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 The Dogo Onsen Honkan is a picturesque symbol of Japan’s oldest hot spring. In 1994 it was the first public bathhouse in Japan designated as a National Important Cultural Property, and in 2009 it was awarded the top rating of 3 stars by the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
The present-day Kami-no-Yu Honkan is a 3-story wooden structure renovated in 1894 by Yukiya Isaniwa, the first mayor of Dogo Yunomachi. The building was designed by Matahachiro Sakamoto, a craftsman from a family of master carpenters who worked on Matsuyama Castle. Featuring a truss structure that incorporates Western techniques, this grand 3-tiered building is crowned by a square cupola called the Shinrokaku that features giyaman glass windows and a roof adorned by a sculpture of the egret from the Dogo Onsen legend. The Dogo Onsen Honkan has two bathing areas, the Tama-no-Yu and Kami-no-Yu, and guests can select from four bathing packages: the Tama-no-Yu 3rd floor private room, Tama-no-Yu 2nd floor resting lounge, Kami-no-Yu 2nd floor resting lounge, and Kami-no-Yu downstairs.

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The Ehime Museum of Art opened in 1998 on the site of Matsuyama Castle, a designated national historic site, as a participatory and creative art museum where visitors can enjoy viewing and creating artwork and learning through these activities.

The collection of Ehime Museum of Art began with its predecessor, the Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art (opened in 1970), and has mainly collected works by local artists. In November 1998, with the relaunching of the museum as the Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art, it acquired works by foreign artists such as Monet and Cézanne, which form the core of the current collection, as well as works by modern Japanese artists such as Yukihiko Yasuda and Tsune Nakamura, and added a large collection of local artists such as Hisui Sugiura, Masamu Yanase, Hitone Noma, Hiroshi Manabe, and Umetaro Azechi, which now stands at approximately 11,000 pieces. These collections are exhibited five to six times a year as special exhibitions to introduce them to the public.

In addition, the museum's special exhibitions feature a wide variety of outstanding works from Japan and abroad, including those related to local artists and artworks that make the most of the collection and introduce diverse cultures and values. The Prefectural Atelier, one of the few such facilities in Japan that allows visitors to create freely at their own pace, provides assistance in the creation of prints, woodwork, dyeing and weaving, photography, clay, and other art forms.

Based on these activities, Ehime Museum of Art aims to become an art museum that is close to the daily lives of its visitors by helping them to "see, create, and learn".

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