Travel / Tourism Spots in Western Area Area

  • Gunma Prefectural Heritage Center 「Se Kyte」
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    Gunma Tomioka-shi Tomioka 1450-1
  • Makino Brewery
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    Gunma Takasaki-shi Kurabuchimachi Gonda 2625-1
  • Shimonita Ajisai Sono
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    Gunma Kanra-gun Shimonitamachi
  • Crackers Street
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    Gunma Annaka-shi Isobe
  • Sannami Seki Valley
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    Gunma Fujioka-shi Yuzurihara 1608
  • 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.
  • Myogisanroku Museum
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    Gunma Annaka-shi Matsuidamachi Okunada 822-1
    An art museum located along Prefectural Route 51 in Okunada, Matsuida-machi, Annaka City. The art museum was founded by painter Inagawa Kurataro and alongside his own works pieces by other artists who have painted Mt. Myogi including Aoki Shigeru and Fukuda Tane are displayed as part of special exhibitions. From the terrace within the museum you can look out at Mt. Myogi, standing before you like a painting.
  • 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.
  • Castle Town Obata
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    Gunma Kanra-gun Kanramachi Obata
    A castle town in Obata, Kanra Town, Kanra County. This town flourished under the rule of Oda Nobukatsu, Oda Nobunaga's second son, and other lords and relics of the past including samurai villas, classic roads, and the Ogawazeki irrigation system still remain to be seen. The classical daimyo garden Rakusanen, built by Nobukatsu himself, has been declared a national place of scenic beauty.
  • 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.
  • Fukiage Apple Orchard
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    Gunma Kanra-gun Kanramachi Obata 1904-1
  • Kanra Town History and Folklore Museum (Former Obata-gumi Brick Warehouse)
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    Gunma Kanra-gun Kanramachi Obata 852-1
    A museum located along Prefectural Route 46 in Obata, Kanra Town, Kanra County. The museum is located within the Former Obata-gumi Seishi Brick Warehouse, a cocoon warehouse built during the Taisho period by the Kanra-sha Obata-gumi silk-reeling union during the golden age of the sericultural industry. Most of the displays concern the local sericultural industry but also displayed are historical materials including armor and a wood statue of the Buddha carved in the early Edo period by Busshi Enku, a sculptor of Buddhist images.
  • Takasaki Nature Trail
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    Gunma Takasaki-shi Yamana Machi
  • Lake Haruna Go-Karting
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    Gunma Takasaki-shi Harunakomachi
    A go-cart facility in Harunako-machi, Takasaki City. It's located adjacent to Prefectural Haruna Park on the southeastern shore of the Lake Haruna. They offer both single seater and two-seater go-carts, and in mid-winter when Lake Haruna freezes over you can even take the go-carts out on the ice (Availability depends on the state of the ice and other conditions).
  • Woody Uenomura Meiboku Kogeikan
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    Gunma Tano-gun Uenomura Katsuyama 127
    A woodworking shop located within Roadside Station Ueno along National Route 299 in Katsuyama, Ueno, Tano County. The shop is managed by the local forestry association and they produce and sell the woodwork handicrafts that are the specialty of the village. Their goods include mostly tableware as well as toys, household tools, miscellaneous goods, mortars and pestles, and more.
  • Sebayashi Formation (Dinosaur Footprint Fossils)
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    Gunma Tano-gun Kannamachi Kagahara Se Hayashi
    A landform and set of fossils located along National Route 299 in Sebayashi, Kagahara, Kanna Town, Tano County. The wavelike patterns visible in the stratum caused by the flow of water and the wind are called Renkon (Ripple Marks) and have been designated as Natural Monuments of the prefecture. Furthermore, the hole in the rock wall which was discovered but unidentifiable at the same time was later identified as the fossil of a dinosaur's footprint. Other fossils including those of bones and teeth have also been discovered in the area.
  • Tomioka City Okabe Onkokan Museum
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    Gunma Tomioka-shi Kaminyu 2395
    A museum located along Prefectural Route 48 in Kaminyu, Tomioka City. The museum's collection contains precious historical materials and work of art handed down through generations of the Okabe family, a local family of wealthy merchants. In each of the three exhibition rooms, based around the themes of Coloring your Life, Tools of Life, and Local Authors, you can learn about the history, lifestyles, and culture of the region.
  • Takasaki Arena
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    Gunma Takasaki-shi Shimowadamachi 4-1-18

    駐車場の人がとても感じが悪いです。 入る時出る時にじっと警備のおじさんに見られて気持ち悪く感じました。次は別の体育館利用するかな〜って感じです。

  • Kiyomizudera Temple
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    14 Reviews
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    Gunma Takasaki-shi Ishiharamachi 2401

    群馬県高崎市の高崎観音山にある曹洞宗の寺院。 坂上田村麿が東国平定の際に兵士の健勝と武運長久を祈り、京都東山の清水寺から勧請、開基したと伝えられる寺院。 直前に観音山有料駐車場がありますが、少し歩いても良いなら清水寺の奥に無料の駐車スペースがあります。 その駐車スペースから寺院に向かう道には高崎市の街の眺望が素晴らしいポイントがあり、見応えがあります。 うえから見ただけですが長くて急な石段が...

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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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