This is proof of the festival’s popularity in Niihama, a town in the eastern part of Ehime Prefecture where fishing is the primary occupation. The highlight of the lively festival is a huge drum ...

At the Niihama Taiko Matsuri in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, teams of around 150 people carry taikodai: three-tonne parade floats housing a huge taiko drum. In a spectacular display of strength ...

Wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures continued to rage on March 24 after evacuation orders were issued for nearly 3,000 people. One firefighter in his 70s reportedly fell and suffered minor ...

Ehime University was established in 1949 as part of Japan ... Youth Teachers School), and the Faculty for Engineering (formed from the Ehime Prefectural Niihama Technical School). Today the university ...

The city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, also plans to declare early next week that a forest fire there has been contained. The fire also broke out last Sunday. The area ravaged by the Ehime fire ...

Dogo, Ehime Pref. – When I arrive at the flagship store of Mustakivi in Dogo, Ehime Prefecture, I’m greeted silently by 82-year-old Ehime-born designer Fujiwo Ishimoto. He unlocks the back ...