▼ Shima Onsen ▶ Mount Tanigawa ◀ Ozegahara Shima is celebrated as “the spring of Straddling the border Oze is one of the precious What is the GuGutto GUNMA Tourism Campaign? beauties.” This onsen town is full of simple, between Gunma and few remaining nostalgic charm. A famous event known as Niigata prefectures, this is The GuGutto GUNMA Tourism Campaign is a public-relations high-altitude wetlands. It's the “Chochin (Paper Lantern) Walk” is held counted as one of Japan’s a world rich in the variety program designed to spread the word about Gunma’s many here, in which people walk through the hundred most famous of rare living things, attractions, showing people all the excitement there is to town swinging paper lanterns in one hand. mountains. Mount including mountain plants discover in Gunma. Tanigawa’s rock walls, and insects. The grandeur The campaign is packed with new experiences and a variety of including Ichinokurasawa, and refreshing atmosphere are among the three most are a pleasure to witness. events. Come and taste the charms of Gunma! notable rock formations in Japan, and are considered Here’s what’s behind the theme, “GuGutto GUNMA ‒ Discover to be the Mecca of exciting new experiences.”: Japanese rock climbing. From trekking to full-blown We would like everyone to get mountain climbing, there excited with visiting attractive are many ways to enjoy spots and events in Gunma and Mount Tanigawa. ▼ Kusatsu Onsen have memorable experiences that Kusatsu is one of Japan’s most renowned get to your heart. onsen resorts, boasting the highest amount of natural hot water discharge of Oze any onsen resorts in the country. An onsen ▲ Watarase Valley town with a very Japanese atmosphere Beautiful vistas stretch along the banks of the stretches out around Yubatake. To Niigata Watarase River. An old-fashioned trolley line clatters along, its tracks lined by wonders of Doai 401 nature, including Takatsudo Gorge, as well as ▲ e’s a Mount hot springs and other sightseeing spots. Ther Tanigawa 120 never-ending list e 291 abl Minakami of fun, memor Inquiries : Gunma Bureau of Tourism ♨ Minakami Onsen xperiences in the ・E-mail : [email protected] Minakami IC e 17 ♨ Sarugakyo ・Facebook Page : Gunma Bureau of Tourism “G’face” (English) Onsen summer in Gunma! http://www.facebook.com/visitgunma.En Come and visit us! ♨ Shima Onsen Jomo-Kogen Mato ♨ Oigami Onsen Kusatsu 353 120 Manza Onsen ♨ Onsen Numata ♨ 405 145 292 Gunma Nakanojo Joetsu ▲ Kiryu City’s Nokogiri (Saw) Roofs My birthday is February Shinkansen 122 22, and I am 7 years old. Prefecture is 292 Kawarayu- Kan-Etsu These buildings proudly symbolize the located roughly Joetsu Expressway Mount Akagi I am modeled after a pony. Onsen Line ▲ textile town of Kiryu. They were erected in at the center of Manza- 145 Gunma Prefecture is chock the Japanese Kazawaguchi the nineteenth century, when the textile full of natural beauty, hot Agatsuma archipelago. Naganohara- Line industry was booming, and today about springs, historic treasures, kusatsuguchi Godo delicious food and other 406 Ikaho Onsen 353 260 are left. Many of them have found attractions! 144 Omae Mount Haruna▲ ♨ Shibukawa Watarase new lives as museums or restaurants. Please come over to Shibukawa-Ikaho IC Keikoku 353 Railway Gunma! To Tobu-Nikko Omama 146 Jomo Dentetsu Kiryu Gunma-chan, Nagano Shinkansen Maebashi To Sendai Gunma Prefecture Mascot Ryomo Line Kita-Kanto Maebashi Expressway IC 50 Yabuzuka Shin- Yabuzuka Karuizawa Iwafune 18 406 Maebashi ♨ Onsen JCT To Nagano Takasaki IC Ota-Yabuzuka Transportation Guide Isobe IC 18 Takasaki Tobu- Ota-Kiryu 18 Onsen Takasaki Isesaki Kiryu IC Sano- ♨ Shin-Etsu JCT Line Tobu-Isesaki Fujioka Usui- Matsuida- Main Line ▶From Narita International Airport Myogi 354 Tobu-Isesaki Line 50 IC Utsunomiya Karuizawa Ota Line IC IC Isobe Joshin Line Tobu- To Nagano 462 JR Narita Express, Joetsu Shinkansen, ▲ Mount Myogi Dentetsu Tohoku Nikko 60 min. 50 min. Tobu-Koizumi Express- Line Narita 17 Line way Tokyo Takasaki Tatebayashi Airport Joshin-Etsu Yoshii 407 254 Shimonita Expressway IC Tate- IC bayashi 354 Keisei Sky Liner, 5 min. Joetsu Shinkansen, Shimonita 17 IC Narita 60 min. Keisei on foot 45 min. 462 Kan-Etsu Ueno Takasaki Expressway Tohoku Airport Ueno Kumagaya Shinkansen Hachiko 254 Line Narita Express Bus, 180 min. Takasaki 462 Tobu- Airport 299 Isesaki Omiya Line ▶From Haneda Airport Komagawa Tokyo JR Joetsu Ken-O Monorail, Yamanote Line, Shinkansen, Expressway 20 min. 6 min. 50 min. Gunma-chan, Haneda Hamamatsu- Asakusa Tokyo Takasaki Keisei Sky Liner Gunma Prefecture Mascot Airport cho Yamanote Ueno Line Keihin Express JR Keihin Joetsu Narita Airport Line, Tohoku Line, Shinkansen, Chuo Line Akihabara Airport 20 min. 5 min. 50 min. Haneda Shinagawa Tokyo Takasaki Hachioji Sinjuku Sobu Main Line Airport Tokyo ▲ Usui 3rd Bridge (Megane Bashi) Shinagawa This red-brick arch bridge, which the Hamamatsu- Express Bus, 135 min. Tokaido Haneda locals affectionately call Megane Bashi, is ▲ Ikaho Onsen Shinkansen cho Takasaki To Shin-Osaka Airport the largest of its kind in Japan, with four Ikaho is an enchanting onsen town with Haneda spans covering 91 meters and rising to a 365 stone steps. Popular Japanese Tokaido Line Airport *Travel time may vary, depending on the train schedule. height of 31 meters. The bridge has been sweets called onsen-manju, which are Shinkansen designated as a national important sold throughout Japan, originated here Railroad JR Line cultural property. The defunct railway in Ikaho. Their brown color is derived PrivateRailroad line atop the bridge is now a promenade from one of the colors of Ikaho’s *The photographs, illustrations and diagrams in this guidebook are simulations and may differ from Expressway reality. Business hours and holidays for tourist facilities and businesses mentioned here, as well as known as Abt-no-michi, which hot-spring water, called kogane-no-yu Toll Road event dates and times, are subject to change. There may also be additional holidays, including New pedestrians can walk. (golden hot-spring water). Year’s and winter breaks.*The information published here is current as of February 15, 2012. Nature Rail Culinary Historical Experiences Experiences Experiences Experiences Minakami Adventure Experience Minakami Town SL D51 498/C61 20 JR East Cabbage & Seasonal Vegetable Harvest Experience Tomioka Silk Mill Tomioka City Minakami is a town rich in the blessings of nature. Make the perfect summer D51 498: This is the famous steam locomotive known lovingly as D51, or Tsumagoi is Japan’s top producer of summer and autumn cabbage. The Once upon a time, the silk industry flourished in Gunma Prefecture. The memories heading down the Kanto region’s swiftest river, the Tone, in a wide Degoichi. Its frame, brimming with power, has a dignity that might be called plateau, at an elevation of 700 to 1,400 meters and graced with a stunning Tomioka Silk Mill, established in 1872, was the pinnacle of silk thread raft, or enjoy lake canoeing as a family, or grit your teeth and take the plunge gallant. These were once the most widely produced steam locomotives, and view of Mount Asama, is full of cabbage fields as far as the eye can see. Amid processing. Back then it was the world’s largest, supporting Japan’s entire with a bungee jump at Suwa Gorge. today the Degoichi is used for events, mainly in Gunma Prefecture. this verdant landscape, you can help harvest luscious Tsumagoi highland textile industry. This historic site, now seeking World Heritage recognition, ▪Inquiries : The Minakami Sightseeing and Town Management Association ☎0278-62-0401 C61 20: This locomotive, formerly preserved on display at the Kezoji Park cabbage. You can also harvest other seasonal crops, puts on a thread-spinning show and experience every Saturday and Sunday (amusement park) in Isesaki, was restored in June 2011. It will make its big such as tomatoes, corn and blueberries! Tsumagoi Village (10 a.m. to noon, 1:30 to 3 p.m.). comeback this summer! See the JR East Takasaki Branch website ▪Transit : About 15 minutes on foot from Joshu-Tomioka Station on the Joshin Dentetsu Kanna Town Refreshment and Seasonal Fruit ▪Inquiries : Tomioka Silk Mill ☎0274-64-0005 Waterfront Play in Kanna Watarase Keikoku Railway Gunma Prefecture, thanks to its Watarase location at the northern tip of the Takasaki City In Kannagawa Love River Area, playing at Keikoku Trolley Haruna Shrine the river and fishing can be enjoyed. Kanto Plain, has arable land at a Haruna Shrine has in recent years This railway runs along the beautiful Watarase Even easy fishing lessons for kids are variety of elevations. In addition to rocketed to national popularity as a River Valley from Kiryu to Mato, Tochigi Prefecture. available. At the balcony area, enjoy the rich drainage system of the Tone “power spot.” Pass under the large gate, Especially famous is the open trolley, which runs broiled sweetfish with salt and the local River, its daily sunlight hours are and you'll feel a cool breeze blow. Except through the valley without glass windows to get in specialty--red potato skewers--alongside among the longest in Japan. In this for the babbling of the clear brook that the way. The Kusaki Tunnel between Godo and the clear summer waters. environment you can enjoy a bountiful variety runs along the path to the shrine, the Sori also includes a blue-and-white light show of fruits, including grapes, peaches, pears and only sound in a world of stillness. The ▪Location : Riverbed in front of the Kanna Koikoi Island Hall lasting about 10 minutes, meant to evoke a starry plums. Gunma has an exceptional number of ▪Transit : About 75 minutes by bus from Shimmachi Station on the JR Takasaki Line highlight is enormous Misugata Rock, ▪Inquiries : Watarase Keikoku sky.