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Onsen (Hot Springs) Event Calendar for Further Information Souvenirs 英 語 For Further Information Souvenirs Onsen (Hot Springs) Event Calendar English January 1st Takasaki New Year's Day Concert/Gunma Music Center (Takamatsu-cho) Hatsumode Takasaki City Map Locating Takasaki on the Map Sake [New Year's visit to a shrine]/Haruna Shrine (Harunasan-machi), etc. 6th and 7th Sake is brewed at the Makino Sake The Daruma Market [Shorinzan Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health Festival]/Shorinzan Brewery, Takasaki's exclusive sake Daruma Temple (Hanadaka-machi) February Late February to Late March Please contact brewery. Sake is made from rice and Misato Plum Festival/Misato Plum Grove Miyagi Takasaki Municipal Tourism Society water. The Makino Sake Brewery uses Mt. March Late March to Early April Takasaki Film Festival/Takasaki Cultural Hall (Suehiro-cho) and other local movie Takasaki Tourism Association Haruna's famous spring water to create a theaters. full bodied sake with a true sake aroma. Gunma/Takasaki Third Sunday in March Lakeside Yusuge Address: 35-1 Takamatsu-cho, Takasaki-shi, Japan Haruna Plum Blossom Festival/Haruna Cultural Hall Yusuge-motoyu 370-8501 April Early April Lake Haruna Car Camping Campsite Kyoto Tokyo Shin-machi Cherry Blossom Festival/Self-Defense Forces Shin-machi Military Post Lake Haruna Fukuoka Phone: (+81) 27-321-1257 (Shin-machi) Haruna-Fuji E-mail: [email protected] Kohan-no-Yado Harunasan Ropeway Early April to Early May Kurabuchi Onsen Commemorative Park http://www.city.takasaki.gunma.jp Misato Moss Pink Festival/Misato Moss Pink Park (Misato-machi Matsunosawa) May May 5th Osaka Tsunoochiyama [Mt. Tsunoochi] Exchange Mountain Climb/Hamayu Sansou [Hamayu Kuroiwa Lodge] (Kurabuchi-machi) Haruna Shrine Late May Warabi-daira Forest Park Campsite Yugennomori Concert [Ethereal Forest Concert]/Haruna Shrine Kagura Hall Tozenji Temple noodle stew (Harunasan-machi) There are many onsens in Takasaki that are surrounded by nature. July Last Sunday in July Hamayu Sansou (Hamayu Lodge) Takasaki is a major producer of high quality wheat and Misato Furusato Summer Festival – Fureai Park [Communion Park] (Misato-machi many of the city's specialty dishes use wheat flour. Nishiakiya) To Kita-Karuizawa Spa House Takasaki udon is made from a locally grown strain of wheat August August 15th Kurabuchi Branch Office Aimagawa Onsen Fureaikan Haruna Furasato Festival and Commerce and Industry Festival Fireworks/Karasugawa Seseragi-no-yu Shibazakura Park called "Kinu-no-nami" that gives the noodles their Park (Shimomuroda-machi) Gunma-no-matsu [Communion Hall] Aimagawa Onsen distinctive slippery and springing texture. Visitors can also (+81) 27-378-3834 August 16th Yasuragi-no-yu try the Okirikomi, a local stew made from wide noodles (hotel accommodations available) Shin-machi Furusato Festival Karasugawa Grounds (Shin-machi) Tsutsuji-no-sato Mid-August Nippon Silk Center and vegetables, including daikon and taro. Kurabuchi Summer Festival/Kurabuchi Branch Office (Kurabuchi-machi Sannokura) Kurabuchi Onsen 406 Late August Misato Plum Grove Minowa Castle Ruins Gunma Branch Office (+81) 27-378-2311 Takasaki Byakui Dai-Kannon Candle Festival "Mandoe" [Buddhist Lantern (hotel accommodations available) Festival/Jigenin (Ishihara-machi) Misato Branch Office Old Shimoda Residence Late August Shiraiwa Kannon Drawing Room Gunma Haniwa-no-sato Festival/Yawatatsukakofun [Yawatatsuka Ancient Tomb] Haruna Branch Office Kamezawa Onsen (Hasedera) Lake Narusawa Kamitsukenu Haniwano-sato Park (+81) 27-378-4126 (hotel accommodations available) (Ide-machi) Museum of Literature in Commemoration Maebashi IC First Friday in August of Bunmei-Tsuchiya Haruna Festival Fireworks/Haruna Lakefront (Harunako-machi) Kamitsukeno-sato Sunflower Maze Shin Okukawaura Onsen (Artificial Onsen) Hamayu Sansou Haruna Plum Grove Maebashi First Saturday and Sunday in August Museum of Archaeology [Hamayu Lodge] Takasaki Festival/Motenashi Hiroba [Welcome Plaza] (Takamatsu-cho) (+81) 27-378-2333 (hotel accommodations available) October Early October Nagano Shinkansen Japanese Plums Annaka-Haruna Fruits Highway 17 Takasaki Raibu Festival [Takasaki Thunder Dance Festival]/ Motenashi Hiroba [Welcome Ino Plaza] (Takamatsu-cho) Kurabuchi Welfare Center Seseragi-no-yu [Babbling Water] GS Takasaki is the largest producer of Japanese plums in Takasaki-shi (+81) 27-378-3440 (day trip only) First Sunday in October GS Tonya-machi Minowanosato and Kitsune-no-yomeiri Pageant [Monowanosato and Fox Bride Getting here from Tokyo Transportation Guide Takasaki eastern Japan, both in terms of quantity and growing area. Takasaki IC Hagiwara-no-Okasamatsu Pageant]/Misato Branch Office (Misato-machi Nishiakiya) Joestu Line The Haruna and Misato Plum Groves contain 220,000 plum Gunma Onsen Yasuragi-no-yu [Comfort Waters] Joestu Shinkansen Gunma-Yawata Maebashi-minami IC November Late November To Niigata Yutori trees and many people visit the groves in March to see the (+81) 27-372-4126 (day trip only) Takasaki Ebisu Market/Central City From Tokyo: Kita blossoms. Many plum based products are made here, Kanestu Expressway (Nerima IC to Takasaki IC or Takasaki December Early December to Early January Kanestu Expressway Shorinzan Daruma including plum wine, plum juice, as well as umeboshi Harunako Onsen [Lake Haruna Onsen] Yusuge-motoyu Takasaki Pageant of Light/Takasaki City Hall and Vicinity (Takamatsu-cho) Fujioka IC) About 1 hr. Annaka Temple Takasaki Wada Bridge Takasaki Jct. (dried pickled plums). (+81) 27-374-9211 (hotel accommodations available) Mid December to the 25th Joetsu Shinkansen Lake Haruna Illumination Festa / Lake Haruna Lakefront (Lake Haruna) Shibukawa-Ikaho IC Nagano Shinkansen (Tokyo Station to Takasaki Hanadaka Viewing Takasaki City Hall [Lake Haruna Onsen] Lakeside Yusuge Station) about 50 min. Flower Hills 〕〔 Harunako Onsen Komayose Smart Interchange (ETC P Hijiriishi Bridge (+81) 27-374-9131 (hotel accommodations available) Takasaki Station [Electronic Toll Collection] only] Minami Camp Park – Join Us! Takasaki Takasaki Line From Niigata: Byakui Dai-Kannon The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma Nagano Maebashi IC Kanetsu Expressway (Niigata-nishi IC to Maebashi IC 〕〔 Haruna Onsen Spa House Shinkansen Dye Plant Botanical Garden Gunma Prefectural Museum of History Sanofujioka IC or Takasaki IC) about 2hr. 30min. Jonan Bridge 17 (+81) 27-374-9226 (hotel accommodations available) Annaka-Haruna Station Gunma Forest Takasaki IC Isesaki IC Joestu Shinkansen (Niigata Station to Takasaki Kannon Cave and Tokumei-en Kuragano Kannon-yama Onsen Takasaki Kannon-yama Onsen Kin Zansou (Kin Lodge) To Nagano Takasaki Jct Kita-Kanto Expressway Station) About 1hr. 20 min. Negoya Takasaki Line and Kin Zansou (+81) 27-322-2916 (hotel accommodations available) Yokokawa Station Shonan Shinjuku Line Shinetsu Main Line From Nagano: Shin-machi Branch Office Matsuida-Myogi Joshinetsu Expressway Kawaguchi IC Misato IC Joshinestu Expressway (Nagano IC to Yoshii IC) About 2 Fujioka IC Kyogashima Tennen Onsen Yutori Shimonita IC Kannon-yama Family Park Fujioka Jct Omiya Station Tokyo hrs. (+81) 27-350-8811 (day trip only) Gaikan Expressway Nagano Shinkansen (Nagano Station to Takasaki Nerima IC Shin-machi A number of Japan's leading onsens are located just outside Takasaki. Ueno Station Station) about 50min. Joshin Dentetsu To Tokyo Ikaho Hot Spring (55 minutes by bus from Takasaki Station) IC The information posted on this site is current as of January 2008. Kusatsu Onsen (1 hour 30 minutes by train, or 30 minutes by bus Shinjuku Station Tokyo Station From Narita Airport: N from Takasaki Station) Highway Express Bus (Narita Airport to Takasaki 0 1km 2km 3km 4km 5km Minowanosato and Haruna Festival Fireworks Station East Exit) about 3 hrs. Kitsune-no-yomeiri Peagent.
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