Historical Monument Spots in Gunma Area

  • Ikaho Checkpoint
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    Gunma Pref. Shibukawashi Ikahomachikaho 34
    The Ikaho Checkpoint, now a small museum, is situated on the right hand side of the Ikaho Stone Steps which leads up to Ikaho Shrine in Ikaho, Ikaho Town. The restored checkpoint was an important point during the Edo period on the so called Mikuni Highway back road which goes to Nakayamajuku via Ikaho. The museum now exhibits artifacts relating to the time when it was in use.

    タイトルが関所となっていますが、正式には「口留番所」です。 幕府が設置する関所に対して、各藩が設置するのが口留番所と呼ばれています。 入館料は無料です。 駐車場はないようです。階段下にある市営駐車場を利用します。 内部は二間になっていて、中まで入って見ることができます。

  • Tomioka Silk Mill
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    Gunma Pref. Tomiokashi Tomioka 1-1
    When Japan first began trading with countries around the world in the late Edo period, silk was its biggest export. The Tomioka Silk Mill was founded as a model mill in 1872 by the Meiji government with the aim of improving the quality and productivity of silk production. The first buildings were timber-frame and brick construction, a pattern which continues to be used almost unchanged today. The site is filled with ways to learn about its history, including guided tours and a smartphone guide. The group of buildings from the time when the mill was first opened is designated Important Cultural Properties and National Treasures and was also collectively registered as a World Heritage Site in 2014.
  • Kiryu City Yurinkan
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    Gunma Pref. Kiryushi Honchou 2-6-32
    This event space can be found along Prefectural Route 66 in Hon-cho, Kiryu City. This group of buildings was originally used for brewing and storing alcohol from the Edo until the Showa period. At present, it is being preserved as a historical building while also being used to host plays, concerts, exhibits, and other cultural productions.

    桐生市にある,昔ながらの蔵が残った建造物群。ガイドの方が各蔵の説明をしてくださいます。アマチュア劇団の公演などイベントにも使われているようです。一見の価値ありです。

  • Former Residence of Tajima Yahei
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    Gunma Isesaki-shi Sakaishimamura
    Located a 20-minute drive from the Honjo-Kodama Interchange on the Kan-Etsu Expressway, this structure is part of the Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites World Heritage listing registered on June 25, 2014. Included in the World Heritage listing alongside the Tomioka Silk Mill, Takayama-sha Sericulture School, and Arafune Cold Storage, this building was the starting point for the development of modern cold air flow silkworm raising and silkworm farm architecture. The structure, however, is still used as a private home and visitors may only view the garden.

    前回訪問した時には時間がなく、ガイドさんの話を聞くことができず、またコロナ禍ということで、桑場の室内に入ることもできなかったため、正直この建物が世界遺産になっている意味がわかりませんでしたが、今回はガイドさんの説明を聞き、桑場の室内に入ることもでき、ビデオも見ることができたので、田島弥平旧宅の文化的価値がわかりました。屋根の上にやぐらがついた家は養蚕農家でよく見ることができますが、やぐらに依る換気...

  • Kiryu Meiji-kan
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    Gunma Pref. Kiryushi Aioichou 2-414-6
    This landmark is along the Togoku Culture and History Road in Aioi-cho, Kiryu City. This western-style building was constructed as the Gunma Prefectural hygiene center in 1878. Nowadays, there are exhibits on Meiji-period materials, and the second floor has exhibition rooms and meeting rooms that can be rented out. There’s also a teahouse that does not require visitors to have paid the entry fee. There are drinks, cakes, light meals, and more available.

    相老駅から徒歩10分。国道122号沿いにある。入館料は150円。 1878年に群馬県衛生所兼医学校として前橋に建築。1929年に相生村役場として現在地に移築。 シンメトリーな擬洋風建築。広い横幅に対して奥行があまりない。内廊下はなく、ポーチから各部屋に入るようになっている。資料展示は少なく、どこか雑然とした感じ。2階の部屋にある展示ケースにはカバーが掛けられていたが、もしかしたら企画展が行われた後...

  • Takehisa Yumeji Atelier
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    Gunma Takasaki-shi Harunakomachi 848
    A workshop and museum located next to the Lake Haruna Kohan-no-Yado Memorial Park in Harunako-machi, Takasaki City. The former workshop of painter Takehisa Yumeji, one of the premier examples of the Taisho Roman style of painting, has been restored here on a hill on the western side of Lake Haruna. Inside materials are on display including a chronological table of the artists life.

    榛名湖畔の公園のすぐ上に、竹下夢二さんのアトリエがありましたので、行ってみました。残念なことに休刊日らしく建物の中に入る事が出来ませんでしたので、ガラス越しに中をのぞく程度でした。昭和5年にここにアトリエを造り活動したのですが、建物自体は復元されたもので、当時の物ではない様子でした。

  • Former Annaka Samurai Nagaya House
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    Gunma Annaka-shi Annaka 3-6-9
    A historic building in Annaka 3-Chome, Annaka City. The main building and Nagayamon gatehouse built in the late Edo period have been restored to their original state based on blueprints and other sources. The country magistrates of the Annaka Domain, including Yamada Saburo and Ikari Ikuuemon-Yasutada, used the residence as a government office to govern over the local villagers.

    旧中山道ぞいにある、萱葺の建物。長屋門と母屋があり、藩主板倉勝明の側近の山田三川が住んでいたと伝わる住居。その後猪狩氏が入り、猪狩家住宅として昭和の時代まで使われていたようです。内部見学ができ、安中藩や狩野家についての展示がされています。

  • Goryo no Chaya Honjin Tea House
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    Gunma Annaka-shi Matsuidamachi Goryo 564-1
    "A historic building in Goryo, Matsuid-machi, Annaka City. This was originally one of the Honjin Inns designated for official use along the Nakasendo Road that daimyo (regional lords), kuge (court nobles), and other high-class individuals would stay in while travelling. The inn is made up of two large buildings ""Onishi (West)"" and ""Ohibashi (East)"", nearly equal in size and structure, and they have been preserved and opened to the public and designated as Historic Sites of the prefecture."

    中山道歩きの途中立ち寄りました。 街道の貴重な資料と。解説者の懇切なご説明で理解を深めることが出来ました。

  • Former Kurosawa Residence
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    Gunma Tano-gun Uenomura Narahara 200-9
    A historic building in Narahara, Ueno, Tano County. This was the residence occupied by generations of the family that served as village officials for Kamiyamago, one of the three Sanchu-ryo villages held as the Shogun's land during the Edo period. The house is a large two-story gabled roof design centered around a huge 31 tatami mat living room with a large number of other smaller tatami rooms. The house has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

    かなり良い状態で保存されており、管理に携わる方のご苦労が忍ばれます。 多くの方は車で行かれると思いますが、 駐車場は隣に4台分くらいと、徒歩2分くらいの場所にも第2駐車場があります。 観覧してもさほど時間はかからないので、混雑はあまりしない模様です。 駐車は無料です。 正直、上野村の歴史的な知識は皆無でしたが、観覧して学ぶことが多くありますた。 慰霊の園も車で5分ほどですので、併せて参拝されるこ...

  • Akuzawa's Former House
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    Gunma Maebashi-shi Kashiwaguramachi 604-1
    A historic building in Kashiwagura Town, Maebashi City. The single-story house was built around the end of 17th century and features a classic Japanese design with a thatched roof. It preserves an architectural style one generation older than the classic Akagi-style Residence with a loft area for silkworm faming. The house has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

    三夜沢赤城神社から車で数分のところにあります。土間と座敷部分が半分ずつで、座敷部分は、板敷と座敷と納戸に分かれているとのこと。外観も見事です。

  • Gunma University department of engineering commemorative hall
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    Gunma Pref. Kiryushi Tenjinchou 1-5-1
    This historical building is located in Gunma University, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, accessible by taking the Orihime Bus 10 minutes' ride from the JR Ryomo Line's Kiryu Station. It was built as a school building of the Kiryu High School's dyeing and weaving school in 1916, and relocated in 1972. It is a wooden building made from Japanese cedar wood. British Tudor style costumes can be seen decorating the gables and entrance arches. It was designated as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 1998, along with the engineering department's guardhouse and the former Kiryu High School's dyeing and weaving department's main entrance.
  • Hinatami Yakushido
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    Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunnakanojoumachi Shima 4371
    "This Bhaisajyaguru Buddhist temple is located a short walk from the ""Shima Onsen"" bus stop and Nakanojo Station on the JR Agatsuma Line in Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. Officially the Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai, the temple was built in the late Muromachi period and was designated a National Special Protected Building. After WWII, the building was re-designated a National Important Cultural Property. The square temple hall has three bays, bears fine molding, and is one of only a few examples of Chinese style architecture in Japan. Often visited by those who have come to experience the area's therapeutic hot spring bathing and cure various ills, the temple is also affectionately known as the ""Pre-Bath Yakushi"" to many."
  • Tomioka Silk Mill West Cocoon Warehouse
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    Gunma Tomioka-shi Tomioka 1-1
  • Former Residence of Jo Niijima
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    Gunma Annaka-shi Annaka 1-7-30
    A historic building in Annaka 1-Chome, Annaka City. This is the moved and restored former residence of Niijima Jo, known as the founder of the Doshisha English School (now Doshisha University). The interior of the house is a museum dedicated to Niijima Jo where related materials including artifacts and photographs are displayed.
  • Old Maruyama Transformer Substation
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    Gunma Annaka-shi Matsuidamachi Yokokawa Chinai
    A historic building in Sakamoto, Matsuida-machi, Annaka City. It was built in 1912 as an electric substation when the Japanese Railway was converting the Usui Line to an electric train system. The battery room and machine room were both complete brick constructions, cutting edge technology at the time, and both have been preserved and designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
  • Ogawazeki Waterway
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    Gunma Kanra-gun Kanramachi Obata
    An irrigation canal in Obata, Kanra Town, Kanra County. The irrigation system takes water from the Ogawa River, a class A river, and supplies it from the Obata district, a former castle town that flourished under the rule of Oda Nobukatsu, second son of Oda Nobunaga, to the paddy fields north of the town. The present state of the canals that can still be seen is thought to have been built in the early Edo period. It has been registered as a Legacy Irrigation System as chosen by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.
  • National Important Cultural Assets Hikobe Family Manor
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    Gunma Kiryu-shi Hirosawacho
    A historic building in Hirosawa-cho 6-Chome, Kiryu City. The residence belonged to the Hikobe family who has settled in what is now Hirosawa, Kiryu City since the Sengoku Warring States period. The family can trace their lineage back to Prince Takechi the eldest son of Emperor Tenmu. The residence is made up of many buildings constructed from the 16th century to the early Showa period and include the main buildings, the Nagayamon gate house, and the retired quarters called the Fuyu-Zumi (Winter Dwelling). It has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
  • Tomizawa Family Residence
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    Gunma Agatsuma-gun Nakanojomachi Daido 1274
    "A historical building in Omichi, Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma County, this residence of the Tomizawa family, who were the feudal lords of Omichi, is thought to have been built in the late Edo period. It is a typical building of a large sericultural farmhouse with a thatched roof called ""kabuto-zukuri,"" and is designated as a National Important Cultural Property."
  • Ukishima Kannon-do Hall
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    Gunma Numata-shi Okkai
    A hall dedicated to the goddess Kannon in Okkai, Tonemachi Town, Numata City. It's located along the promenade that runs along Fukiware Gorge. The temple was founded in 795 and the current hall was built in 1984. Enshrined within is the Ukishima Nyoirin-Kannon, said to have been carved by master craftsman Hidari Jingoro in the early Edo period. Annually on April 18th they hold the Ukishima Kannon Spring Festival.
  • Jomo Electric Railway Ogo Depot
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    Gunma Maebashi-shi Motogimachi 41-2
    This historic building is located near Ogo Station on the Jomo Electric Railway in Motogi Town, Maebashi City. The garage was built in 1928 with the opening of the railway line and is a registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. Currently the garage is used to display valuable railroad rolling stock including electric locomotives and can be visited after making prior reservation. The garage is also used to hold special railway events.

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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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