Spots in Gunma

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Photo: Σ64 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Numata, GunmaFukiware Falls"The Niagara of the Orient", a waterfall about 7 m high and 30 m wide where the soft bedrock has split open; free, with footpaths, a suspension bridge and viewing decks.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetTakasaki, GunmaHaruna ShrineA shrine said to date back about 1,400 years, reached by a long approach among giant rocks and cedars, with Important Cultural Property buildings at its end.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetShibukawa, GunmaIkaho Green Bokujo FarmA farm at the foot of Mt. Haruna near Ikaho Onsen with sheepdog shows, walks with goats and sheep, rabbit petting, feeding and horse riding.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetShibukawa, GunmaIkaho Stone StepsThe 365 stone steps at the heart of Ikaho Onsen, laid out in 1576 with hot-spring water channelled beneath them, lined with inns, souvenir shops and shooting galleries.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetKanra, GunmaKonnyaku ParkA konnyaku factory where you can watch konjac, shirataki noodles and jelly being made for free, then try a konnyaku buffet and make your own konnyaku jelly.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: shinohal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Takasaki, GunmaLake HarunaA caldera lake on Mt. Haruna whose view of Haruna-fuji was loved by the Taisho painter Takehisa Yumeji, with boats, cycling and horse-drawn carriages around the shore.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetKusatsu, GunmaNetsunoyu Yumomi ShowA daily "yumomi and dance" show in the Taisho-romantic Netsunoyu hall, presenting Kusatsu's tradition of cooling the spring water, too hot to bathe in as it is.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetTsumagoi, GunmaOnioshidashi ParkA landscape of lava from the great 1783 eruption of Mt. Asama, named for the story that a demon pushed the rocks out of the crater; alpine flowers bloom among the rocks from around May.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetKusatsu, GunmaSainokawara Open-air BathOne of Japan's largest open-air baths, about 500 square metres for men and women together, set in the woods of Kusatsu with fresh greenery, autumn leaves or snow all around.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Kentaro Ohno / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Nakanojo, GunmaShima OnsenA long, narrow hot-spring village of five districts along the clear Shima River, a traditional healing spa said to cure "40,000 ailments", with no traffic lights or convenience stores in sight.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACMinakami, GunmaTanigawadake Joch RopewayThe ropeway up Mt. Tanigawa, now run as Tanigawadake Joch, with fresh greenery in spring, alpine flowers in summer, autumn leaves and skiing in winter.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetTomioka, GunmaTomioka Silk MillJapan's first full-scale machine silk-reeling mill, set up by the Meiji government in 1872 and a World Heritage Site since 2014, with timber-framed brick buildings including the East Cocoon Warehouse, a National Treasure.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetAnnaka, GunmaUsui Pass "Megane-bashi" BridgeJapan's largest brick arch bridge, completed in 1892 for the country's first rack railway over the Usui Pass, an Important Cultural Property popular in the autumn leaf season.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACTakasaki, GunmaYaki-manju Paradise, Cafe Takasaki JimanGunma's soul food, grilled miso-glazed yaki-manju buns, reinvented as a dessert with seasonal Takasaki fruit and silk gelato, 1 minute from Takasaki Station.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Aspere / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped and resized)Kusatsu, GunmaYubatake, Kusatsu OnsenThe symbol of Kusatsu Onsen, a steaming source that pours out about 4,000 litres a minute, with two footbaths nearby; open 24 hours and free.Official check: 25 Sept 2026