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Yonman Onsen Kashiwaya Ryokan
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Haruna Shrine
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Onioshidashi Park
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Netsu no Yu
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Canyons Minakami
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Konnyaku Park
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Tanigawadake Ropeway
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Gunma Safari Park
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Ikaho Shrine
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Hiking Day Trip near Tokyo! The best mountain hiking spots in the Kanto region
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Kusatsu Onsen: A Historic and Therapeutic Hot Spring Town
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How to Get to Kusatsu Onsen from Tokyo
Travel Plans
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- This Ikaho Onsen day out includes power spots, a secret hot spring, art, and feasting on noodles
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- With its long flight of stone steps, Ikaho Onsen in Gunma Prefecture has all the charm of a typical hot spring town. However, its photogenic Western style architecture and numerous outdoor sculptures makes it something of a secret art spot as well. After your long drive, spend a few hours soaking in an outdoor rotenburo.
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- A driving plan through nature, from Karuizawa to Kusatsu
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- After enjoying a day in the stylish resort area of Karuizawa, head to Kusatsu on a mountain road. If you pass near Mount Asama, you should be able to feel the power of nature at such places as Onioshidashi Park, created by a volcanic eruption, and Sainokawara Park, with its hot spring water bubbling to the surface.
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- Haruna Shrine
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4.5345 Reviews - Gunma Pref. Takasakishi Harunasanmachi 849
- This shrine is located in Harunasan-machi, Takasaki City, Gunma prefecture. It is believed to have been built during the reign of Emperor Youmei over 1,400 years ago, and provides divine favors for successful businesses and crops. The inner shrine and various buildings have been a designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan and the shrine’s Yatate-sugi (cedar trees) are designated a Natural Monument of Japan.
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- Onioshidashi Park
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4.0342 Reviews - Gunma Pref. Agatsumaguntsumagoimura Kambara 1053
- This beautiful scenery was created from the lava that flowed out and spread when Mt. Asama had its giant eruption in 1783. The sight of the giant lava boulders scattered around makes for an impressive sight. In spring the lovely alpine plants bloom in profusion, while visitors can enjoy the changing leaves in the fall. The contrast with the deep black earth is indeed a sight to behold.
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- Netsu no Yu
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4.0322 Reviews - Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunkusatsumachi Kusatsu 414
- Netsu no Yu in Kusatsu Hot Spring is a sightseeing facility where you can experience “yumomi,” a type of performance that has been passed down since the Edo period. Besides experiencing yumomi by following the lead of the female performers, there are many other daily events you can enjoy, such as the “yumomi dance show.” Particularly popular is the “yumomi-kun show,” which is performed by the “Thespakusatsu Challengers,” a sub-group of the “Thespakusatsu,” a local pro soccer team.
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- Canyons Minakami
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5.0239 Reviews - Gunma Prefecture Tone-gun Minakami-cho Yusu 45
- This outdoor activity center is located a 10-minute drive from the Minakami Interchange on the Kan-Etsu Expressway. With the support of the center's skilled staff, visitors can enjoy a variety of activity tours. Go on a canyoning tour and climb up mountain streams and slide down natural waterslides wearing a wetsuit and helmet. During early summer and fall, the center offers river rafting; in winter, snow sports such as snowshoeing; no matter the time of year, the center has activities through which you can get in touch with nature. The center has courses for everyone from beginners to advanced practitioners, so even those not confident in their physical abilities can have fun.
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- Konnyaku Park
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4.0288 Reviews - Gunma Pref. Kanragunkanramachi Obata 204-1
- This konjac-themed interactive facility is located in Obata, Kanra Town, Kanra County. Visitors can tour a factory and learn about the konjac production process, experience making konjac jelly and handmade konjac (reservations required by the day before), and other activities to deepen their knowledge about konjac. There’s also an all-you-can-take-home course and a free konjac buffet that lets visitors have their fill of konjac.
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- Tanigawadake Ropeway
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4.0184 Reviews - Gunma prefecture Tone-gun Minakami-machi Yuzonso Yu Fukayama National Forest Tanigawa-dake ropeway
- This ropeway spanning Tanigawadake at the border of Gunma Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture connects the 746-meter altitude Doaiguchi Station with the Tenjindaira Station located at an altitude of 1,319 meters. There is also an observatory, and visitors can use a lift to reach Tenjin Toge Pass which is the start of a hiking route. The trekking course from Tenjin Toge follows the mountain ridge and takes about two and a half hours, and is a veritable treasure house for plants such as Hosobahinayukiso (a kind of Leontopodium Fairriei). The large 360-degree panoramic view from the top of the mountain affords spectacular vistas of the surrounding mountains, and is a very popular hiking course that is suitable even beginners.
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- Gunma Safari Park
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4.0153 Reviews - Gunma Pref. Tomiokashi Okamoto 1
- This safari park is located in Okamoto, Tomioka City. There’s a bus that visitors can ride and feed lions and various herbivores, as well as a night safari, a bird show, and other activities for observing the animals. There are many other intriguing sights, including the “Wild Cat World” walking safari, which lets you observe tigers, lions, and other felines up close, and the “Wolf Forest/Wolf Repopulation Center” where endangered wolves are bred and available for viewing.
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- Kusatsu Hotel
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4.5210 Reviews - Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunkusatsumachi Kusatsu 479
- This hotel, a hot spring also available day use, is located in the foothills of Mt. Aoba and can be accessed after alighting at the JR Kusatsu Onsen bus terminal from Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station in Gunma Prefecture. It was established in 1913 and the calm atmosphere of the Japanese style rooms eases the travel fatigue of the guests. The source of the hot spring is from Sainokawara hot spring which is only drawn to serve a few hot spring facilities. Visitors can enjoy the soft water of the hot spring in the Amber bath, scented with wood, and Hosen-no-yu bath made of stone. Private baths and foot baths are also available to use, and guests can also enjoy the course menus of sashimi and hot pot dishes made with local, seasonal produce.
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What is Gunma?
Gunma prefecture is synonymous with onsen. Natural hot spring water sources throughout the prefecture have given rise to a series of small onsen towns, each set among luscious mountains. At Kusatsu, Ikaho, and Minakami, traditional indoor and outdoor bathing experiences are served hand in hand with irresistible onsen-themed food, including steam-cooked eggs and custard pudding.
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Getting Around
Just 100 kilometers from Tokyo, Gunma is a popular relaxing weekend getaway with plenty of transport options from all-inclusive onsen and bus deals to more flexible train journeys. Both the Hokuriku and Joetsu bullet trains stop at Takasaki in the south of Gunma prefecture, while local and express trains also run between Tokyo and Gunma with more stations across the prefecture.
