Yuzuki Castle Museum
A free museum in Dogo Park (Yuzuki Castle ruins). It conveys Yuzuki Castle through excavated artifacts and reconstructed samurai residences.
Yuzuki Castle Museum is a museum dedicated to the Yuzuki Castle Ruins, located inside Dogo Park. Yuzuki Castle is the site of the residential castle of the Kono clan, who were the shugo of Iyo during medieval times, and is selected as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles. The museum displays artifacts found through archaeological excavations. Inside the park, there are also restored samurai residences, an exhibition room where a cross-section of an earthen rampart can be viewed, and an observation deck at the hilltop.
Visitor Information
- Opening hours: 9:00 to 17:00 (museum)
- Closed: Mondays (the following day if Monday is a national holiday), December 29 to January 3
- Admission: Free (both for the museum and the restored samurai residences)
- Parking: 100 yen per 30 minutes
- Phone: 089-941-1480 (Museum Management Office)
Access
Just steps from Dogo Park Station on the Iyotetsu Railway.
Source: Iyokan Net (Ehime Prefecture Tourism and Local Products Association) "Yuzuki Castle Ruins" https://www.iyokannet.jp/spot/1504 / Matsuyama Sightseeing Website https://matsuyama-sightseeing.com/spot/18-2/ Last verified: October 16, 2026
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