Tag Archives: Ehime

Fun Link Friday: Giant Straw Boars of Ehime

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Paula

One of the great things about Japan is all the neat seasonal events and sites you can visit. But sometimes an unexpected treat pops up that you don’t see every day or even every fall. This year in Imabari, Tamagawa … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Gokaku Iyokan

Posted on January 31, 2014 by LM

Farmers in Yawatahama-shi (八幡浜市), Ehime prefecture, spent 5 years developing these pentagonal iyokan, a (delicious) type of citrus fruit native to Yamaguchi prefecture. The name “gokaku iyokan” is a pun on the word for pentagram (gokaku, 五角) and “passing” an exam (gôkaku, … Continue reading →

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