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The Glossary
A historic city dating back to Japan's medieval age, Matsuyama first caught people's radars as a setting name-dropped in some of the country's most renowned literary pieces, the Tale of Genji and Botchan. Nowadays, Matsuyama might be Shikoku's largest city and business hub, yet its feudal-age architecture bask in the same limelight as its modern amenities and sophistication.
Like in most castle-towns, Matsuyama's eponymous bastion tops the itinerary lists of tourists. Found atop the town's Katsuyama Hill is the Matsuyama Castle, which has withstood the tests of time and war alongside with other olden architectures like Isaniwa-jinja, one of Japan's National Cultural Treasures built in 1667. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Sacred Pilgrimage Road is a quest for pilgrims then and now because of its eight pilgrimage temples, the last surviving of the original 88.
Another ages-old find is the Dogo Onsen, believed to be the country's oldest hot spring resort dating back to 3,000 years. Records say that even Prince Shotoku bathed in the onsen's waters during the 5th century AD. Today, the onsen still functions as a public bath that gets crammed at the strike of 6 p.m.
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