Leaving your car and taking a boat: parking spaces, fees, and hours at Ehime ports, and whether you can leave a car for long

You leave your car at the port and cross to an island or the other shore by boat only. What you want to know then is how many cars the parking lot near the port holds, what it costs, when it is open, and how many days you can leave a car. This article lists, port by port, only the numbers written on the official pages of the port managers (cities), the terminal operators, and the ferry companies.

The routes and fares for taking a car on a ferry are in Car-carrying routes and fares from Ehime ports. The boarding deadlines and the rules on the vehicle deck are in Taking a car on a ferry from an Ehime port. This article is about leaving the car and boarding.

List by port

Port	Parking lot	Spaces	Fee	How long stays are handled
Matsuyama Kanko Port (松山観光港; Matsuyama City)	Matsuyama Kanko Port Terminal Parking (松山観光港ターミナル駐車場)	266	100 yen per 50 minutes; a flat 1000 yen for over 7 hours 30 minutes up to 24 hours	The page says “After 24 hours, repeat the above”
Mitsuhama Port (三津浜港; Matsuyama City)	Parking lot next to the waiting room	45	Up to 6 hours: 100 yen per 1 hour. Over 6 hours up to 12 hours: 790 yen. Over 12 hours up to 24 hours: 1,160 yen	The Boyo Ferry page says that over 24 hours, you pay the total of the amounts from applying the rules above
Takahama Port (高浜港; Matsuyama City)	Takahama Port Paid Parking (高浜港有料駐車場)	Not on the page	Not on the page	Not on the page
Imabari Port (今治港; Imabari City)	Imabari Port Parking Lot 1 and others	37, 103, 85	100 yen per 30 minutes, 24-hour maximum 500 yen	Examples are given: 1,000 yen for 48 hours, 1,500 yen for 72 hours
Yawatahama Port (八幡浜港; Yawatahama City)	Dejima Parking (出島駐車場)	14	60 yen per 30 minutes (first hour free), maximum 2,000 yen for 1 day	No upper limit on days is written
Misaki Port (三崎港; Ikata Town)	No parking lot is managed by Kokudo Kyushi Ferry	Not given	Not given	Not given
Toyo Port (東予港; Saijo City)	Free multi-level parking	Not given	Free	The page says to use it when you leave your car and board (“お車留め置き”)
Niihama-Higashi Port (新居浜東港; Niihama City)	Free parking lot	Not given	Free	The page says “Leaving a car is free”
Uwajima Port (宇和島港; Uwajima City)	Not on the pages we opened this time	–	–	–

At every port, fees may change. Please check with the contact of each port before you leave.

Matsuyama Kanko Port: 266 spaces, 4:00 AM to 11:00 PM

At Matsuyama Kanko Port, where the cruise ferries to Hiroshima and Kure depart, the parking information is given by Matsuyama Kanko Port Terminal Co., Ltd. The parking lot column of “Facility guide” (各種施設案内) is as follows.

松山観光港ターミナル駐車場 電話　089-967-6667 営業のご案内 休業日　　無休 営業時間　午前4時～午後11時 駐車料金 50分毎に100円 7時間30分を超えて24時間まで一律1000円 24時間以降　上記の繰返し 駐車台数 266台 （車両、高さ2.1m、幅1.8m、長さ5.0mまで）

Translation: “Matsuyama Kanko Port Terminal Parking. Phone 089-967-6667. Business information: closed days none; hours 4:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Parking fee: 100 yen per 50 minutes; a flat 1000 yen for over 7 hours 30 minutes up to 24 hours; after 24 hours, repeat the above. Number of spaces: 266 (vehicles up to 2.1 m high, 1.8 m wide, and 5.0 m long).”

Source: 各種施設案内　>>松山観光港ターミナル

The heading of the same page is 「駐車場(有料）　／　駐輪場（無料）」 (“Parking (paid) / Bicycle parking (free)”), and the guide map of the terminal grounds has the words “multi-level parking” (立体駐車場). Below the number of spaces, a limit on the size of cars is also written: up to 2.1 m high, 1.8 m wide, and 5.0 m long.

The cruise ferry page of Setonaikai Kisen (瀬戸内海汽船) also gives the same hours, fees, and number of spaces for the Matsuyama Kanko Port parking lot. Its “FAQ” (よくあるご質問) says this about parking.

広島港、呉港、松山観光港の駐車場は市営駐車場となります。 各市の公式サイトをご覧ください。 ※無料駐車場はありません。

Translation: “The parking lots of Hiroshima Port, Kure Port, and Matsuyama Kanko Port are city parking lots. Please see the official site of each city. * There are no free parking lots.”

Source: よくあるご質問｜広島・呉～松山航路｜瀬戸内海汽船

Calling them “city parking lots” conflicts with the page above, which gives Matsuyama Kanko Port Terminal Co., Ltd. as the contact for the parking lot. We could not confirm which is the operator from the 2 pages. The numbers (266 spaces, 100 yen per 50 minutes) are the same on the terminal’s page and on the cruise ferry page of Setonaikai Kisen.

The road from Matsuyama Kanko Port to Dogo Onsen is in From Matsuyama Kanko Port to Dogo Onsen.

Mitsuhama Port: 45 spaces on the Matsuyama City page, open 24 hours

Boats go from Mitsuhama Port to Yanai in Yamaguchi and to Nakajima. For the parking lot next to the waiting room, the “FAQ collection” (よくある質問と回答集) of Matsuyama City (handled by the Airport and Port Division of the Urban Development Department) answers as follows.

Item	Content of the Matsuyama City page
Location	Mitsu Wharf, Matsuyama City (松山市三津ふ頭)
Hours of use	Open 24 hours, no closed days
Fee (from May 1, Reiwa 7 / 2025)	Within 6 hours: 100 yen per 1 hour, for one entry. Over 6 hours up to 12 hours: 790 yen for one entry. Over 12 hours up to 24 hours: 1,160 yen for one entry
Application	None

The outline of the facility has this sentence.

フェリー乗船客及び送迎者用の駐車場です。 身体障害者用車輌スペース１台分を含む乗用車４５台が収容可能です。

Translation: “This is a parking lot for ferry passengers and for people who drop off and pick up. It can hold 45 passenger cars, including 1 space for vehicles of people with physical disabilities.”

Source: 三津浜港の待合所横にある駐車場について教えて下さい。 | 松山市　よくある質問と回答集（更新日時 2025/08/05）

In the “FAQ (Q&A)” of Boyo Ferry (防予フェリー), under “Is there a parking lot at the port?”, 2 parking lots for Mitsuhama Port are listed. The first is at “Mitsuhama Port Terminal”. It is run by the “Matsuyama Port Office”, has 45 spaces, and the hours are “24 hours (operated with an automatic fee payment system)”. The 3 fee categories are the same as on the Matsuyama City page. For stays over 24 hours, it says this.

＊24時間を超える場合は上記の規定を適用して得た額の合計額

Translation: “* For stays over 24 hours, the total of the amounts obtained by applying the rules above.”

The second is a private parking lot “1 minute on foot from Mitsuhama Port”.

Item	Content of the Boyo Ferry page
Operator	Kansai Taxi (phone 089-951-0273, answered 24 hours)
Fee	700 yen for 1 day, 1,000 yen for 1 night
Spaces	About 50
Hours	24 hours

For both lots, the page has this sentence.

駐車場の予約はできません。　＊満車になる場合があります。

Translation: “You cannot reserve a parking space. * The lot may become full.”

Source: よくある質問（Q＆A） | 防予フェリー

The page does not say how many hours “1 day” and “1 night” are. The Boyo Ferry page has no update date shown. The numbers of the first lot are the ones that match the fees on the Matsuyama City page (from May 1, Reiwa 7 / 2025).

If you cross to Nakajima by car, see From Mitsuhama Port to Nakajima.

Takahama Port: Gogoshima’s page says “There is also a parking lot (paid) at the port”

Boats of Gogoshima Co., Ltd. (株式会社ごごしま) go from Takahama Port to Gogoshima island (Yura Port and Tomari Port). On its “Boarding guide” (乗り場案内), it writes this for people who come by car.

車で行く※車両も乗船可能。港には駐車場（有料）もあり。

Translation: “Come by car. * Vehicles can also board. There is also a parking lot (paid) at the port.”

Source: 乗り場案内 | 興居島へ行こう｜株式会社ごごしまホームページ

In the “Boarding place and how to board map” of the same page, there are the words “Takahama Port Paid Parking” (高浜港有料駐車場) and “P Reception” (P受付). The meaning of the numbers 1 to 3 on the map is not explained in the figure. The number of spaces, the fee, the hours, and the operator were not found on this page, nor on the Matsuyama City and Ehime Prefecture pages we opened this time.

On “Access from Matsuyama City” (松山市内からのアクセス) of the Chuyo Regional Office of Ehime Prefecture (updated November 14, 2023), below the guide to Mitsuhama Port and Takahama Port, where boats to Tsurishima, Nakajima, and other islands depart, there is the following sentence. It does not write the number of spaces or the fee.

車で行く場合はどちらの港にも駐車場があります。

Translation: “If you go by car, there is a parking lot at both ports.”

Source: 松山市内からのアクセス - 中予地方局 - 愛媛県庁公式ホームページ

The Gogoshima page also has guidance for boarding with a car.

車で乗船される場合、１番レーンからお並びください。

Translation: “If you board with a car, please line up from Lane 1.”

Source: 乗り場案内 | 興居島へ行こう｜株式会社ごごしまホームページ

On the access map, Matsuyama Kanko Port and Takahama Port are drawn with separate marks. Neither page says whether Takahama Port Paid Parking is the same as the Matsuyama Kanko Port Terminal Parking in the previous section.

Imabari Port: the city has 3 parking lots with a 24-hour maximum of 500 yen

The port manager of Imabari Port is Imabari City (Port and Fishing Port Division). On the city’s page “Operation and management of port facilities and port facility land” (港湾施設及び港湾施設用地の運営管理), there is a table of the parking lots managed by the Port and Fishing Port Division. The hourly lots around the Minato Koryu Center (みなと交流センター) are these 3.

Parking lot	Type	Spaces	Hourly fee
Imabari Port Parking Lot 1 (今治港第1駐車場)	Hourly	37	100 yen per up to 30 minutes per entry (parking within 20 minutes is free), 24-hour maximum fee 500 yen
Imabari Port Parking Lot 2 (今治港第2駐車場)	Monthly and hourly together	103	The same
Imabari Port Okisu Parking (今治港沖洲駐車場)	Monthly and hourly together	85	The same

The table also has the monthly-only Imabari Port Parking Lot 2 Okisu (今治港第2沖洲駐車場; 23 spaces) and Ebisu-cho Parking (恵美須町駐車場; 27 spaces). For the 2 lots that are used for both monthly and hourly parking, there is this note.

月極併用駐車場となっていますので、表示灯が『満』となっている場合は時間貸しの車両の入庫はできません。

Translation: “These are parking lots that are also used for monthly contracts, so when the indicator light shows ‘Full’, hourly vehicles cannot enter.”

The introduction of the page also gives the contact and the handling of two-wheeled vehicles.

お申し込み、空き状況など港湾漁港課までお問い合わせください。 … ※下記駐車場に二輪車は駐車できません。

Translation: “For applications, availability, and so on, please contact the Port and Fishing Port Division. … * Two-wheeled vehicles cannot park in the parking lots below.”

For fees for long stays, the notes of the same table give examples.

（24時間を超える場合の例） 48時間最大料金 1,000円 72時間最大料金 1,500円 ※24時間ごとに500円ずつ増えていきます。

Translation: “(Example for stays over 24 hours) 48-hour maximum fee 1,000 yen; 72-hour maximum fee 1,500 yen. * It increases by 500 yen for every 24 hours.”

Source: 港湾施設及び港湾施設用地の運営管理 | 港湾漁港課 | 今治市

The tourist information of Imabari City, “Imabari City parking lots (paid)” (今治市市営駐車場（有料）), lists the hours of the same 3 lots as “0:00 to 24:00” and the spaces as “37 standard cars”, “103 standard cars (* also monthly)”, and “85 standard cars (* also monthly)”.

The guide of the city-run ferry “Sekizen Tosen” (せきぜん渡船; Imabari to Oshita to Ko-oshita to Okamura) has a sentence for people who go by car.

特に連休中は混雑が予想されますので、帰省や釣りなどでご利用される場合は、なるべく今治港または岡村港近隣の駐車場に自動車を駐車の上、旅客のみのご乗船をご検討いただきますよう、ご協力をお願いいたします。

Translation: “Especially during consecutive holidays, congestion is expected, so if you use the ferry to return home or to go fishing, please cooperate by parking your car in a parking lot near Imabari Port or Okamura Port if you can, and considering boarding as a passenger only.”

The column “Parking lots you can use” (ご利用いただける駐車場) just below it is as follows.

今治港：今治港市営駐車場（有料）ほか 岡村港：関前開発総合センター前広場

Translation: “Imabari Port: Imabari Port city parking lot (paid) and others. Okamura Port: the open space in front of the Sekizen Development Center.”

Source: 大下港・小大下港から自動車でフェリー「第二せきぜん」をご利用いただく皆様へ（今治市せきぜん渡船のPDF）

In the “Boarding place and parking lot map” (乗り場・駐車場等案内図) on the page of the same ferry, a “ferry parking lot” (フェリー駐車場) is drawn near the small ferry pier. The map has no number of spaces or fee for this lot. It does not say how it differs from the lots in the table above either. The Sekizen Tosen page says that for the ferry “Daini Sekizen”, all services are suspended every Monday and Thursday for the time being from April 1, Reiwa 8 (2026).

Yawatahama Port: Dejima has 14 spaces, and Minatto refuses long-term parking

The ferry terminal of Yawatahama Port moved to Dejima on April 1, Reiwa 4 (2022). The guide of Yawatahama City (Fisheries and Port Division, Industry and Construction Department) has a table on how to use the new parking lots.

Facility name	Purpose	How to use
Parking Lots A, B, C	Exclusive parking for vehicles boarding the ferry	Follow the guide signs or the instructions of the staff.
Dejima Parking Lot (出島駐車場)	Hourly paid parking (anyone can use it.)	14 spaces (paid) [no advance reservation] (1 hour free, 60 yen per 30 minutes, 2000 yen maximum for 1 day)
Cafe Le Petit Pont Parking Lot (カフェ ル・ プチポン駐車場)	Exclusive parking for cafe customers	4 spaces (free)

Source: 八幡浜港フェリーターミナル　移転のお知らせ | 八幡浜市（更新日 2025年02月25日）

The city’s “City parking lot guide” (市営駐車場案内) lists Dejima Parking (14 spaces) as “24 hours”, “every up to 30 minutes 60 yen”, “every up to 24 hours”, “maximum 2,000 yen”, “coin type”, and “first hour free”. The “Access” page of Uwajima Unyu Ferry (宇和島運輸フェリー) writes the same lot as “Dejima Parking (1 minute on foot, 60 yen per 30 minutes, maximum 2,000 yen for 1 day)”, and has no mention of “first hour free”. The city’s page also has this note.

※新川駐車場は令和5年3月31日で営業を終了しました。

Translation: “* Shinkawa Parking ended its business on March 31, Reiwa 5 (2023).”

Source: 市営駐車場案内 | 八幡浜市

The city’s pamphlet (Japanese, PDF) guides people who drop off and pick up without taking the ferry like this.

一時待機する場合は、場内の出島駐車場（有料）または八幡浜みなっと駐車場をご利用ください。

Translation: “If you wait for a short time, please use the Dejima Parking Lot (paid) inside the grounds or the Yawatahama Minatto Parking Lot.”

For the parking lot of the roadside station and “Minato Oasis” next to the port, “Yawatahama Minatto” (八幡浜みなっと), the official “Basic information” (基本情報) says 197 spaces (3 for large vehicles, 194 for standard cars), and says the parking lot and the bicycle parking are for the whole day. On the other hand, the “FAQ” of the same facility has a sentence that refuses the use of leaving the car and taking a ship.

八幡浜みなっとの駐車場は施設利用者及び道路利用者が一時的に休憩するための駐車場です。 そのため車を置いたままフェリーに乗船するなどの目的外の長時間駐車はお断りしております。

Translation: “The parking lot of Yawatahama Minatto is a parking lot for facility users and road users to rest for a short time. For this reason, long-term parking for other purposes, such as leaving a car and boarding a ferry, is refused.”

Source: よくある質問 | 八幡浜みなっと

The same question also lists a paid parking lot nearby.

なお、八幡浜みなっとから200ｍ程のところ、萩森蒲鉾店の近くに「大黒屋」という有料駐車場があります。 1時間100円、以降30分50円 24時間1000円となっております。

Translation: “There is also a paid parking lot called ‘Daikokuya’ about 200 m from Yawatahama Minatto, near the Hagimori Kamaboko shop. 100 yen for 1 hour, then 50 yen per 30 minutes. 1000 yen for 24 hours.”

The “Access” page of Uwajima Unyu Ferry also lists “Daikokuya (5 minutes on foot, 0894-22-5151)”. The number of spaces is on neither page.

On the Yawatahama Port page of Kyushi Orange Ferry (九四オレンジフェリー), we did not find any guidance about parking shown on the screen. The road from Yawatahama Port onward is in From Yawatahama Port to Ozu Castle.

Misaki Port: Kokudo Kyushi Ferry writes that it has no parking lot it manages

The “FAQ” (よくあるご質問) of Kokudo Kyushi Ferry (国道九四フェリー), whose boats go from Misaki Port to Saganoseki in Oita, writes this for the Misaki boarding place about parking lots around the boarding places.

［三崎のりば］当社が管理している駐車場はございません。

Translation: “[Misaki boarding place] We do not have a parking lot that we manage.”

Source: よくあるご質問｜国道九四フェリー

The map of Misaki Port on the company’s access page has a “boarding parking lot” (乗船駐車場) mark. “Sadamisaki Hanahana” (佐田岬はなはな), a tourism exchange facility of Ikata Town, is 1 minute on foot from Misaki Port (according to Iyokan Net). The page “Sadamisaki Melody Line Cycling Paradise” of the Sadamisaki Wide-Area Tourism Promotion Council and the page of Iyokan Net list the parking lot of this facility as 68 standard-car spaces and 4 spaces for people with disabilities, and Iyokan Net says the parking is free. Neither page says whether people who take the ferry can use this parking lot.

The road after Misaki Port is in From Misaki Port to Sadamisaki Lighthouse.

Toyo Port and Niihama-Higashi Port: Orange Ferry writes that it is free

For Toyo Port, for the ferry to Osaka Nanko, and Niihama-Higashi Port, for the ferry to Kobe Rokko, the “Boarding place guide” (のりば案内) of Orange Ferry (Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry) has a sentence about parking lots. The Toyo Port page is as follows.

お車でのお見送りや、お車留め置きでご乗船される場合は無料立体駐車場をご利用ください。 ※白線内所定の場所にご駐車ください。 ※駐車場内での事故・盗難などは一切の責任を負いかねます。

Translation: “For seeing someone off by car, or when boarding with the car left behind, please use the free multi-level parking lot. * Please park in the designated place inside the white lines. * We take no responsibility at all for accidents or theft inside the parking lot.”

In the “Access by car” column, there is also this one-line note.

お車の留め置きは無料となっております。

Translation: “Leaving a car is free.”

Source: 東予港｜のりば案内・連絡バス｜関西航路（東予-大阪）｜オレンジフェリー｜四国開発フェリー株式会社

The map of the boarding place shows “parking for boarding passenger cars” (乗船乗用車駐車場), “parking for seeing someone off” (お見送り駐車場), and “free multi-level parking” (無料 立体駐車場). The legend has 3 groups: “people seeing someone off” (お見送りの方), “people leaving a car” (車留め置きの方), and “people boarding with a car” (車で乗船の方). The number of spaces and the hours of use are not in the text or in the map.

The Niihama-Higashi Port page says the following.

お車でお越しの方は、新居浜東港の無料駐車場をご利用ください。 … ※駐車場内での事故・盗難などは一切の責任を負いかねます。

Translation: “If you come by car, please use the free parking lot of Niihama-Higashi Port. … * We take no responsibility at all for accidents or theft inside the parking lot.”

At the end of the access guide, there is the same sentence as on the Toyo Port page.

お車の留め置きは無料となっております。

Translation: “Leaving a car is free.”

Source: 新居浜東港｜のりば案内｜関西航路（新居浜-神戸）｜オレンジフェリー｜四国開発フェリー株式会社

The Niihama-Higashi Port page also does not write the number of spaces or the hours of use. The upper limit of the days you can leave a car is not on either of the 2 pages. The road from Toyo Port onward is in From Toyo Port to Dogo Onsen.

Uwajima Port: the pages we opened this time had no guidance on a port parking lot

The ports on the “Access” page of Uwajima Unyu Ferry are Yawatahama Port, Beppu Port, and Usuki Port. On the “City parking lots” (市営駐車場) page of Uwajima City (updated March 24, 2023), the city parking lots listed are 2: Chuo-cho Parking (中央町駐車場) and Shiroyama-shita Parking (城山下駐車場) (there is also a column for places where tour buses can park), and it does not say they are parking lots for the port. In the range we opened this time, we did not find an official page that writes about a parking lot for leaving a car and taking a ship at Uwajima Port.

What we could not confirm this time

• The number of spaces, the fee, the hours of use, and the operator of Takahama Port Paid Parking
• The operator of the Matsuyama Kanko Port parking lot (the page of Matsuyama Kanko Port Terminal Co., Ltd. and the page of Setonaikai Kisen write it differently)
• How many hours “1 day” and “1 night” are at the private parking lot of Mitsuhama Port
• The number of spaces, the hours of use, and the upper limit of days you can leave a car at the free parking lots of Toyo Port and Niihama-Higashi Port
• A sentence on whether you may leave a car at Dejima Parking of Yawatahama Port and board a ship
• Whether you can leave a car at the Sadamisaki Hanahana parking lot and board a ship at Misaki Port
• The parking lot of Uwajima Port
• The number of spaces and the fee of the ferry parking lot of Imabari Port (on the guide map)
• A record of actually leaving a car and boarding a ship

About this article

The pages listed were opened and checked on October 13, 2026. The questions and answers of Matsuyama City were updated on August 5, 2025, and the relocation notice of Yawatahama City on February 25, 2025. The Boyo Ferry page shows no update date. Parking fees may change for the reasons of the city or the company. For the phone numbers of contact points, use the ones on each page.