GunmaArt & CraftsTatebayashi
Morinji and the Bunbuku Kettle
The temple of the tanuki-turned-kettle folktale, its approach lined with badger statues.
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GunmaArchitectureTatebayashi
Former Jomo Muslin Office
A wool company's pseudo-Western office of 1910, a relic of Gunma's textile industry.
GunmaContemporary ArtTatebayashi
Tsutsujigaoka Park
Azaleas gathered and planted by a feudal lord four centuries ago, grown into a landscape.
GunmaArchitectureKanra
Obata Historic Street
A castle town where an irrigation channel runs in front of every house, water and street plan designed as one.
Shimonita
Rock Forms of Shimonita
Volcanic rock eroded into pinnacles, painted since the Edo period as a real-world landscape scroll.
GunmaArchitectureAnnaka
Usui Pass Railway Structures
The abandoned rack railway over the pass, its tunnels and bridges all in matching brick.
GunmaMuseumsMaebashi
Maebashi Museum of Literature
On Sakutaro Hagiwara, who established free verse in colloquial Japanese; manuscripts shown with their book design.
GunmaArt & CraftsMaebashi
Mt Akagi and Modern Painters
Its long gentle slopes appear again and again behind the paintings of Gunma's modern artists.
GunmaArchitectureKiryu
Saw-Tooth Roof Factories
Roofs shaped for even north light in weaving sheds, now reused as cafes and studios.
Minakami
Roadside Deities of Minakami
Paired male-and-female stone deities stand at roadsides; the province is dense with them.
Shibukawa
Stone Buddhas of Shibukawa
Buddhas cut into the rock at the foot of Mt Haruna, tracing a line of provincial stonemasons.
GunmaMuseumsTakasaki
Burial Mounds of Gunma
A land that once held over 10,000 burial mounds; its haniwa figures are the core of ancient art in eastern Japan.
GunmaContemporary ArtTomioka
Silk Landscape of Kanra and Tomioka
Mulberry fields and heightened roofs - an industry that reshaped both land and houses.
GunmaContemporary ArtNumata
River Terraces of Numata
River terraces stacked like steps, with the town on one of them - geology legible as a drawing.
GunmaArchitectureTakasaki
Takasaki Arts Theatre
A large theatre by the station, designed around acoustics as home to the Gunma Symphony.
GunmaArchitectureŌta
Stone Walls of Kanayama Castle
Few medieval castles in eastern Japan used this much stone; its walls and ponds are restored from excavation.
GunmaContemporary ArtMaebashi
Jomo Karuta Cards
A postwar card game every local memorises; its 44 illustrated cards are effectively Gunma's tourist map.
GunmaCraft ExperiencesGunma
SUBARU Gunma Plant Main Plant
SUBARU's main plant in Ota. With Nakajima Aircraft as its predecessor, it still builds finished vehicles today.
GunmaCraft ExperiencesGunma
SUBARU Gunma Plant Yajima Plant
The Yajima Plant in Ota. Visitors can tour vehicle assembly.
GunmaCraft Experiences
GunmaCraft ExperiencesGunma
Suntory Natural Water Beer Brewery Gunma
A beer factory in Chiyoda Town. It uses natural water drawn from deep underground for brewing.
GunmaMuseumsGunma
Calpis Mirai no Museum Gunma Plant
A corporate museum attached to a factory in Tatebayashi. Calpis was launched in 1919.
GunmaFood & MarketsGunma
Gateau Festa Harada Head Office Plant
A confectionery factory in Takasaki. It shows the process of baking Gateau Festa Harada's rusks.
GunmaCraft ExperiencesGunma
Konnyaku Park
A konnyaku factory in Kanra. Visitors can tour the production process and sample dishes.