Matsuyama Food and Culture Tour
Guided TourPrice from
15,000 JPY
Duration
1/2 Day
Level
Quality Bikes
Japanese Culture
Local Guided
Fully Supported
Choose Start Date
Local Food
ABOUT THIS TOUR
There’s no better way to get inside Japan than to visit a city like Matsuyama. The city is off the beaten track, not your average tourist trap. It offers wonderful opportunities to experience traditional Japanese culture and eat great local food. It is quintessentially Japanese – beautiful bamboo forests, ancient Buddhist temples, fabulous hot springs. We’re biased of course, but we think our private Matsuyama Food and Culture Tour is the perfect way to see this hidden gem. Yes, this is a food tour – the only food tour in Matsuyama – but it is more than that. We help you to explore real Japan, to cycle through the Japanese countryside, to experience local culture, to taste delicious local cuisine, to write haiku, to drink local sake…
Matsuyama Food and Culture Tour
- Duration: 2/3 day – from 11-5.
- Difficulty: 2/5 – suitable for those with a basic level of fitness. We have e-bikes (subject to availability) if you need a helping hand.
- Price: Starting from 12,500 JPY (click here to see how much this is in other currencies)
- Group size: We can work with groups of most sizes, from couples to larger groups.
- Things to eat
- Things to see
- You'll have two regional dishes in local restaurants.
- You'll have green tea and sweets in a haiku garden.
- You'll have a glass of local sake, beer, or soda.
- Walk through a bamboo forest to the site of a former castle overlooking the Seto Inland Sea.
- Cycle through small streets and visit the museum of a wagashi maker.
- Sip tea in the garden of a haiku poet.
- Have a foot bath and learn about the origins of the oldest hot spring in Japan.
- Walk through the arcade in the historic Dogo area, enjoying the many local shops selling regional crafts.
- Quality Bikes
- Tour Leader
- E-Bike Options
- Life-long Memories
- Cross bike and helmet rental included. We use Giant, Specialised, and Marin bikes.
- Change to an e-bike (subject to availability) for an additional fee. The cycling isn't tough, but an e-bike gives you a bit of extra help!
- Your guide was born and raised in Matsuyama and knows the city like the back of her hand.
- Change to an e-bike (subject to availability) for an additional fee - a bit of extra help!
- incredible views and lifelong memories.
- We'll give you our water bottle as a reminder of your time cycling through hidden Japan.
- We also have Hidden Japan Travel cycling jerseys and t-shirts available for purchase (subject to availability).
Adults (12+) – 15,000 yen per person based on shared room.
Children (under 12) – 8,000 yen per person.
- After reading the Terms & Conditions, click the Enquire about this Tour button and submit the form.
- We will get back to you to confirm your reservation and send you a registration form.
- Once you’ve sent this back to us, we’ll arrange for payment of your deposit, which is 10% of the trip price. We accept credit cards and wire transfer.
- Full payment is due 21 days prior to the first day of the trip.
- This is a private tour and we are happy to work with small groups 2-8 (if you have a group larger than this and want to take the tour with more people, please let us know and we’ll see what we can do).
- All tours are led by a guide who was born and raised in this part of Japan and who speaks English.
- Bikes, helmets, and water bottles are provided.
ITINERARY
Matsuyama Food and Culture Tour
Meet at a train station near Matsuyama. We’ll start by walking through a bamboo forest to a viewpoint overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. You’ll visit two local restaurants to sample regional cuisine, then explore the small streets of an old neibourhood and visit the ancient tea garden of a haiku poet for a cup of green tea. You’ll then jump back on the bike for a short ride across town to the historic Dogo neighbourhood for a foot bath, and walk through the local craft shops, and a drink in a sake bar. It’s the perfect way to explore the hidden side of Matsuyama and gain a deeper understanding of Japanese life.
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