Top Things to do

• Station of Plateau Marunuma

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Higashiogawa 4658-58

  This restaurant is located at the bottom of the Mt. Nikko-Shirane ropeway, in Katashina Village, Tone County. Visitors can enjoy the local flavors of seasonal wild vegetables and locally grown vegetables in the Highland Vegetable Tenju set, the Tomato Cream Udon, the Nihachi Zaru Soba, which uses Nihachi Soba, or the Highland Vegetable Curry. This rich menu also includes sauce cutlet rice bowls and noodles with roasted Mochi pork fillet. Depending on the season, customers can enjoy the view of the ski slopes on the highland or the fresh verdant nature from the window-side tables.

• SNOW PARK OZE TOKURA

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Tokura 329

  This snow park is located in Katashina Village 1 hour 30 minutes by bus from Numata Station. It is blessed with beautiful mountain landscapes and a natural environment. There are a variety of courses available, including the Dynamic Course, a SAJ-certified race course, the Diamond Slope, with its powder snow, and the Lesson Slope, which is reserved for beginners and children. The snow park also puts an emphasis on snowboarding, with facilities such as the Super Pipe, jumps and rails. It is also possible to use the auto campsite during the summer.

• Oze Hatomachi Pass

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Tokura

  This pass is at the entrance of Ozegahara in Katashina Village, Tone County. There are regulations now on private car use in the area so must be entered by bus or taxi from the car park. At the Hatomachi Pass free rest station, visitors can enjoy buckwheat noodles made with locally grown mountain vegetables and mushrooms and other specialties such as sweet sugared beans and bean flower soft cream, corn and sweet Japanese cakes, hiking goods and souvenirs. Private room as well as large room accommodation is also available at Hatomachi mountain cottage.

• Nanairo Restaurant

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Higashiogawa 1403

  This restaurant is located approximately three minutes from the Kamada intersection, 40 minutes’ drive along National Route 120 from the Kan'etsu Expressway Numata Interchange. This extremely cute restaurant is recommended for girls to visit. The items on the menu, made possible by the tomato farm, include Green Tomato Pickles and Tomato Farm Premium Hayashi Rice, which is made with bright red tomatoes and domestic beef that are stewed until they lose their form. The restaurant's sweets, such as the buckwheat Galette, are also recommended. The restaurant is only open irregularly during the spring and summer months, as it gives priority to the farm during this time. It is, however, open for business as usual when the ski resort opens each year.

• Katashina Kogen Ski Resort

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Koshimoto 2990

  This ski resort is open only to skiers, and is located in Katashina Village, Tone County, Gunma Prefecture. A ski slope which is 2,500 meters long and descends for 300 meters is provided for beginners and children to safely enjoy, as well as a course with moguls for advanced skiers. Other courses include the Kaede Course slope on a slight incline and varying width, which has become popular with intermediate level skiers. There is also the Miffy Adventure Park, which is an area where small children can enjoy mountain sledding, roasting marshmallows on campfires and other activities without the need for any equipment.

• Oguna Hotaka Ski Area

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Hanasaku Mt.

  This ski resort is located 60 minutes by taxi from the JR Joetsu Line's Numata Station in Tone County, Gunma Prefecture. It has simple, gentle courses suitable for beginners, to long, smooth courses which are perfect for couples. Advanced skiers can also enjoy a variety of more challenging courses. Also, at the snow park, visitors can entertain themselves with a series of challenges such as waves and walls. And, at the center house, visitors can enjoy a full range of meals from fast food to Sangenton pork cutlet curry.

• Station of Flower Katashina Hanasaku no Yu

  Gunma Pref. Tonegunkatashinamura Hanasaku 1113

  This day-trip hot spring facility is located in Hanasaku no Sato, in Katashina Village, Tone County, Gunma Prefecture, overlooking the magnificent Mt. Sukai and other mountains. There are two types of outdoor bath available, the Kaze no Yu, featuring a rock garden overflowing with rustic beauty, and the Kou no Yu, which is surrounded by different flowers, depending on the season, as well as the bed-rock bath, which uses almandine from Katashina Village. It is a simple alkaline hot spring and is said to be effective for nerve pain, muscle pain and recovery from fatigue, etc. There is also a popular restaurant called Hanasaki, which serves ginger roast Joetsu pork and direct sale outlets, which sell products directly from the farms.

• Kashozan Ryugein Mirokugokokuzen Temple

  Gunma Pref. Numatashi Kamihocchimachi 445

  This distinguished temple is located on Mt. Kashozan, Gunma Prefecture. It was founded in 848, and bestowed with a Goshuin and rights to a hundred thousand koku (of rice). It is said that a tengu mask was left after monk chuho made a vow to stay at this mountain forevermore as a spiritual being and he rose to heaven. The custom to dedicate a tengu mask derives from this legend. The best Tengu mask in Japan was enshrined in Chuhodo in 1939 to pray for victory in the war, and again in 1970, this time to pray for traffic safety to the Great Tengu. Once every 10 years, a grand ceremony is held for people to worship the Shintai, which contains the spirit of the deity.

• Kashinoki Sweets Shop

  Gunma Pref. Numatashi Nakamachi 1122-4

  This sweets shop is located along the Japan Romantic Road in Nakamachi, Numata City. It boasts an excellent fluffy and moist Baumkuchen, baked painstakingly with a goodly amount of rum. There are several types, including a standard type, which is coated with chocolate, and also a plain type, which contains no chocolate on their standard menu. Additionally, the shop has a rich line of seasonal limited items including choco-kuchen which has chocolate mixed into the dough and lemon-kuchen which uses a lemon-chocolate mix. The shop is so adorable and fairy-like, it has even been a candidate for the filming of a TV drama.