Spots in Gunma

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Photo: Photo ACMaebashi, GunmaAkagi Shrine (Lake Onuma)A shrine on the shore of Lake Onuma on Mt. Akagi, in an area of lakes and the alpine-plant marsh Kakumanbuchi, known as "Little Oze".Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACTakasaki, GunmaByakue Dai-Kannon, TakasakiThe symbol of Takasaki, a 41.8 m, 6,000-tonne Kannon statue built in 1936 and said to have been the largest in Asia at the time; you can go inside.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 雷太 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Nakanojo, GunmaChatsubomigoke Moss ParkThe only place in the Kanto region where chatsubomigoke moss grows in colonies, nurtured by strongly acidic mineral water from the Anajigoku spring; in early June the green moss contrasts with Japanese azaleas.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
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
Photo: temaki from tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Tomioka, GunmaGunma Safari ParkA safari park where lions, tigers, rhinos, zebras and giraffes roam free, seen from a tour bus or your own car; it is the only place in Japan showing Sumatran elephants, and the feeding bus is popular.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACTakasaki, 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
Photo: ウィキ太郎 (Wiki Taro) / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Minakami, GunmaHoshi OnsenA secluded single-inn hot spring in Joshin'etsu Kogen National Park, where the water wells up naturally from beneath the bath itself, inside a wooden building registered as a Tangible Cultural Property.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACShibukawa, 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
Photo: Photo ACShibukawa, 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
Photo: Suikotei / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Kiryu, GunmaKiryu Shinmachi Historic DistrictA town laid out about 400 years ago from Tenmangu shrine, where Honcho 1-2 chome still keep textile storehouses, merchant houses and sawtooth-roofed factories from Kiryu's weaving heyday, along with the original plot layout.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
Photo: Mukasora / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Takayama, GunmaLockheart CastleA historic castle moved and restored from Scotland, often used as a film and drama location. The 100,000 m2 grounds recreate a medieval European townscape with a stone church, a restaurant serving European country food and local beer, and an English garden with seasonal flowers; the "Princess Experience" lets you choose from over 500 dresses and take photos around the castle and garden.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
Photo: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (resized)Tsumagoi, GunmaManza OnsenA hot-spring resort at 1,800 m near the Nagano border, with over 20 sources of about 80°C water among the richest in sulphur in Japan; each inn draws its own spring, so colour and feel vary.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Guilhem Vellut / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Maebashi, GunmaMt. Akagi and Lake OnumaMt. Akagi, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, is a volcano whose main peak Kurobisan rises to 1,828 m; its caldera lake Onuma offers boating in summer and ice fishing for smelt when it freezes in winter.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Jesse Fuller / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Tomioka, GunmaMt. MyogiOne of Japan's three most unusual landscapes, a mountain of jagged rock formations with views over the Kanto Plain; with Akagi and Haruna it is one of Gunma's three great mountains, and famous for autumn colours.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACYoshioka, GunmaOkkirikomi no FurusatoOne of the few restaurants in Gunma specialising in okkirikomi, a Gunma local dish; it has been making it for 46 years and serves it all year.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Σ64 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Tsumagoi, 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
Photo: Photo ACKusatsu, GunmaSainokawara ParkSaid to be named for its place at the western edge of Kusatsu Onsen, the area is a special zone of the Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, with a large open-air bath at the far end. Kusatsu, one of Japan's three famous hot springs, has the largest natural flow of hot water in Japan, and here springs rise all over the wide riverbed at 1,400 litres a minute, flowing into streams of hot water that form waterfalls and pools. It is a 15-minute walk from Yubatake through the steam of the spa town, and the park is lit up from sunset until 22:00.Official check: 27 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACNakanojo, GunmaShima Blue (Lake Shima and Lake Okushima)Lake Shima at the gateway to Shima Onsen and Lake Okushima at its innermost end are dam lakes created by the Shimagawa and Nakanojo dams. Their greatest feature is the water, whose colour changes several times a day with the light and time: cobalt, indigo and turquoise, a world of blue called "Shima Blue". In the green season SUP and canoe tours are popular, and there are autumn leaves in autumn and snow scenes in winter.Official check: 27 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, GunmaTakaragawa OnsenA single-inn hot spring at the headwaters of the Tone River, with huge open-air baths on both banks; everyone wears a bathing gown, so men and women can move freely between pools.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
Photo: Photo ACAnnaka, 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 ACAnnaka, GunmaUsui Pass Railway Heritage ParkA railway theme park telling the history of the Usui Pass line, with 40 railway cars on display to see, touch and experience.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACMidori, GunmaWatarase Keikoku RailwayA 44.1 km local railway from Kiryu in Gunma to Mato in Nikko, Tochigi, winding along the Watarase River for about 1 hour 20 minutes; the diesel-hauled open trolley train is a favourite.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
No photo yetHigashiagatsuma, GunmaAgatsuma Gorge Rail Bike "A-Gattan!""A-Gattan" is a way to take in Agatsuma Gorge, a valley of about 2.5 km along the Agatsuma River spanning Higashiagatsuma and Naganohara. It is a pedal-powered trolley on part of the old JR Agatsuma Line, rerouted for the Yamba Dam, following the "lost line" above a nationally designated scenic gorge. The one-way gorge course of about 2.4 km from Agatsuma Gorge to Yamba Dam passes farmland and the "Tarusawa Tunnel", once said to be Japan's shortest railway tunnel.Official check: 27 Sept 2026
No photo yetShibukawa, GunmaHara Museum ARCA museum 5 minutes from Ikaho Onsen showing contemporary art (Kusama, Nara, Warhol) and East Asian antiques including National Treasures, with outdoor works in the garden and a building by Pritzker Prize winner Arata Isozaki.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
No photo yetKawaba, GunmaMichi-no-Eki Kawaba Denen PlazaA roadside station at the foot of Mt. Hotaka with a farmers' market of local vegetables and fruit, restaurants using local produce, a bakery, a brewery, cafés and a day-use hot spring.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 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
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