Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2. Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tokushima Prefecture to the east, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southeast.
Kawauchi Interchange [ja] and a corner of Tōon City, Ehime Prefecture
Matsuyama
Uwajima
The Ehime Prefectural Capitol Building
Shikoku , Japanese pronunciation: [ɕikokɯ] is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is 300 km or 186.4 mi long and between 50 and 150 km or 31.1 and 93.2 mi at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated out of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima (伊予之二名島), Iyo-shima (伊予島), and Futana-shima (二名島), and its current name refers to the four former provinces that make up the island: Awa, Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo.
Mount Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in Shikoku.
Cape Ashizuri is at the southernmost tip of Shikoku.
Shimanto River
Seto Inland Sea