoConservation CenterKamihaga Residence
Local Museum
Uchiko-za Theater

Bekkaku T7, Shussekiji: Kanayama, where this temple is located, is 812 meters abovesea level. A narrow road leads up to the temple from the town at the foot of themountain. You might see a sea of clouds if the weather conditions are right!

You can experience a goma ceremony and early morning service here.
DAY 3

Toyogabashi Bridge: The name Toyogabashi (literally Ten Nights Bridge) comes from

16:00
16:47 Depart Higashitada Bus Stop
17:00 17:07 Arrive Mikasa-dōri 3-chōme Bus Stop

Bekkaku T7 Shussekiji
Shussekiji Shukubo (Check in)
Charge your bike battery at Shussekiji(Uwajima Bus)
Tokiwa Ryokan (Check in, pick-pu your baggage)

18:00 Imotaki experience

Meet a staff member from Ryokan andpick up baggage at Uchiko Tourist
16:56 Depart Uchiko Station
17:25

Arrive Matsuyama Station

the fact that Kobo Daishi once stayed under this bridge on a very cold day andcould not sleep because of the cold and hunger. Although it was only one night, itfelt like ten long nights until dawn.

Uchiko: The town retains traces of the Edo period, when it prospered from theproduction of mokuro (wax candles). There are various attractions such as themysterious power spot Yuge Shrine.

Baggage: Pick up your luggage at Tokiwa Ryokan, then you can return toMatsuyama in the evening