Uwajima Ehime
Uwajima (宇和島) is a cruise port in Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. A small southern port with another of the twelve original castle keeps, a pearl industry, and terraced stone fields along the coast.
A small southern port with another of the twelve original castle keeps, a pearl industry, and terraced stone fields along the coast.
What this page is. A researched reference entry — not a full guide. We have not walked Uwajima yet, and we have not verified its berth-to-town distances the way we do for our full guides, so you will find no walking times or timed plans here: we do not publish numbers we have not checked. What is here is accurate, sourced, and kept current.
Full guides near Uwajima
These Shikoku ports have complete Port of Japan guides — timed shore plans for 2–3h, 4–6h and 8h+ calls, measured berth information and walk-it verdicts:
KochiStraw-seared bonito, the only original castle that kept its palace as well as its keep, Sakamoto Ryoma, and a market that talks to strangers.
TakamatsuA garden that outclasses the famous three, a castle moated with seawater five minutes from the berth, the art islands, and udon eaten standing at a mill.Planning a call at Uwajima?
The site-wide tools work for any Japanese port day: the Shuttle & Berth Index explains how berth assignments decide your day, DIY or Book? covers the decision logic, and if Uwajima is your first Japanese port, read the immigration guide first.
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Where is Uwajima port?
Uwajima (宇和島) is in Ehime Prefecture, in the Shikoku region of Japan. The nearest ports with full timed guides on this site are Kochi, Takamatsu.
Does Uwajima have a cruise port?
Yes — Uwajima (宇和島), in Ehime Prefecture, appears on Japan cruise itineraries. A small southern port with another of the twelve original castle keeps, a pearl industry, and terraced stone fields along the coast.
Is there a full Uwajima port guide on this site?
Not yet — this is a researched reference entry, clearly labelled as such: we have not walked Uwajima or verified its berth-to-town details in person. Our full guides in the same region cover Kochi, Takamatsu, each with timed shore plans measured from the gangway. Reader requests decide which reference ports we promote to full guides next.
Reference entry · researched from official sources · By Takumi Yamada, Tokyo · All 85 ports →