April 12th Uwajima is pretty far down the coast in Ehime Prefecture and a fairly long journey from where I live in Kagawa, but I wanted to visit it for a long time. Since I decided to change jobs and move away from Shikoku I figured I should probably go before I left. The main purpose for the visit was to see Uwajima-jo (castle), one of the twelve original castles in Japan and supposedly a pretty park/building. Uwajima is also famous for bull fighting and a fertility shrine, Taga Jinja, which is next to a sex museum full of umm……unusual items from all over the world. Apparently an old caretaker of the shrine liked to travel the world and collect these things, quite an interesting hobby. The castle was really pretty, the rumors were true. The
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