People started to live in Matsuyama Plain.

Farming started. Copper swards and metal instruments were introduced.

People started settling down in Matsuyama in fullscale.

Small communities continuly grew to larger villages.

The Yamato court started to influence this area.

596

Shotoku Taishi visited at Dogo Hot Spring and built a monument of his visit.

639

The Emperor **** visited Dogo Hot Spring.(According to Nihon-shoki, Japanese historiography)

The Emperor Saimei visited Dogo. Nukatanooukimi composed a famous poem, Nigitatsu.

13 counteis in the land of Iyo were made (pop. approx.100,000 )

Kukai traveled to China and learned Buddhism. After his return, he founded Shingon Sect.

"Genji-monogatari, Tale of Genji" was written by Muraskishikibu and the name of Iyo was introduced. -> See,"Iyo-no-yugeta"

Ippen, a buddist monk, beloved charismatic who founded the ji sect, was born on February 15th,1239 in Dogo, Matsuyama.

Ippen, founded Ji Sect.

Michiari Kono , the chief of the land of iyo, faught against the Mongolian's invasion to Japan.

Ippen, wrote a Buddhist prayer, "Namuamidabutsu", on the spout of Dogo Hot Spring by a request of Michiari Kono.

Michimori Kono built Yuzuki Castle and set up his headquarters. After this, Dogo area became the center of politics, economy and culture for the land of Iyo.

Yoshiakira Kato started building Matsuyama Castle in 1603.

The earthquake stopped Hot spring on October 25, 1614.

Sadayuki Matsudaira the load of Kuwana (Mie Pref.), was ordered to be the head of the Matsuyama clan, with a revenue of 150,000 koku (bale of rice). He started enriching the facilities for Dogo Hot Spring next year.

He divided the hot spring into 4 sections, social class for samurai warriors, Buddist priests, common women and men. He made three other hot spring bathes, jugosenyu(15 cents bath), jussenyu(10 cents bath), yojyouyu (Recuperathion bath) and also a riding ground in the lower reaches of Dogo hot spring.

Issa Kobayashi, a famous haiku poet in Japan, visited Dogo Hot Spring twice in 1795 and 1797. And he left a poem .

"NEKORONDE CYO
TOMARASERU
SOTOYU KANA"

" Lying down
After bathing in the open air
A butterfly settled on me"

There are not much hot springs in Chugoku and Shikoku area, so we can tell how much Issa appreciated visiting Dogo hot spring from this haiku poem.

Jippensha Ikku painted how things stand in Dogo in his travel book.

Main building of Dogo hot spring was rebuilt and become 3 storied building.

Shiki Masaoka and Soseki Natsume took bath.

Souseki Natsume & Kyoshi Takahama visited Dogo Hot Spring together.

(From Kyoshi's book "Souseki and I." )

Tamanoyu, Yushinden were newly built.

The Taisho Emperor visited Ehime, and used the Dogo Hot Spring. (Kainan News Paper)

Russian prisoner of war from the Russo-Japanese war(1904-1905) also took a bath in Dogo(from a journal of Dogo Yunomachi town hall) 1905.

Hirobumi Ito came to Matsuyama and took a bath.

Prince Hirohito came to Matsuyama for the army's special exercise and took a bath in Dogo.

Advance troops of the U.S.A came in Matsuyama, occupied Tamanoyu , a part Kaminoyu Dogo public hall.

American Army returned Tamanoyu.

The Emperor Showa visited Ehime and he took a bath at Dogo hotspring. The Old Yugama, the spout of the spring, moved from Shinrokaku to the Dogo park and called it as "YUGAMA YAKUSHI" by everyone.

The Yugama which moved to Dogo park was designated as an important cultural asset by Ehime Prefecture.