9 Culture Kawaba Denen Plaza Lynda Hogan Kawaba Denen Plaza is a multi-award winning roadside station in Kawaba Village, Gunma. Great choice of food for eat in or take out...
Festivals Daruma Doll Painting in Gunma Kenny King Hin Choi Daruma dolls trace back to the import of Zen Buddhism and stories of local history. They have transformed from a religious object..
Museums Kataoka Tsurutaro Art Museum Peter Sidell In the hot-spring and ski resort of Kusatsu in Japan's Gunma prefecture, Kataoka Tsurutaro Art Museum holds exhibitions of..
6 Culture Usaburo Kokeshi Factory Kim Gunma's Usaburo Kokeshi Factory offers kokeshi dolls for sale, the chance to see a working kokeshi doll factory up close, and..
Culture Summer Road Trip in Gunma Cathy Cawood Road trip to Nikkō National Park, Lake Onuma and Akagi Shrine, beautiful Kakumanbuchi, Fudō Falls and Fukiware Falls, Mizusawa..
11 Temples & Shrines Kosenji Temple Aline Laborde Kosenji temple is a Buddhist temple that celebrates the glory of Kusatsu Onsen. It is located up the hill from Yubatake (湯畑)..
8 Street & Urban Minakami Haikyo C. Rio Haikyo (廃墟) is a word meaning ruins in Japanese. The word also describes a hobby known in English as Urban Exploration.
Arts & Crafts Yumeji Takehisa's Bijin-ga and Modern Design 2021 Jan 23rd - Mar 21st 2021 Past Event Aspecial exhibition taking place at the Gunma Museum of Art looks at the works of Yumeji Takehisa (1884 - 1934), a Japanese poet..