Takasaki City Map Locating Takasaki on the Map Sake [New Year's Visit to a Shrine]/Haruna Shrine (Harunasan-Machi), Etc

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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) Line Joestu 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 Matsuida-Myogi Joshinetsu Expressway Kawaguchi IC Misato IC Joshinestu Expressway (Nagano IC to Yoshii IC) About 2 Fujioka IC Fujioka Kyogashima Tennen Onsen Yutori IC Shimonita 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 Takasaki City Kannon Yama Lake Haruna Haruna Shrine Daruma Takasaki Festival Traveler's Guardian Deity Seasonal Flowers You can sense the seasons in Takasaki through the various flowers as they bloom. Each new season brings new flowers to be admired. In olden times Takasaki flourished as a post-station along one of Edo Japan's main roads. Today, the city is a strategic rail and The Takasaki Festival is held each year on the Hanadaka Viewing Flower Hills expressway stop for Japan's high-speed transit first Saturday in August. The central city roars to system. Situated 50 minutes outside the Tokyo life as people dressed in Happis (workman's Metropolitan Region, Takasaki shows all the livery coats) carry Mikoshis (portable shrines) signs of a bustling commercial city. Takasaki is and pull floats through the streets. There is also also home to the Gunma Symphony, making it a fireworks display on the Saturday night. one of only a handful of Japan's regional cities to Besides the Takasaki Festival, from late July to have an orchestra. It is the site of numerous the end of August there are numerous other music events held at the Gunma Music Center as summer festivals held in various neighborhoods well as other venues. Takasaki is a city that's in Daruma dolls are a leading form of a good luck charm in throughout the city. touch with nature and has numerous onsens Japan, and approximately 80% of the country's Daruma dolls (hot springs) where you can relax and allow your are manufactured in Takasaki. Takasaki Darumas are Lake Haruna is located near the top of Mt. Haruna, one characterized by their eyebrows, which are symbolized by body to recuperate. Visitors can enjoy looking out at the surrounding of the most famous mountains in Gunma Prefecture. cranes, and by their noses and moustaches, which are The Kurabuchi and Haruna areas in Takasaki's mountains and view over 15 types of flowers At an elevation of close to 1,100m and surrounded by symbolized by turtles. Because they are modeled after these northwest have retained much of their natural throughout the year, including rape blossoms (late mountains, the beautiful waters of Lake Haruna two animals, both of which are associated with long life, the beauty and atmosphere making them great April through late May) and cosmos (late September reflect the colors of each changing season. There are faces are considered to be extremely auspicious. You make places to enjoy mountain climbing, camping, to early November). hiking trails maintained along the outer rim of the Haruna Shrine stands amidst a majestic your wish to the Daruma by first filling in its right eye while and onsens (hot springs). You can also see crater that surrounds the lake and various flowers can formation of strangely shaped rocks you say a prayer for what you want (e.g. an uneventful year, many Soutai Dosojin (a type of Dosojin Misato Moss Pink Park be enjoyed during each season from late April that rise straight from the earth. With an etc.). When the wish comes true you fill in the other eye as a depicting a happily married couple) with through late September. There are also fantastic light approximately 1,400 year history, the way of appreciation. unique shapes. Dosojin are stone markers or shows held by the lake during the winter. shrine has attracted the faithful In the Kannon-yama Hills spreading out to the west figures that are worshiped as deities. These throughout the ages. The shrine's Shorinzan Daruma Temple of the central city stands the Byakui Dai-Kannon, deities are believed to protect the town, bless Access: 90 minute bus ride from JR Takasaki Station historic buildings and a giant 600 year The temple where the Darumas originated. Takasaki Darumas who smiles benevolently as she keeps watch over people with children, and watch over travelers old tree provide numerous highlights, can be purchased here, and many people come to buy them the streets of Takasaki. The Goddess's concrete during their journeys. including pavilions that have been during the Daruma Market, which is open for 2 days every statue is 41.8m tall (equivalent to a 9-story building) integrated with the rocks. You can also year on January 6th and 7th. and weighs 6000 tons. You can visit her hollow enjoy a bowl of Monzen Soba ("Before interior and pay your respects to numerous the Gate" Buckwheat Noodles), a Transportation 20 minute bus ride from JR Takasaki Station Buddhist idols as you climb the stairs to her specialty dish served at eateries in the 20 minute walk from JR Gunma-Yawata Station shoulder. From her shoulder you can see a sweeping town. view of the city of Takasaki. When the approximately Bands of red, pink, and white Moss Pink blossoms 3000 Japanese cherry trees blossom in the spring, form waves and whirlpools as they undulate and Access: 70 minute bus ride from JR the entire hill becomes covered in pink. eddy along the pathways and across the landscape. Takasaki Station (mid April to early May) Transportation: From JR Takasaki Station – 40 minute walk or 20 minutes by bus. Fees: Statue Entrance Fee - ￥300 for adults

Sunﬂower Maze: mid August to early September

Misato Plum Grove: late February Tokumei-en Autumn Leaves: to late March mid November to early December Takasaki City Kannon Yama Lake Haruna Haruna Shrine Daruma Takasaki Festival Traveler's Guardian Deity Seasonal Flowers You can sense the seasons in Takasaki through the various flowers as they bloom. Each new season brings new flowers to be admired. In olden times Takasaki flourished as a post-station along one of Edo Japan's main roads. Today, the city is a strategic rail and The Takasaki Festival is held each year on the Hanadaka Viewing Flower Hills expressway stop for Japan's high-speed transit first Saturday in August. The central city roars to system. Situated 50 minutes outside the Tokyo life as people dressed in Happis (workman's Metropolitan Region, Takasaki shows all the livery coats) carry Mikoshis (portable shrines) signs of a bustling commercial city. Takasaki is and pull floats through the streets. There is also also home to the Gunma Symphony, making it a fireworks display on the Saturday night. one of only a handful of Japan's regional cities to Besides the Takasaki Festival, from late July to have an orchestra. It is the site of numerous the end of August there are numerous other music events held at the Gunma Music Center as summer festivals held in various neighborhoods well as other venues. Takasaki is a city that's in Daruma dolls are a leading form of a good luck charm in throughout the city. touch with nature and has numerous onsens Japan, and approximately 80% of the country's Daruma dolls (hot springs) where you can relax and allow your are manufactured in Takasaki. Takasaki Darumas are Lake Haruna is located near the top of Mt. Haruna, one characterized by their eyebrows, which are symbolized by body to recuperate. Visitors can enjoy looking out at the surrounding of the most famous mountains in Gunma Prefecture. cranes, and by their noses and moustaches, which are The Kurabuchi and Haruna areas in Takasaki's mountains and view over 15 types of flowers At an elevation of close to 1,100m and surrounded by symbolized by turtles. Because they are modeled after these northwest have retained much of their natural throughout the year, including rape blossoms (late mountains, the beautiful waters of Lake Haruna two animals, both of which are associated with long life, the beauty and atmosphere making them great April through late May) and cosmos (late September reflect the colors of each changing season. There are faces are considered to be extremely auspicious. You make places to enjoy mountain climbing, camping, to early November). hiking trails maintained along the outer rim of the Haruna Shrine stands amidst a majestic your wish to the Daruma by first filling in its right eye while and onsens (hot springs). You can also see crater that surrounds the lake and various flowers can formation of strangely shaped rocks you say a prayer for what you want (e.g. an uneventful year, many Soutai Dosojin (a type of Dosojin Misato Moss Pink Park be enjoyed during each season from late April that rise straight from the earth. With an etc.). When the wish comes true you fill in the other eye as a depicting a happily married couple) with through late September. There are also fantastic light approximately 1,400 year history, the way of appreciation. unique shapes. Dosojin are stone markers or shows held by the lake during the winter. shrine has attracted the faithful In the Kannon-yama Hills spreading out to the west figures that are worshiped as deities. These throughout the ages. The shrine's Shorinzan Daruma Temple of the central city stands the Byakui Dai-Kannon, deities are believed to protect the town, bless Access: 90 minute bus ride from JR Takasaki Station historic buildings and a giant 600 year The temple where the Darumas originated. Takasaki Darumas who smiles benevolently as she keeps watch over people with children, and watch over travelers old tree provide numerous highlights, can be purchased here, and many people come to buy them the streets of Takasaki. The Goddess's concrete during their journeys. including pavilions that have been during the Daruma Market, which is open for 2 days every statue is 41.8m tall (equivalent to a 9-story building) integrated with the rocks. You can also year on January 6th and 7th. and weighs 6000 tons. You can visit her hollow enjoy a bowl of Monzen Soba ("Before interior and pay your respects to numerous the Gate" Buckwheat Noodles), a Transportation 20 minute bus ride from JR Takasaki Station Buddhist idols as you climb the stairs to her specialty dish served at eateries in the 20 minute walk from JR Gunma-Yawata Station shoulder. From her shoulder you can see a sweeping town. view of the city of Takasaki. When the approximately Bands of red, pink, and white Moss Pink blossoms 3000 Japanese cherry trees blossom in the spring, form waves and whirlpools as they undulate and Access: 70 minute bus ride from JR the entire hill becomes covered in pink. eddy along the pathways and across the landscape. Takasaki Station (mid April to early May) Transportation: From JR Takasaki Station – 40 minute walk or 20 minutes by bus. Fees: Statue Entrance Fee - ￥300 for adults

Sunﬂower Maze: mid August to early September

Misato Plum Grove: late February Tokumei-en Autumn Leaves: to late March mid November to early December 英語 For Further Information Souvenirs Onsen (Hot Springs) Event Calendar English

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