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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Michi-no-Eki Kawaba Denen Plaza
Yogurt, sausages and craft beer from a Gunma village
Kawaba village’s roadside station, about 10 minutes from Numata IC, topped Jalan's national michi...
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...
Michi-no-Eki Takumi-no-Sato
Craft workshops in an old Mikuni Kaido post town
A roadside station spread across a farming village in Minakami, where more than 20 small workshop...
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,...