Hotels for a Concert Trip to Matsuyama: 6 Hotels by Tram to Himegin Hall, with Parking from ¥800 and Rates by Date

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This page compares 6 hotels in Okaido and Ichibancho, Matsuyama, for a night when you are going to a concert or a stage show. All 6 are easy to reach by Matsuyama’s streetcar (the Iyotetsu city tram). The tram stop nearest to Himegin Hall (Ehime Prefectural Culture Hall) is “Minamimachi-Kenmin Bunkakaikan-mae”. Here you can compare how to get to the stop, hotel parking, breakfast and large baths, and room rates that change by date. If you are choosing a hotel mainly to stay in Dogo Onsen, see our comparison of 6 hot spring inns in Dogo Onsen and Nurukawa (Japanese).

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1. Tram stop, parking and features of 6 hotels in one table

Parking at Daiwa Roynet, Dormy Inn and Hiyori Hotel cannot be reserved. The number of spaces is 61 at Toyoko Inn, 77 at ANA Crowne Plaza, 38 at Daiwa Roynet and only 5 at Dormy Inn. If you are driving, call the hotel first to check that you can park. Click a hotel’s name to jump to its section.

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“Per night” is the fee for hotel guests shown on each hotel’s official site. Parking spaces and height limits are given in each hotel’s section.

2. What to know about choosing in Matsuyama

The nearest stop to the hall is “Minamimachi-Kenmin Bunkakaikan-mae” on the Iyotetsu streetcar: about 21 minutes from JR Matsuyama Station and about 17 minutes from Matsuyama-shi Station. According to the access page of the Ehime Cultural Promotion Foundation, you take a tram bound for Dogo Onsen from both stations. How to get to the hall and the car parks around it are also covered in our article on 5 concert venues in Ehime (Japanese).

• Okaido Station is about 15 minutes from JR Matsuyama Station on a tram bound for Dogo Onsen (as described by Daiwa Roynet Hotel Matsuyama). The hall’s nearest stop is about 21 minutes, so from a hotel in Okaido it should take around 6 minutes on the same Dogo Onsen-bound tram (our own calculation from the difference in the two figures; waiting time is not included).
• From Matsuyama Airport, the Iyotetsu airport limousine bus stops at both “Okaido” and “Minamimachi Kenmin Bunkakaikan-mae”. The adult fare for both is ¥1,200 (¥1,180 cashless). The foundation says it takes about 36 minutes from the airport to the hall’s nearest stop.
• The hall’s car park has 95 spaces underground, 84 in the north and 120 in the west, 303 in total, at ¥100 per 30 minutes. It is closed on days with no event and on closed days, and the foundation asks people to use public transport on big event days.
• The tram costs ¥250 for adults wherever you ride (¥230 with a transit IC card or the Mikyan app). How to pay is explained in our guide to paying on Matsuyama streetcars and Iyotetsu buses (Japanese).
• Hotel parking is limited in number, or you are sent to a nearby lot when full, so if you are driving it is easier to choose a hotel assuming you will come by tram.

3. Room rates change a lot by date: 3 dates on Rakuten Travel

These are the totals of the cheapest plan for 2 adults in 1 room for 1 night, as shown on Rakuten Travel on October 12, 2026. Plan contents (room only or with breakfast) differ by hotel and date, and “—” means no vacancy was shown. Even the same hotel is around ¥10,000 to ¥18,000 on Tuesday, November 24, but rises to around ¥27,000 to ¥40,000 on Saturday, November 28 (no listing for Toyoko Inn).

This table is an example from the day it was checked, and rates change when you pick a date on the booking screen. On Saturday, November 21, 4 of the 6 hotels showed no vacancy, and the 2 that did were over ¥40,000. If your date is fixed, check vacancies and rates on the booking screen early.

4. ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama: 77 underground spaces, breakfast on the 14th floor

ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama is a large hotel in central Matsuyama with Shiroyama (the castle hill) rising in front of it. The official access page says it is about 12 minutes from JR Matsuyama Station by tram and about 8 minutes by taxi.

Parking is 77 spaces on the second basement floor, for cars up to 2.3 m high, at ¥1,600 per night for guests (14:00 to 12:00 the next day). The entrance is on the west side of the hotel and cars are guided in order of arrival. When full, you can use the contract car parks Flower Parking Nibancho and Oshiro-shita Parking at the same ¥1,600 (paid at the hotel front desk).

Breakfast is in the sky lounge on the 14th floor, 6:00–10:00, ¥3,000 for adults and ¥1,300 for elementary school children; preschool children are free. Depending on the day, either Matsuyama sea bream rice or Matsuyama sea bream somen is served. Guests can use the fitness room free, 24 hours.

Name	ANA Crowne Plaza Matsuyama
Address	3-2-1 Ichibancho, Matsuyama City, Ehime
Phone	089-933-5511
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5. Daiwa Roynet Hotel Matsuyama: 1 minute from Okaido Station, multi-storey parking ¥1,200

Daiwa Roynet Hotel Matsuyama is right in front of the Okaido shopping street, about a 1-minute walk from Okaido tram stop. The official access page says the Matsuyama Castle ropeway station is about 5 minutes on foot.

Parking is in the multi-storey car park behind the hotel, ¥1,200 per night (14:00 to 11:00 the next day), first come, first served, no reservations. There are 18 spaces for standard cars (up to 1.55 m high) and 20 for high-roof cars (up to 2.05 m). If it is full or your car does not fit, you are directed to a partner car park or coin parking.

The Iyotetsu Ichibancho car park next to the west side of the hotel is ¥1,000 from 20:00 the previous day to 10:00, and you need to take the car out every day if you stay several nights. For breakfast you choose between a Japanese set meal using Ehime ingredients (with a seafood buffet) at “Yoshinaga” on the 1st floor, or the Japanese-Western buffet at “Salvatore Cuomo & Bar Matsuyama”.

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Name	Daiwa Roynet Hotel Matsuyama
Address	2-6-5 Ichibancho, Matsuyama City, Ehime
Phone	089-913-1355
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6. Dormy Inn Matsuyama: a natural hot spring bath on the 13th floor, only 5 parking spaces

Natural Hot Spring Ishitenoyu Dormy Inn Matsuyama is about a 2-minute walk from Okaido tram stop. It is also within walking distance of Matsuyama-shi Station (about 18 minutes on foot). On the top (13th) floor, the separate-gender large bath “Ishitenoyu” brings in water from Okudogo Onsen, with an indoor bath, open-air bath, hot dry sauna and cold plunge. The official page says Matsuyama Castle can be seen from the open-air bath.

Breakfast is the Dormy Inn chain’s standard Japanese-Western buffet plus sea bream rice (“tai-meshi”) made generously with Ehime sea bream.

Parking is 5 spaces on a flat lot, first come first served, no advance reservation, ¥1,000 per night (15:00 to 11:00 the next day), rising to ¥1,500 per night for stays from December 1, 2026. When full, you are directed to Kisuke Sanbancho Parking, a 3-minute walk (¥800 for 24 hours, 292 spaces, up to 2.3 m high), or I Parking Matsuyama Nibancho, a 2-minute walk (¥800 for 24 hours, 241 spaces, with a height limit).

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Name	Natural Hot Spring Ishitenoyu Dormy Inn Matsuyama
Address	2-6-5 Okaido, Matsuyama City, Ehime
Phone	089-934-5489
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7. Candeo Hotels Matsuyama Okaido: open-air bath and sauna on the top floor

Candeo Hotels Matsuyama Okaido is right in front of Okaido Station (the stop named for Matsuyama Castle and the Saka-no-Ue-no-Kumo Museum), 0 minutes from the station according to the official access page. It is about 15 minutes from JR Matsuyama Station and about 30 minutes from Matsuyama Airport.

The “Sky Spa” on the top floor has separate-gender open-air baths and indoor baths, a dry sauna (with a cold plunge) in the men’s bath and a steam sauna in the women’s. Matsuyama Castle can be seen from the women’s open-air bath, and the city and sunset from the men’s. Guests can use it from 15:00 to 11:00 the next day (the sauna is closed 2:00–6:00). Children who are not out of diapers cannot enter, and from age 7 the baths are separated by gender. People with tattoos must cover them with cover seals.

Check-in is 15:00 and check-out 11:00. With a member booking on the official site, late check-out until noon is free. For parking there is a paid partner car park for guests; a 1-night ticket (14:00 to 12:00 the next day) is sold at the front desk for ¥1,200, in limited numbers. Nearby is also an I Parking at up to ¥800 for 24 hours (up to 1.98 m high).

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Name	Candeo Hotels Matsuyama Okaido
Address	2-5-12 Okaido, Matsuyama City, Ehime
Hours / Closed	Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00 (until 12:00 for member bookings on the official website)
Phone	089-913-8866
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8. Hiyori Hotel Matsuyama: renovated in September, free ochazuke at night

Hiyori Hotel Matsuyama is right in front of Okaido Station, a 5-minute walk to the Matsuyama Castle ropeway station and about 10 minutes by tram from Dogo Onsen. It opened on April 16, 2026, and on September 19 it renovated its 158 rooms, the lobby lounge and the breakfast restaurant “SERA SETO” (announced on September 18, 2026: press release on the renovation of Hiyori Hotel Matsuyama).

Many services are free during your stay: a welcome drink on arrival (15:00–22:00), a tasting of Ehime sake “HIYORI Happy Awa~!” (18:00–19:30) and a late-night snack, “Hiyori dashi ochazuke” (21:30–23:00). Breakfast is a buffet with sea bream rice, jakoten (fried fish cake) and a tasting of mikan juices.

For parking, 4 contract car parks are offered first come, first served, and cannot be reserved. Oshiro-shita Parking Nibancho and Flower Parking Nibancho (2 lots) are ¥1,300 per night (14:00 to 12:00 the next day), and Kisuke Sanbancho Parking is ¥800 (up to 24 hours after entry); the front desk stamps your parking ticket. On Monday, November 16, the whole building will have no power from 1:00 to 5:00 for electrical inspection (official notice of September 28).

Name	Hiyori Hotel Matsuyama
Address	3-3-1 Ichibancho, Matsuyama City, Ehime
Phone	089-968-1402
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9. Toyoko Inn Matsuyama Ichibancho: ¥800 parking and free breakfast

Toyoko Inn Matsuyama Ichibancho is a 1-minute walk from Katsuyamacho tram stop and 11 minutes by bus from JR Matsuyama Station. The official page says it is also 15 minutes to Dogo Onsen by streetcar. Parking is 61 spaces (60 multi-storey and 1 flat), ¥800 per night, first come, first served. The multi-storey car park takes cars up to 1.8 m wide, 5 m long and 2 m high.

Breakfast is a free buffet from 6:30 to 9:00, including local jakoten. Check-in is 15:00 and check-out 10:00. The official notice says exterior wall repair work runs from September 7 to December 26, so there may be noise, vibration and paint smell during that period. From November 12 to mid-December, because of lobby pantry work, breakfast is planned to be bread and rice balls.

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Name	Toyoko Inn Matsuyama Ichibancho
Address	1-10-8 Ichibancho, Matsuyama City, Ehime
Hours / Closed	Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 10:00
Phone	089-941-1045
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10. How to choose by purpose

Your choice changes depending on whether you travel by tram or by car. By tram, Candeo Hotels and Hiyori Hotel, right in front of Okaido Station, are easiest. If you want a large bath after the show, choose Dormy Inn (natural hot spring) or Candeo Hotels (sky spa).

If you come by car, Toyoko Inn (61 spaces, ¥800) and ANA Crowne Plaza (77 spaces, ¥1,600) come first because they have more spaces. Dormy Inn has only 5 spaces and ¥1,500 a night from December. For the lowest price, Toyoko Inn at ¥9,976 on the date shown, November 24, was the lowest listing of the 6.

You can compare vacancies and rates for other Matsuyama hotels on Rakuten Travel too. Find hotels in Matsuyama on Rakuten Travel (ad)

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4 pages we checkedShow

• access page
• airport limousine bus
• press release on the renovation of Hiyori Hotel Matsuyama
• Japanese version of this page (日本語版)

Checked with official pages on October 12, 2026 (Japan time).