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▼ Shima ▶ Mount ◀ 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 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 ’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 . ▼ 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 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 122 22, and I am 7 years old. Prefecture is 292 Kawarayu- Kan-Etsu These buildings proudly symbolize the located roughly Joetsu Expressway Mount I am modeled after a pony. Onsen Line ▲ textile town of Kiryu. They were erected in at the center of Manza- 145 is chock the Japanese Kazawaguchi the nineteenth century, when the textile full of natural beauty, hot Agatsuma archipelago. - 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 ▲ ♨ 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, Shinkansen To Gunma Prefecture Mascot Kita-Kanto Maebashi Expressway IC 50 Yabuzuka Shin- Yabuzuka Karuizawa Iwafune 18 406 Maebashi ♨ Onsen JCT To Nagano IC Ota-Yabuzuka Transportation Guide Isobe IC 18 Takasaki Tobu- Ota-Kiryu 18 Onsen Takasaki 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 Karuizawa Ota Line IC IC Isobe Joshin Line Tobu- To Nagano 462 JR , , ▲ Mount Myogi Dentetsu Tohoku Nikko 60 min. 50 min. Tobu-Koizumi Express- Line Narita 17 Line way 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 Shinkansen Hachiko 254 Line Narita Express Bus, 180 min. Takasaki 462 Tobu- Airport 299 Isesaki Omiya Line ▶From Komagawa Tokyo JR Joetsu Ken-O Monorail, , Shinkansen, Expressway 20 min. 6 min. 50 min. Gunma-chan, Haneda - 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 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- 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 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 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 , 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, 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 highlight is enormous Misugata Rock, ▪Inquiries : Watarase Keikoku sky. Using 12,000 LEDs, it is inspired by the image ▪Inquiries : Kanna Tourism Information Center ☎0274-57-3305 sightseeing orchards, where you can taste ripe, which towers over the rear of the shrine. Railway Co., Ltd. ☎0277-73-2110 of the Galactic Railroad. Across Gunma Prefecture freshly picked fruit. ▪Transit : About 80 minutes by bus from ▪Inquiries : Haruna Shrine ☎027-374-9050 Nature Experience Maebashi City Joshin Dentetsu Deki Electric Locomotive Yakimanju Across Gunma Prefecture Summer fun abounds here at Mount Akagi, Center of the East Country’s Culture With its signature convex frame, the The nation’s leading producer of including mountain and tree climbing, From the latter half of the third century until electric locomotive Deki is the pride and wheat, Gunma Prefecture has a Takasaki City and others campfires and warm barrel baths amid the seventh century, the Kanto Plain was joy of the Joshin Dentetsu. With the arrival delicious harvest of grain. The clean air and scenery that's lovelier than known as the east country, and Gunma of electricity here in 1924, three of these people of Gunma love their you'll ever find in the city. Also, just opening prospered as the gateway to all points--from trains were introduced by the German wheat and have found many is the activity called Nordic walking, which Kanto to Tohoku--for the Yamato nobility. company Siemens-Schuckert, and they clever ways to use it in the local gives you a full helping of Akagi’s There are many ancient tombs throughout remain in operation as the oldest electric cuisine. The most famous is wilderness with a local expert by your side. the prefecture, and at the Kamitsuke locomotives in service in Japan. Today the yakimanju (roasted buns covered It's great for parents and kids alike! Museum, as shown in the picture, you can two remaining trains are used for special ▪Inquiries : Railway Department, Joshin with miso-paste), with an Dentetsu Co., Ltd. ☎027-323-8073 see a reproduction of one of those tombs. events and construction. exquisite combination of fluffy Exciting Animal Shibukawa City texture and sweet miso paste. ▪Location : Kamitsuke Museum▪Transit : About 30 minutes by bus from Takasaki Station on the JR Takasaki Line ▪Inquiries : Kamitsuke Museum ☎027-373-8880 Encounter Experience Deha 101 Jomo Dentetsu Amid the grassy plains that stretch out The Jomo Dentetsu was established in Konjac-Making Experience around the base of Mount Haruna, covering Kanra Town 1928, and the Deha 101 has been in Gunma is one of the country’s top Daimyo Garden an area nine times that of the Tokyo Dome, operation ever since. The train, which producers of konjac, a plant often made Stroll (Rakusan Park) you can feed animals, milk a cow, go still runs, is said to be the oldest in into gelatin. Within the prefecture, This daimyo’s (lord’s) garden was built by horseback riding and other activities. These Japan. It's famous for its angular design Shimonita is particularly well known for Nobukatsu Oda over a period of seven animal encounters are sure to become and unique sound, emanating from the its konjac. In the Konjac-Making years at great cost. As nationally treasured memories! We also recommend old-fashioned nose-suspension motor. Experience, the wives of local konjac designated scenic view, it's an early the soft ice cream made from fresh milk! It can be reserved for private functions. farmers gently pass along the ways they era example of a chisen kaiyu style garden, ▪Location : Ikaho Green Bokujo▪Transit : About 15 minutes by bus from Shibukawa Station on the ▪Inquiries : General Affairs Department, This kind of retro train experience can use this local specialty. Then, after tasting with a path around a central pond. Here JR Joetsu Line▪Inquiries : Ikaho Green Bokujo ☎0120-81-5335 Jomo Dentetsu Co., Ltd. ☎027-231-3597 only be had in Gunma! the konjac you’ve made, you can take the you can recall the dignity of a bygone age. Shimonita Town and others rest home with you! Enjoy the historical atmosphere. Kiryu City Annaka City ▪Transit : About 8 minutes by taxi from Joshu- Station on the Joshin Dentetsu Gunma Insect World Railway Maebashi City ▪Inquiries : Education Section, Board of Education, Kanra Town ☎0274-74-3131 Experience Program Culture Village TONTON Cuisine The old Usui Line, which once ran from Gunma is Japan’s fourth-largest Gunma Insect World is a reproduction of Midori City unspoiled wilderness on a site measuring 45 Yokokawa to Karuizawa through the Usui pork-producing region in terms of Omama Town Walk hectares! Observe a variety of insects in Pass and introduced Japan’s first ABT-system numbers of pigs shipped. So, if you The old-fashioned town of Omama ecological environments ranging from trains, is a precious part of Japan’s railway come to Maebashi, you won't want to is dotted with storehouses and shorelines to forest groves. Craft-making history. This facility displays the materials miss TONTON Cuisine. It's a gourmet merchant homes built in the Taisho experience is popular for kids. Experiences and valuable trains from the era of the food made with Gunma’s own special through Showa eras, making it the here will inspire the mind and imagination government-owned Japan National Railways. pork. The city’s many restaurants boast perfect historical stroll. It’s also to go from observing the local ecology to You can enjoy a ride on an electric a variety of dishes too, including replete with other attractions, thinking about the global environment. locomotive, and trolley cars operate here too. tonkatsu (fried cutlets), sauce katsudon including Takatsudo Gorge, now (cutlet over rice), entrails and butadon extolled as “the Yaba Gorge of the ▪Transit : About 10 minutes by taxi from Akagi Station on the ▪Transit : About 3 minutes on foot from Yokokawa Station on the JR Shin-Etsu Main Line (pork over rice). ▪Inquiries : Gunma Insect World ☎0277-74-6441 ▪Inquiries : Usui Pass Railway Culture Village ☎027-380-4163 Kanto region.” ▪Inquiries : Tourism Department, Midori City ☎0277-76-1270 Koroton, Maebashi TONTON Town’s mascot character