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Gunma

Mountain adventures and hot springs escapes

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Gunma Top 10

  1. Gunma Top 10: Attractions & Things to Do
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    Gunma Top 10: Attractions & Things to Do

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  2. Autumn Colors in Ozegahara
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    Autumn Colors in Ozegahara

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  3. Koizumi Cosmos Festival
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    Koizumi Cosmos Festival

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  4. Minakami River Rafting
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    Minakami River Rafting

    Minakami
  5. Ikaho's Initial D Manhole Covers
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    Ikaho's Initial D Manhole Covers

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  6. Mount Haruna, Gunma
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    Mount Haruna, Gunma

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  7. Touring and Tasting the Food of Maebashi
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    Touring and Tasting the Food of Maebashi

    Maebashi
  8. Rocky Hike up Mt. Shibutsu
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    Rocky Hike up Mt. Shibutsu

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  9. Café Restaurant Yama-Boushi
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    Café Restaurant Yama-Boushi

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  10. Takasaki Kannon Lantern Festival
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    Takasaki Kannon Lantern Festival

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Upcoming Gunma Events

Koizumi Cosmos Festival
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Koizumi Cosmos Festival

Oct 15th - Oct 31st

Each year from around mid to late October, the Koizumi Cosmos Fields bloom with millions of colorful flowers, spanning almost 11..

Free
Lake Haruna Illumination Festa
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Lake Haruna Illumination Festa

Mid - Late Dec

Located on top of Mt Haruna, the lake is picturesque all year round. However, the annual illumination event at Lake Haruna attracts..

3 Free
Takasaki Pageant of Starlight
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Takasaki Pageant of Starlight

Late Nov - Early Jan

From the end of Autumn until the New Year, Takasaki's Symphony Road is lit up with thousands of lights. In select locations,..

2 Free
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Where to eat in Gunma

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Places to stay in Gunma

Sekizenkan Ryokan
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Sekizenkan Ryokan

Aline Laborde

If you are after an authentic Japanese hot spring experience, Sekizenkan Ryokan, an ‘onsen ryokan’, should be one of your top ..

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Hotel Ohruri, Kusatsu
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Hotel Ohruri, Kusatsu

Peter Sidell

In Japan's Gunma prefecture hot-spring resort of Kusatsu, Hotel Ohruri is a charming hotel, with affordable, comfortable r..

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Kusatsu Hotel
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Kusatsu Hotel

Peter Sidell

In Japan's hot-spring and ski resort of Kusatsu, the Kusatsu Hotel is a charming, atmospheric Japanese hotel with traditio..

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Latest Gunma Reports

Greenpark Fukiware
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Greenpark Fukiware

Lynda Hogan

Greenpark Fukiware is a forested campsite, riverside, near the Fukiware falls in Numata, Gunma. The campsite is open all year round,..

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About Gunma

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kanto
Island Honshu
Capital Maebashi
Population 2,008,068
Area 6,362.28 km²

Not too far from Tokyo in the northern Kanto area, Gunma Prefecture (群馬県, Gunma-ken) can be described as an adventure playground of sorts – skiing, snowboarding, hiking and canyoning (in the Minakami area) provides adrenaline seekers things to do year-round.

Its mountains, ski slopes in the winter, become excellent hiking trails in the summer. Gunma is also known for having some of the nation’s best hot springs, the most notable being Kusatsu Onsen; its Yubatake (hot water field) is a must-see. The Old Tomioka Silk Mill was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in 2014.

Gunma is also famous for its daruma dolls, the traditional Japanese good luck charm.

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