Travel Destinations in Gunma

Ikaho Onsen

Stone Staircase Hot Spring Town

Famous onsen town built around a 365-step stone staircase, known for its iron-rich 'golden waters...

Takasaki Byakue Daikannon

A 42-Meter Goddess of Mercy Watching Over the City

A striking 42-meter white Kannon statue built in 1936, standing on a hilltop overlooking Takasaki...

Oze National Park

Japan's most beloved highland marsh, with wooden boardwalks winding through vast alpine wetlands ...

Kusatsu Onsen

Japan's Premier Hot Spring Resort

One of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, known for the Yubatake (hot water field) in the ce...

Tomioka Silk Mill

UNESCO World Heritage Meiji-Era Silk Factory

A UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving Japan's first modern silk reeling factory, a cornerstone ...

Takaragawa Onsen

Japan's Largest Open-Air Baths Along a Mountain River

Mixed-gender open-air baths along the Takara River in a mountain valley, among the largest in Jap...

Fukiware Falls

The Niagara of the Orient

A dramatic 30-meter wide waterfall where the river splits and pours into a deep gorge from both s...

Karuizawa Toy Kingdom

A toy-themed park for small children in the highlands below Mount Asama

A seasonal park for young families in the Tsumagoi highlands, despite the Karuizawa name. Indoor ...

Mount Akagi

A Caldera Lake, a Shrine on a Peninsula and a 1,828 m Day Hike

A ring of peaks around a caldera above Maebashi, with Lake Onuma and the red halls of Akagi Shrin...

Mount Haruna

Lake Haruna, a Three-Minute Ropeway and Initial D's Mount Akina

A cluster of volcanic peaks around Lake Haruna, west of Ikaho Onsen. A ropeway climbs the cone of...

Doai Station

Doai Station: 462 Steps Up from a Platform Inside a Mountain Tunnel

An unstaffed JR Joetsu Line station whose down-line platform sits inside the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel,...

Mount Tanigawa

Ropeway to Tenjindaira, Then Three Hours Up the Tenjin Ridge

A 1,977-meter peak on the Gunma and Niigata border where more than 800 climbers have died since 1...

Michi-no-Eki Yamba Furusatokan

A footbath beside the new bridges of Yamba Dam

A stop on the Route 145 Yamba bypass at the foot of Fudo Ohashi, one of the bridges built for Yam...

Shima Onsen

42 Springs, a 1691 Inn and the Blue of Lake Okushima

A narrow hot spring valley along the Shima River in northwest Gunma with 42 sources, named in 195...

Hoshi Onsen Chojukan

A One-Inn Hot Spring Where the Water Rises Through the Bath Floor, Four Buses a Day from Sarugakyo

Hoshi Onsen is a single wooden inn, Chojukan, at the foot of the Mikuni Pass. Its big bath, Hoshi...