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Temple 46 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, a 'temple of flowers' founded in 713 with an ancient path to No. 47

Temple 47 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, a Shugendo site founded in 701 associated with En no Ozunu

Temple 48 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, with the sacred Akai spring venerated since Emperor Shomu's time for healing

One of Japan's oldest hot springs cited in the Nihon Shoki, the Meiji bathhouse immortalized in Natsume Soseki's Botchan

One of Japan's twelve surviving original castle towers, commanding Mount Katsuyama above the 'Clouds Above the Hill' city

Temple 50 on a hilltop overlooking Matsuyama Plain and the Seto Inland Sea, enshrining the Healing Buddha

Temple 49 in central Matsuyama, long revered for safe-childbirth blessings as 'Kosodate Kobo Daishi'

The Kono clan's hilltop base for 200 years, now Dogo Park beside Dogo Onsen with intact moats

Temple 52 with Shikoku's oldest wooden main hall (National Treasure), founded by imperial decree in 587

Temple 53 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, home to Japan's oldest Christian grave marker dating from the 1610s