[2025 Matsuyama Attraction] Travel Guide for Enmanji (Updated Jul)

#AbsolutelyFreeTrip Enmanji Temple, located near Dogo Onsen, is a small temple known for love fulfillment and matchmaking. The temple grounds are lined with heart-shaped votive plaques, making it a "power spot of love" that makes you feel happy just by visiting💘 When you actually visit, the sight of the pink votive plaques swaying in the wind is very cute, and the time to write your wish and dedicate it is a special moment. It is just a short walk from the Dogo Onsen main building, so you can enjoy it as a set with a stroll around the hot spring town♨️ It is about a 3-minute walk from Iyotetsu "Dogo Onsen Station". It is located just past Dogo Haikara Street, and is perfect for a sightseeing route🚶♀️ The key to success is the evening time! The lit-up votive plaques are fantastic and make great photos📸In addition, there are votive plaques that pray not only for love but also for connections with family and friends, so anyone can easily visit✨ A trip to make a wish as a couple, or a trip to think about the future alone. Enmanji Temple is a "gentle place" that gently comforts your heart💕 #Domestic travel #Couple travel #Solo travel #Absolutely free travel #Enmanji Temple #Matchmaking #Love fulfillment #Dogo Onsen trip

#JapanGuide ⛩️ Enmanji Basic Information • Founded: 812, Main Buddha Statue is Amitabha • Location: 4-49 Dogo Yuzuki-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Prefecture, about 2-3 minutes on foot from Dogo Onsen Street  • Operating Hours: Approximately 8:00 AM or 7:00 PM to ~6:00 PM  • Admission: Free 🙏 How to Make a Wish - Summary of Procedures 1. Passing through the Torii (鳥居) • Bow once as you pass through the small torii at the entrance 2. Order of Worship • At the front of the main shrine 1. Bow lightly twice 2. Clap your hands twice 3. Put your hands together and make a wish 4. Bow once at the end • Example wish: “Please make my love come true”, “Please give me peace of mind”, etc., a single sincere word ⸻ 🎴 Fortune-telling & Souvenirs Enmanji has a variety of goods that can help you check your love fortune, health, and fortune. They are especially popular with female travelers: • Omusubidama: - Approximately 300 yen each - You can tie a wish into a colorful lucky bag-like knot ball or take it home.     – You can take a small amulet or postcard after tying it, and there is a circulation system where the amulet is returned when your wish is granted • ハイクу絵馬 (Haiku Ema) – A picture frame-shaped ema (絵馬) on which a short poem in haiku format is written – There is also a fortune-telling machine with 60 haiku on the theme of love written in advance  • 俳句恋みくじ (Haiku Koi Mikuji) – Haiku fortune-telling machine: You can have your love fortune told with haiku  ⸻ 🗝️ Summary of the fortune-telling machine process 1. Prepare 100 yen to 300 yen coins 2. Put them in the offering box 3. Choose goods: • Omusubidama / Haiku Ema / Haiku fortune-telling 4. Tie it with a wish or read the interpretation 5. Take good luck and tie bad luck inside the shrine ⸻ 💡 Tips & Summary • The early morning is the quietest and has the best atmosphere. • Certification shot point: Background with colorful Omusubi balls hanging beautifully • Wish examples: • “May love continue” • “Health and peace for the family” • “Success in business and a happy day” • When the wish is lifted: If it comes true, visit the temple again and return the amulet. • Worship etiquette: Quietly, not rudely, with a sacred heart

#JapanGuide If you turn one alley from the main building of Dogo Onsen, you will come across a small temple that looks like a hidden gem. That is **Enmanji (圓満寺)**. As the name suggests, “all things will come true,” this is a power spot perfect for making wishes, including good luck in love. In the quiet and neat grounds, there is a stone statue of the Great Earth Bodhisattva with a gentle smile in the center. In particular, this Bodhisattva is also called the “God of Hot Springs,” and there is a legend that when the water supply to Dogo Onsen was cut off, people prayed here and the hot spring water gushed out again. However, the reason Enmanji is truly special is not just because of its tradition. What stands out is the colorful Omusubidama (お結び玉) hanging all over the grounds. Each person’s wish and hope is contained in the small knot balls made of pretty colored thread. People who want to find love, people who want to meet new people, people who want to quietly organize their hearts—all of them tie up their warm hearts in this small temple. ⛩️ Enmanji (圓満寺) – Location & Hours of Operation • 📍 Address: 4‑49 Dogoyuzuki-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Prefecture (松山市後湯月町4‑49)  • 🔍 Transportation: • From JR Matsuyama Station, take the Iyo Electric Railway bound for Dogo Onsen → Get off at the last stop and walk for about 7 minutes or • Walk from Dogo Onsen Station for about 5-7 minutes • ⏰ Hours of Operation: • The grounds are open year-round, • In particular, **Jizodo (地蔵堂)** is open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.   • 💴 Admission: Free • 📞 Inquiries: 089‑946‑1774  • 🚗 Parking: There is no parking lot on the temple grounds, so please walk or use public transportation. I recommend using it 

Recently, Enmanji Temple, a small temple on a street corner located 2 minutes walk from the main building of Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture, has been talked about as a "photo spot" on the streets. Originally, it was an ancient temple of the Jodo sect founded around the 9th century, but during the Edo period, when the hot spring water in Dogo Onsen suddenly stopped flowing, the water started flowing again when people prayed to the Jizo statue enshrined in the temple grounds, and the Jizo statue became familiarly known as the "Great Hot Spring Jizo." It is also believed that this Jizo statue protects Dogo Onsen from major fires, and because of this benefit, he is known as the "fire prevention Jizo," and by extension, as the god of marital harmony and matchmaking, who puts out fires from people playing with fire and prevents infidelity. This colorful and eye-catching "Omusubi ball" is named after this origin. The Yudama held in the left hand of the Yuno Daijizo has been transformed into a bean-like "Omusubi ball" and made into a prayer item for matchmaking. It looks a bit like the Yasaka Koshindo in Kyoto. This is actually a recent initiative that was started as one of the main measures for promoting the Dogo Onsen region. The Omusubi balls are carefully made one by one by the people at the local silver center. Matsuyama is also famous nationwide as a city of literary figures and haiku, having produced such great poets as Masaoka Shiki and Natsume Soseki. In honor of this, the cute votive plaques with haiku about matchmaking, called "Ematama," are also popular. #tripdomestictravel #spectacularviews #photogenicspots #shrinesandtemples

📍Enmanji Temple A very cute spot! It's small so you might miss it It's right next to the parking lot! The temple is very small, but There are photogenic spots And they sell cute charms! 【INFORMATION】 Enmanji Temple 📮4-49 Dogo Yuzuki-cho, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, 790-0837 🕑7:00-18:00 #FuriTabiWinter