For The pink ribbon, tokyo tower was pink 01 Oct 2010.

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Suica is a rechargeable contactless smart card used as a fare card on train lines in Japan.

Suica is a rechargeable contactless smart card used as a fare card on train lines in Japan.

During the morning walk, we encountered a streetcar repair.

The Matsuyama-jo can be seen from the Matsuyama Park.

The first destination is Dogo Onsen. Dogo Onsen has a history of over 3000 years and even Shotoku Taishi and the emperor bath in this hot spring.

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Shikoku Area consists 4 prefecture, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, and Kouchi. All of the prefectures are next to the sea and composed of mountains and rivers. The northern Shikoku has Seto Inland Sea and southern has the Pacific Ocean. Here, there are four prefectures with various characteristics. This time, we will stay at Shikoku for 8 days and introduce the interesting tourist spots.

For this trip, we will reach Matsuyama in plane from Haneda airport. The first designation is Uchiko, which will be 30 minute ride of super express train. Uchiko itself is not a big town so it is possible to go sightseeing in half a day.

Uchiko is a town that flourished through Edo period to Meiji period. It is as if the time has stopped since then in this town.

As soon as you reach Uchiko station, a steam locomotive welcomes you.

20 minute walk through the city and we reached the first tourist spot in Uchiko, the Uchiko-za. Uchiko-za is a theater that was built in 1916.

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Kabukicho is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.