Cafe Spots in Gunma Area

  • Yubatake Souan
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    118-1 Kusatsu-cho, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma prefecture
    A five minute walk from Kusatsu-Onsen Bus Terminal. This “footbath café” in the Souan ryokan inn is situated in front of a “yubatake,” an area used to harvest hot spring minerals which is a famed practice in Kusatsu. Customers can enjoy soaking tired feet in hot spring waters while enjoying the café’s food and drink menu. Recently remodeled in 2012, Souan operates out of an old Japanese-style home decorated in Japanese modern style. The atmospheric wooden building creates a relaxing effect. There are coin lockers for customers to use and the café and footbath are available for use even by non-guests. Besides the footbath, there’s also counter and table seating. In addition to beverages, soft serve ice cream, and other sweets, the café also serves okkirikomi, a local soup with thick noodles.
  • SARA’S Terrace ARRAIYA
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Shibukawashi Ikahomachikaho 20
    This café is located in Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture, along the stone steps of Ikaho hot spring. The modern and stylish shop is easy for women to feel comfortable in and enjoy a menu with dishes such as ginger roast Joshu Mugi pork set meals, with the pork a little on the thick side, and Joshu roast beef rice bowl, which are full of ingredients sourced from contracted farms. There are also sweets such as homemade chocolate brownies and anmitsu, as well as a drinks menu with items such as yuzu tea and a very fruity fruit cider.

    As the hotel did not offer the option of dinner, I had to find a restaurant nearby and SARAS terrace Arraiya is literally just next door. The atmosphere is cozy and food is tasty, good value for...

  • Shima Onsen Mori no Cafe KISEKI
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    3.5
    26 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunnakanojoumachi Shima 3497
    This café is operated by “Shikanozoki Kiseki-no-Yu Tsuruya”. The Shimagawa River flows nearby and just down from the parking lot is the pot hole in the riverbed called “Ouketsu”, a National Natural Treasure. The café is surrounded by forest trees and has a spacious open terrace. In winter the café is a warmed by an open fire stove. The menu offers coffee, tea, herbal tea and apple juice made from locally grown apples, as well as homemade sweets and pizza toast etc.

    ここには、四万温泉の千と千尋の舞台と言われている宿へ向かう途中、名所の四万の甌穴を見るため駐車した際、休憩に入ったカフェでしたが、あまり特徴のあるスイーツもなく、女性店員には笑顔もなく休まる感じのお店ではないようです。

  • Honmachi 1-chome Cafe
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Maebashishi Honmachi 1-1-7
    This refurbished café was built around 100 years ago and is located in the city of Maebashi. The original pillars remain, and the fashionably refurbished high ceiling gives the café a very calming atmosphere. In the cold season, a wood burning stove is also set up, which lends an air of excitement to the café. The café’s moist carrot cake made with real carrots and sweet cream cheese icing is its most popular product. Its menu changes according to the season, and includes cakes made with seasonal fruits. The meals served in addition to the café menu are also substantial.
  • KURASANCHI
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Tomioka-shi Tomioka 104-3
  • Shinshuya
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Kanragunkanramachi Obata 7
    Shinshuya is located among a row of cherry trees standing on along the Ogawa River, considered one of the 100 most beautiful rivers in Japan. This café is housed inside a remodeled shop building constructed in 1905. The shop was a part of the local community throughout the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods, and the building still retains an air of these bygone times. The café is located on the first floor, while the second floor serves as a rest space from which visitors can view the row of trees outside. Shinshuya offers soft serve ice cream made with milk provided by local dairy farmers, coffees from around the world, knickknacks, and silk goods. Tourism information is also provided here, and the staff at Shinshuya can tell you about local area highlights.

    由緒ある雄川ぜきのほとりにあります。川の流れを見ていると、とても心が癒されます。まるで武家時代にタイムスリップした気持ちになります。店内の名物は、なんといっても有名な”シュウマイ”です。生姜がきいていて、さっぱりした後味は絶品です。きっとまた食べたくなります。

  • Umenomitsu
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    4.5
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Tone-gun Minakamimachi Oana 780

    One menu, a lot of different delicious food and very very friendly. A place I would visit any time again.

  • Almond Poodle
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Tonegunminakamimachi Yubara 681
    A sweets shop in Yubara, Minakami Town, Tone County, Gunma Prefecture. The popular Minakami Pudding, made with fresh milk from a farm on the Omine Highland and eggs from the Miyaji Noen farm, has a velvety smooth texture.

    家族でスキーの帰路中に立ち寄りました。 閉店ギリギリでしたが名物という、「とろ-りとろける みなかみプリン」を。 文字通りとろける美味しさで、バニラビーンズが際立ちます。 生クリームとミントがトッピングされ、底にはキャラメルソースが。 隣接店でもテイクアウトできたようです。

  • CAFE SPA NEUE POST
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunkusatsumachi Kusatsu 507
    A café on the ground floor of the Gokurakukan Ryokan founded in 1925 in Kusatsu Town. As well coffee, the cafe serves hotdogs and other food in the morning. Visitors can also take a dip in the private bath fed by its own private spring.
  • Ichirodo cafe
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Takasakishi Ishiharamachi 2710 - 1 Buddhist temple grounds
    This cafe is located on the grounds of Jigan-in Temple, known for its Byakue Kannon statue, in Ishihara-machi, Takasaki City. There’s matcha green tea, coffee, and sweets, as well as two lunch sets based on Buddhist vegetarian cuisine made with seasonal vegetables and featuring either rice or bread, among other options.
  • Les Baux
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Maebashishi Fujimimachikogure 2444-4
    A cafe on the Togoku Culture and History Road in Fujimi-machi Kogure, Maebashi City. Les Baux serves set meal arrangements of French course cuisine, special coffees, a wide variety of espressos, and sweets which go great with coffee. Antiques and knickknacks are sold in the adjoining Atelier Nuccu.
  • Fukucafe
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Takasakishi Torimachi 60 Okanawa Building 2F
    Fukucafe, with an interior based on the color green, has a calm atmosphere where it is easy to spend the whole day relaxing. A morning breakfast is provided if reserved. At lunch time, bagel sandwiches are popular and Fukudaruma bagel and Chibiguru are available as a takeout order when you are pressed for time. The café also offers classes to learn how to hand knead bagels. They also take requests for parties and events. It is a 10 minute walk from JR Takasaki Station.
  • Naturellement
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Takasakishi Kanekomachi 2340-5
    Naturellement is popular as a café that serves dishes making you beautiful from the inside. The café is based on the concept of handmade cuisine using carefully chosen ingredients that are healthy. The café is open for lunches full of vegetables, dinners with reservations as well as healthy, hearty bento lunch boxes. Baked sweets and natural yeast bread made with carefully selected ingredients are available to takeout. This café is located approximately ten minutes by car from JR Gumma-Sōja Station.
  • GARBA Cafe Main Restaurant
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    3.5
    27 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Tone-gun Minakamimachi Oana 815-3

    みなかみで宿泊した旅館の中居さんより美味しいバームクーヘン屋さんということで紹介頂きました。そこそこのお値段でしたが、幾つかバームクーヘンを購入してドライブ中に頂きました。美味しくて色んな味が楽しめて良かったです。

  • Taisho Romantic Black Boat Shop
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Shibukawashi Ikahomachikaho 20
    This Taisho-style modern shop is a restaurant during the day, and a ramen shop at night, located on the old ryokan street at Ikaho Onsen. One popular item is the lunchtime-favorite “ishiyaki zeitaku curry” with loads of vegetables and pork cubes in the curry. The original pancakes and home-roasted “Ikaho ishidan coffee” come highly rated. For dinner, the ramen “shirogane soup” and “ogon no soup” (named for specific Ikaho baths) are popular.

    お昼の営業と夜の営業ではメニューが異なります! 夜はラーメン、チャーハン、餃子、枝松など… このラーメンがなかなか美味! ややこってりの黄金、さっぱりめの白銀、甲乙つけがたい美味しさです! 麺は柔らかめですが、これが優しめのスープに絡んで良い感じなのです! 伊香保の夜は開いているお店が少なくて… とても貴重なお店です!

  • sokono cafe
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Maebashishi Otemachi 2-5-15
    This café is just up the road of zelkova trees from the Gunma Prefectural Office in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. The interior offers a natural setting with the color white as a motif, drawing in ladies from nearby offices every day. The secret of its popularity is found in the pleasing, domestic home-made cuisine, including plump juicy hamburgers, curry, and toasted sandwiches.
  • NOiR CAFE
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Takasaki-shi Kaminakaimachi 1538-1-C

    Very cosy and friendly cafe. The owner makes her own cakes. Large selection of different types of coffee and teas. We had the strawberry tart and chocolate gateau with Pu er tea.

  • Café Kuturogi
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Pref. Tomiokashi Tomioka 50
    This café is located inside an old renovated row-house and is only a one-minute walk from the Tomioka Silk Mill, one of Japan’s Cultural Heritage Sites. On the first floor is a gelato shop where only the finest ingredients and seasonal fruits are used to create 22 different flavors of gelato. The second floor is the café which sports a rustic hide-away feeling while CDs displayed on the walls give it a stylish air. Pasta, lunch plates, and curry along with alcoholic drinks are also served.

    富岡製糸場を観光後、立ち寄りました。天気の良い日だったのでジェラートを選びました。種類も豊富で変わり種もありました。二階の席で食べましたが平日の昼間だったからか貸し切り!広々したソファー席で頂きました。お店の雰囲気も良かったです。

  • HANABUSA Organic Farm Sweets Kitchen
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Maebashi-shi Minemachi 1097-5
  • Match E no Ie
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Tone-gun Minakamimachi Sukawa 758 Takumi no Sato
    A cafe and hands-on facility located within the Roadside Station Takumi-no-Sato along Prefectural Route 53 in Sukawa, Minakami Town, Tone County. Primarily known for serving drip coffee made with Takasaki's famous tonbi coffee roasted beans they also offer meals including their Japanese style set meal made with their own home-grown vegetables (limited to five servings per day) and their Croque Monsieur made with bread that uses natural yeast. They also offer alcoholic beverages. Classes are offered in Match-box Art where you can decorate a match box and then have it framed.

    たくみの里のなかにあるお店です。なかは,雑貨屋さんとカフェになっています。雑貨屋さんでは,マッチ箱に絵を描く体験教室ができます。また,カフェでは丁寧にドリップしていれた美味しいコーヒーが飲めます。コーヒーカップも一つずつ違っていて,目でも楽しめるコーヒーでした。カフェの裏手には教会もあり,雰囲気がとてもよいです。また行きたいお店です。

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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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