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Field Report: The Open-air Architectural Museum that is Matsuyama, Japan (23 November 2016)

I’ve developed a habit of returning to my favourite places in Japan every now and then: partly to ensconce myself in the familiar, and partly to make fresh discoveries. Matsuyama was no exception to this pattern. And as I pounded the pavements of this corner of Shikoku one afternoon in November, I found a greatContinue reading “Field Report: The Open-air Architectural Museum that is Matsuyama, Japan (23 November 2016)”

Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 3/3

Old-fashioned onsen bathing is an experience one normally associates with resort towns or rustic mountain hideaways, but Matsuyama’s own hot spring district brings the experience a little closer to downtown.