Buying Medicine and Daily Goods in Dogo: Drugstores and Tax-Free Shopping Near the Arcade

What You Can Buy in the Dogo Shopping Street

Dogo Haikara-dori, also called the Dogo shopping street, is a covered arcade about 250 meters long that links Iyotetsu Dogo Onsen Station with Dogo Onsen Honkan. Shops line both sides with souvenirs and food, and the arcade roof means you can walk it even on a rainy day. Medicines, cosmetics, and daily goods are sold at the drugstores in and around this street.

Drugstores in and around the shopping street

Below are places in the Dogo area that sell medicine and daily goods, with the addresses and opening hours that could be confirmed. Opening hours can change, so please check each store's official information before you visit.

Kusuri no Redy Dogo-Midoridai

• Address: 4-7 Dogo-Midoridai, Matsuyama, Ehime.
• Hours: 9:00-22:00, every day.
• Phone: 089-911-1770.
• Address, hours, and goods were checked on the official Tsuruha Group store page (shop.tsuruha-g.com/4116) on 2026-10-08.
• About 600 meters in a straight line from Dogo Onsen Main Building, it is the closest of the large stores listed here to the hot-spring town.
• Besides medicine, cosmetics, and daily goods, it sells food and alcohol. Its official store page lists it as a tax-free shop. Parking is available.

Redy Pharmacy Dogo-Himata

• Address: 9-13 Dogo-Himata, Matsuyama, Ehime.
• Drugstore hours: 9:00-22:00.
• Dispensing counter: Mon-Fri 10:00-13:00 and 14:15-19:00.
• Closed: the drugstore is open every day; the dispensing counter is closed on weekends, holidays, and during the New Year period.
• Phone: 089-968-2233.
• This large store also has a dispensing pharmacy and carries food and daily goods. Parking: 45 spaces.

Kusuri no Redy Dogo-Ishite

• Address: 101-1 Shin-Ishite, Matsuyama, Ehime.
• Drugstore hours: 9:00-22:00.
• Dispensing counter: Mon-Fri 10:00-13:00 and 14:15-19:00.
• Closed: the drugstore is open every day; the dispensing counter is closed on weekends, holidays, and during the New Year period.
• Phone: 089-977-9888.
• Sells medicines, daily goods, and cosmetics.

Redy Pharmacy Dogo

• Address: 3-9 Dogo-Ichiman, Matsuyama, Ehime.
• Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00-18:00, Sat 9:00-15:00.
• Closed: Sundays, holidays, and during the New Year period.
• Phone: 089-989-6564.
• A dispensing pharmacy that mainly handles prescriptions.

Cosmo Pharmacy Dogo

• Address: 1F Karasudani Bldg., 2-1-6 Dogo-machi, Matsuyama, Ehime.
• Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9:00-18:00 / Wed 9:00-17:00 / Sat 9:00-13:00.
• Closed: Sundays and holidays.
• Phone: 089-926-4877.
• A dispensing pharmacy known for eye-care prescriptions; it also handles electronic prescriptions.

Iris Pharmacy Iwaidani

• Address: 2-12-32 Iwaidani, Matsuyama, Ehime.
• Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9:00-18:00 / Wed 8:00-16:00 / Sat 9:00-12:30.
• Closed: Sundays and holidays.
• Phone: 089-924-8840.
• A pharmacy that mainly handles prescription dispensing.

Shopping Tax-Free

To have the consumption tax waived as a visitor from overseas, you need to shop at a store that offers tax-free service. The Dogo shopping street has tax-free shops, and the official Matsuyama shopping street website publishes a list of them. Before you buy, check both the tax-free sign at the store and the official list.

The tax-free procedure requires the buyer's own passport and the original receipt from the day of purchase. The amount and the kinds of goods that qualify differ from store to store. Please confirm the procedure and conditions at the store where you buy.

Jugomangoku MASARU, on the Dogo shopping street, is a souvenir shop where tax-free service has been confirmed. It carries a wide range of sweets, sake, and local products from Dogo, Matsuyama, and Ehime, and it is open 9:30-20:00 every day.

Souvenirs in the Shopping Street

Dogo Haikara-dori is lined with souvenir shops selling sweets, crafts, and daily goods. You will find shops with sweets and drinks made from Ehime mikan oranges, crafts such as Iyo-kasuri textiles and Tobe ware, and famous sweets such as Botchan dango and Ichiroku tart. The street is easy to walk in a yukata, so it also suits a shopping stop after a public bath.

Before You Buy

• The amount and the kinds of goods that qualify for tax-free service differ by store. Ask at the counter how the procedure works.
• Some medicines are restricted when you bring them into your own country. Check your customs guidance before you return home.
• Dispensing pharmacies mainly handle prescriptions, but some also sell over-the-counter medicines and daily goods. Check what a store carries when you visit.

What Could Not Be Confirmed Officially

• Kusuri no Redy Dogo-Midoridai is listed as a tax-free shop on its official store page. Whether the other drugstores offer tax-free service could not be confirmed in official information. Please check tax-free availability at the store or in the official tax-free shop list.
• Product prices, the brands carried, and stock at each store could not be confirmed in official information.
• The range of over-the-counter medicines and daily goods sold without a prescription at the dispensing pharmacies differs by store and could not be confirmed in official information.

How This Was Checked, and Its Limits

• Opening hours and addresses are as confirmed on the official store pages listed in the sources. They may change.
• The confirmation date is 2026-10-07. Please check official information for the latest prices and hours before you visit.
• Tax-free rules and conditions can change. Please also check customs and store guidance before you leave the country.