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Exterior of Matsuyama Airport terminal building with a glass facade, control tower, and a sign reading Matsuyama Airport

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Matsuyama Airport to central Matsuyama: how to get out of the airport

Getting from Matsuyama Airport into central Matsuyama — 15 minutes at the quickest, plus coin locker prices and the lounges and ATMs inside.

Fifteen minutes from Matsuyama Station and 40 from Dogo Onsen, one of the oldest hot springs in the country.

Getting from Matsuyama Airport into central Matsuyama

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Ways into central Matsuyama from Matsuyama Airport, from the airport's own access pages
RouteTransportToTimeFare
Limousine busBusJR Matsuyama Station15min1000yen
Limousine busBusMatsuyamashi Station20min1000yen
Limousine busBusDogo Onsen40min1200yen
Route busIyotetsu Bus. The times are from its timetable.BusJR Matsuyama Station19–28 min530yen
Route busBusMatsuyamashi Station27–39 min640yen
Route busBusDogo Onsen44–58 min830yen
How long each way in takes
  1. Bus to JR Matsuyama Station15 min
  2. Bus to Matsuyamashi Station20 min
  3. Bus to Dogo Onsen40 min
  4. Bus to JR Matsuyama Station19–28 min
  5. Bus to Matsuyamashi Station27–39 min
  6. Bus to Dogo Onsen44–58 min
Route bus
Iyotetsu Bus. The times are from its timetable.

Step by step from Matsuyama Airport

Every route we cover, with first and last departures and where to board: airport transfers.

Inside Matsuyama Airport

Opening hours, lounges, cash, SIM rental and free Wi-Fi at Matsuyama Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Opening hours
From 06:00 until the last flight has arrived.
Lounge
Business Lounge, 2F, domestic side (06:30–19:30, last reception 19:15) — 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.
Lounge
Sky Lounge, 3F (08:30–19:30, last reception 19:15) — 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.
Lounge
ANA LOUNGE, 2F, domestic boarding waiting area, after security — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.
Lounge
Sakura Lounge (JAL), 2F, domestic boarding waiting area, after security — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.
Currency exchange
Foreign currency automatic exchange machine (SMART EXCHANGE; foreign banknotes to yen only), 1F lobby (06:00–21:00, every day).
ATMs
Iyo Bank, Ehime Bank and Ehime Shinkin Bank (one shared machine), Seven Bank and AEON Bank, 1F domestic arrival lobby.
SIM and pocket Wi-Fi
SIM card vending machine for foreign visitors (Japan-only SIM), 1F; Wi-FiBOX, 1F international arrival lobby.
Free Wi-Fi
Matsuyama Airport Free Wi-Fi.
Sending a bag on
SAGAWA Hands-Free Travel Service counter, 1F domestic arrival lobby (08:10–13:00); SAGAWA same-day delivery of luggage to partner hotels in Matsuyama City, 1F domestic arrival lobby (accepted until 13:00, arrival after about 17:00).
Prayer room
International terminal building 2F.
More in the terminal
Observation deck
Pick-up deck (outdoor observation deck), 3F (06:00–21:00).
Duty-free shop
Matsuyama Airport duty-free shop (only for people leaving Japan), 2F international departure waiting room (after immigration) (open for international departures).

Frequently asked questions

What is the quickest way from Matsuyama Airport into central Matsuyama?

The Limousine bus to JR Matsuyama Station, which the airport puts at about 15 minutes. The fare is 1,000 yen.

What is the cheapest way from Matsuyama Airport into central Matsuyama?

The Route bus to JR Matsuyama Station, at 530 yen. It takes 19 to 28 minutes.

How much is a coin locker at Matsuyama Airport?

From 300 yen for the smallest size per a day.

Is there a lounge at Matsuyama Airport?

Yes: Business Lounge (2F), Sky Lounge (3F), ANA LOUNGE (2F) and Sakura Lounge (JAL) (2F). At Business Lounge: 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.

Coin lockers

What it costs to put a bag down for the day.

Coin locker rates at Matsuyama Airport per a day
SizeInsidePrice
Extra small—300yen
Small—500yen
Medium—800yen
Medium plus—900yen
Large—1000yen
Extra large46 × 67.8 × 117.3cm1200yen

A day runs until midnight. Leave a bag past that and you pay another day.

Getting online

This is a smaller airport, so arrange an eSIM before you fly rather than counting on a counter in the arrivals hall.

eSIM
Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.
Prepaid SIM
Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.
Pocket Wi-Fi
A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.
Free Wi-Fi
Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.

What happens between the plane and the exit

The same order at every international airport in Japan.

  1. Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
  2. Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
  3. Baggage claim.
  4. Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
  5. Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.

Register on Visit Japan Web before you fly and you get one 2D code that covers both immigration and customs. You need a phone or tablet to show it.

What you can and cannot carry is in our what you can bring to Japan table, and the baggage allowance for your airline is in the airline baggage rules.

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  3. Iyotetsu Airport Line timetable (PDF)Matsuyama Airport
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  8. Inside the airport: Currency exchangeMatsuyama Airport
  9. Inside the airport: ATMsMatsuyama Airport
  10. Inside the airport: SIM and pocket Wi-FiMatsuyama Airport
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  12. Inside the airport: Free Wi-FiMatsuyama Airport
  13. Inside the airport: Sending a bag onMatsuyama Airport
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  15. Inside the airport: Observation deckMatsuyama Airport
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