Located in the eastern part of Ehime Prefecture, Saijo City is known as the "Water Capital" due to its abundant underground Water that erupts on its own and is Famous water Uchibuki.
The city at the foothills of the mountain, surrounded by the sacred Mt. Ishizuchi, is surrounded by beautiful nature, and the distance from the Ishizuchi mountain range to the Hiuchi Nada Sea (Hiuchi Sea) is about 30 km long. By using Car and rotation Car, you can visit to the mountains and the sea in a few tens of minutes, and you can enjoy leisure and walking in the mountains, villages, towns, and the sea immediately.
There are also places where you can experience history and traditional culture, such as shrines and temples for festival rituals and pilgrimages, the ruins of Saijo Domain's jinya, and kominka houses registered as National Tangible Cultural Properties, and the area around the Jinya ruins is fused with stucco modernist architecture into the cityscape. It is also one of is the highlight of the Saijo Festival that will be Held in in autumn. The Saijo Festival is Famous as a major Events that attracts many tourists from outside the city visit Parade gorgeous Danjiri and Float.
If you want to enjoy Gourmet food, you can fully enjoy a variety of flavors, such as Sake made at sake breweries in the city, local beer made with specialty naked barley and Uchibuki, and seasonal Local cuisine that makes use of Fresh ingredients grown in Famous water.
Please enjoy the one and only experience of Water, Nature, and culture in Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture.