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A bonenkai is a year-end party, and a shinnenkai is its New Year version. Hotels in Matsuyama sell fixed plans for both: a set price per person that covers food and drinks. This guide compares the 2026 plans of the two Matsuyama hotels that publish their prices on their official sites: Dogo Yamanote Hotel and ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Matsuyama. It shows the price per person, the group size, the free-flow drinks, parking and how to get there.
In short
- Dogo Yamanote Hotel charges ¥8,000, ¥10,000 or ¥15,000 per person, with 120 minutes of free-flow drinks, for parties from November 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027.
- ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama lets you pick a food course (¥5,500 to ¥13,000) and a drink course (¥1,500 to ¥3,500) separately, so one person pays ¥7,000 to ¥16,500. Its plan runs from November 13, 2026 to January 31, 2027.
- Parking is free for 3 hours for banquet guests at ANA Crowne Plaza. Dogo Yamanote Hotel is a 5-minute walk from Dogo Onsen Station and has no shuttle.
- The plan pages we read are in Japanese, and neither says whether banquet staff speak English. Book by phone or the hotel’s inquiry form.
Checked with official pages on October 10, 2026.
1. How do the two hotels compare?
Depends on the provider
Dogo Yamanote Hotel gives you a fixed course with drinks, while ANA Crowne Plaza lets you mix food and drinks. Click a hotel name to jump to its section. Prices are per person.
| Hotel | Per person | Group size | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogo Yamanote Hotel | ¥8,000, ¥10,000, ¥15,000 (120 min drinks) | Private room 5 – 16, hall 25 – 200 | Coin parking if full (your cost) |
| ANA Crowne Plaza | ¥7,000 – ¥16,500 (food + drinks, 2 hours) | From about 5 | 77 spaces, 3 hours free |
Dogo Yamanote prices include consumption tax, service charge and the room fee. The ANA Crowne Plaza page does not state whether its prices include tax and service charge. Dates differ too. The Dogo Yamanote plan runs from Sunday, November 1, 2026 to Sunday, February 28, 2027. The ANA Crowne Plaza plan runs from Friday, November 13, 2026 to Sunday, January 31, 2027.
2. Dogo or the city center: how will we get home?
Depends on the provider
Where you hold the party decides how your group gets home. Dogo Yamanote Hotel is a 5-minute walk from Dogo Onsen Station, and its access page says it has no shuttle service. ANA Crowne Plaza is in the center of Matsuyama, with Matsuyama Castle hill in front of it. From JR Matsuyama Station it takes about 12 minutes by streetcar, about 18 minutes by bus or about 8 minutes by taxi.
Check parking early if many guests will drive. ANA Crowne Plaza has 77 spaces underground (height limit 2.3 m). If they are full, the hotel directs you to a contracted car park, Flower Parking Nibancho, and banquet guests get 3 hours free there too. The Dogo Yamanote flyer says that if its car park is full, you may have to use a nearby coin car park at your own cost. Because people will be drinking, ask everyone how they will get home before you choose.
Both hotels start their year-end plans in November: Dogo Yamanote on November 1 and ANA Crowne Plaza on November 13. ANA Crowne Plaza also has an autumn party plan from Tuesday, September 1 to Thursday, November 12, 2026, so a party in early November falls under that plan instead.
3. Dogo Yamanote Hotel: ¥8,000 to ¥15,000 with 120 minutes of drinks
Depends on the provider
Dogo Yamanote Hotel’s party plan runs from November 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, with a Western and Japanese course and 120 minutes of free-flow drinks at ¥8,000, ¥10,000 or ¥15,000. The flyer says the prices include consumption tax, service charge and the room fee.
The ¥8,000 course includes an hors d’oeuvre assortment, a lotus-root dumpling, poached salmon, sirloin steak and a mixed rice dish. The ¥10,000 course includes a seafood and citrus salad, poached cod, filet steak and a crab and mushroom rice dish. The ¥15,000 course includes grilled abalone and taro, steamed golden eye snapper with turnip, filet steak with scallops, and sea bream rice with dashi tea.
The free-flow drinks are beer, sake, shochu, whiskey, cocktails, non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic cocktails and soft drinks. The banquet halls take 25 to 200 guests, and the Western-style private rooms take 5 to 16. The flyer also says that on the day of your party, use of the hotel’s large public bath is free (normally ¥1,650).
The reservation line is 089-998-2111, and the plan page has an inquiry button. The hotel has an English site, but the plan page we read is in Japanese, and the English page lists a banquet hall but does not mention party plans. Getting there: a 5-minute walk from Dogo Onsen Station, with no shuttle service. From JR Matsuyama Station it takes about 20 minutes. Address: 1-13 Dogo Sagidani-cho, Matsuyama (愛媛県松山市道後鷺谷町1-13). Google Maps. Phone: 089-998-2111.
| Name | Dogo Yamanote Hotel |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-13 Dogo Sagidani-cho, Matsuyama |
| Hours / Closed | 120-minute free-flow drinks (plan period: November 1, 2026–February 28, 2027) |
| Phone | 089-998-2111 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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4. ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Matsuyama: pick your food and drinks
Depends on the provider
ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama’s plan runs from November 13, 2026 to January 31, 2027: you pick one food course and one drink course, with free-flow drinks for 2 hours. Food courses are ¥5,500, ¥7,500, ¥9,500 or ¥13,000. Drink courses are ¥2,500, ¥3,500 or ¥1,500 (soft drinks only). Adding the two together, one person pays from ¥7,000 (¥5,500 plus soft drinks) to ¥16,500 (¥13,000 plus ¥3,500).
The food can be Japanese-Western-Chinese, Chinese, Western or Japanese. The sample ¥5,500 menu lists sashimi or a seafood and winter vegetable salad, a Matsuyama chicken tabbouleh salad, roast pork, shrimp with black pepper mayonnaise, roast beef with Ehime mandarin sauce, udon or a shrimp pilaf, and a dessert. The ¥2,500 drink course covers beer, whiskey, highballs, non-alcoholic beer, oolong tea and juice, plus one choice of sake or wine and one choice of shochu or lemon sour, or a cocktail. The page says the hotel will also suggest plans for other budgets.
Parking is underground (2nd basement floor): 77 spaces, height limit 2.3 m. Banquet and meeting guests get 3 hours free, and the hotel has a separate page for small groups of about 5 to 20 guests. The banquet page says inquiries are answered within 2 hours during the event team’s business hours. Call 089-933-5511 (main number). The hotel’s site has an English menu, but the plan page we read is in Japanese and does not say whether banquet staff speak English. Getting there: about 12 minutes by streetcar from JR Matsuyama Station, and about 30 minutes by limousine bus from Matsuyama Airport. Address: 3-2-1 Ichiban-cho, Matsuyama (愛媛県松山市一番町3-2-1). Google Maps. Phone: 089-933-5511.
| Name | ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Matsuyama |
|---|---|
| Address | 3-2-1 Ichiban-cho, Matsuyama |
| Hours / Closed | 2-hour free-flow drinks (plan period: November 13, 2026–January 31, 2027) |
| Phone | 089-933-5511 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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5. Which hotel fits my group?
Depends on the provider
- Staying in Dogo or want a set course: Dogo Yamanote Hotel. You choose one of three courses, and the drinks are included.
- Want to build your own food and drinks, or many guests drive: ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama, with 3 hours of free banquet parking.
- Group of 5 to 16: both hotels have rooms for small groups (Dogo Yamanote 5 – 16, ANA Crowne Plaza about 5 – 20).
If your party is in November, also look at the autumn plan of Hotel My Stays Matsuyama. It runs from September 1 to November 30, 2026 for groups of 20 or more, with food at ¥5,000, ¥6,000 or ¥7,000 per person and 2 hours of free-flow alcoholic drinks for ¥2,500 (all tax included). The hotel’s plan page is in Japanese only. We did not find a year-end plan on its site.
6. How do I book if I do not read Japanese?
Depends on the provider
The plan pages are in Japanese. Use a browser translation tool to read them, and book by phone or through the hotel’s inquiry form.
- Fix your date, number of guests and budget per person.
- Pick a hotel from section 5. Check that your date falls inside its plan period.
- Contact the hotel. Dogo Yamanote Hotel: 089-998-2111. ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama: 089-933-5511.
- Ask before you confirm. Ask what the price includes, the cancellation terms and parking. The plan pages do not state cancellation terms.
What to say
忘年会のプランを予約したいです。◯名です。 (Bonenkai no puran o yoyaku shitai desu. ◯ mei desu. = I would like to book a year-end party plan. We are ◯ people.)
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Common questions
Can a group of fewer than 10 book a hotel plan?
Yes. Dogo Yamanote Hotel has Western-style private rooms for 5 to 16 guests, and ANA Crowne Plaza lists rooms for about 5 to 20 guests.
What if someone does not drink alcohol?
The Dogo Yamanote free-flow list includes non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic cocktails and soft drinks. ANA Crowne Plaza has a soft-drinks-only drink course at ¥1,500.
Can I hold the party before the plan starts?
ANA Crowne Plaza has an autumn party plan until November 12, 2026. The Dogo Yamanote year-end plan starts on November 1.
Next steps
- Hotels also take orders for New Year food: Ordering Osechi in Ehime for New Year 2027
Sources (checked October 2026)
3 pages we checked
- Dogo Yamanote Hotel: Year-end and New Year party plan, 2026 flyer (PDF), access and English site
- ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Matsuyama: Year-end and New Year party plan, autumn party plan, banquets and meetings and access
- Hotel My Stays Matsuyama: banquet and meeting rooms and the autumn plan PDF linked from that page
