道 後 温 泉(どうごおんせん)

どうごおんせん

noun (proper)

Dogo Onsen (ancient hot spring in Matsuyama)

1. Dogo Onsen (hot spring in Matsuyama)

A hot spring in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Shikoku, said to be one of the oldest in Japan. Its wooden public bathhouse, 道後温泉本館(どうごおんせんほんかん) (1894), is a symbol of the city, and the spring appears in Natsume Soseki's novel Botchan.

道後温泉(どうごおんせん)に入(はい)る。

To bathe at Dogo Onsen.

道後温泉(どうごおんせん)は松山(まつやま)にある。

Dogo Onsen is in Matsuyama.

『坊(ぼ)っちゃん』に出(で)てくる温泉(おんせん)は、道後温泉(どうごおんせん)がモデルだと言(い)われている。

The hot spring in Botchan is said to be modeled on Dogo Onsen.

Cultural note

One of the 日本三古湯(にほんさんことう), the three oldest hot springs, with 有馬温泉(ありまおんせん) and 白浜温泉(しらはまおんせん)
夏目漱石(なつめそうせき) taught in Matsuyama and used the town in 坊(ぼ)っちゃん; the bathhouse has a room named after the novel
正岡子規(まさおかしき) came from Matsuyama, and his haiku are displayed around the town

general

Added 2026.10.13 9:20 · Revised 2026.10.13 9:30

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