Woke up this morning with a slightly sore throat so hope I’m not getting sick!  Went down for breakfast at the hotel breakfast bar.   This area’s specialty is sea bream on rice so I had that with some pickles and little dishes.

After breakfast stopped at a pharmacy to pick up some cold medicine to hopefully stop it from starting.   We then headed to the Matsuyama Castle ropeway.   Took the ropeway up and climbed the rest of the way to the castle grounds.  This castle is much higher up that the one in Kochi.

Went into the castle and climbed up the narrow stairs to the top floors.   Definitely a lot more tourists here than in Kochi.

They had some photos of the castle with the moon and fireworks.

After climbing down we stopped for a drink as it is super hot 29C and pretty humid today.  Wished I had brought my portable fan!

Decided to take the chairlift down.   Seemed a bit scary as there was no bar to hold you in.  

We then stopped at a little izakaya for lunch.   The owner was a former professional snowboarder.  I had the fried oysters set which was really good.

We then took the bus to the Dogo Onsen area.   Walked around a bit but didn’t really feel like going in with piles of tourists and I was starting to feel worn out.

Took the bus back and took a nap in my room.  

Wasn’t feeling particularly hungry so we ended up just getting some food from 7- Eleven.  I had some seafood noodles which were okay.

Want to go to the onsen for one last soak but think I should probably just rest as we have our flight to Tokyo tomorrow morning.