Cycling Shimanami 2026 in Imabari on 25 October: expressway closure times, the finish at Hirokoji and Harbary, and where to go before or after the ride — Imabari Castle, Noma Uma Highland and Shigematsu Hanten.

Kitchen M is a local yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) restaurant in Imabari, behind the Tachibana Culture Centre. Two daily specials, a lunch set and a curry, free large rice, and omurice made by mixing egg and rice. PayPay accepted, takeaway available.

Fukurin is a local Chinese diner in Kitatorio-cho, Imabari, opposite DIREX: three daily lunch sets served until mid-afternoon, freshly fried chicken, and a yurinchi worth ordering. Open until 23:00.

Opening hours and closing days for nine bakeries in Imabari: which open at 6 a.m., which are open on Sunday, and the one bakery on the way to the Shimanami Kaido bridge.

Pao Guitars is a large bakery on a busy corner in Bekku, Imabari, with around a hundred kinds of bread, a wide eat-in room and early opening. The long thin milk soft baguette is the shop’s best seller and the author’s regular; the TV-famous kintoki cream bun divides opinion. Go in the morning.

Mugi no Ho is a small bakery in Kinuboshi, Imabari, run by a social welfare foundation as a supported-employment workshop. Plain bread with a clear taste of wheat, an eat-in corner at the back, and a van that delivers locally. Closed Sundays and public holidays.

Pain Culture is a small hard-crust bakery in Tamagawa, Imabari, run by the son of the Rilio no Pan family. Open Thursday to Sunday in two sessions, 9:00 to 11:15 and 12:15 to 15:00, and it often sells out early.

Bread Works is a one-baker bakery in Koizumi, Imabari, known for hard-crust French breads and half-size loaves. It opens at 7:30, closes on Mondays, and often sells out by the afternoon.

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