Culture Maebashi Hatsuichi Festival 2025 Kim Held every year on January 9th, the Maebashi Hatsuichi Festival is a fun way to set your intentions for the coming year. The ...
Culture Misato Plum Festival 2025 Kim The Misato Plum Festival is held every year from late February to late March, and it's one of Gunma Prefecture's largest plum...
Culture 36-Hour Getaway To Maebashi Leslie Taylor Roughly an hour away from Tokyo by shinkansen (bullet train) in Gunma Prefecture lies the town of Maebashi. Although very clo...
8 Culture Ikaho's Initial D Manhole Covers Linka Wade In 2020, Shibukawa City celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Initial D anime by installing 7 Initial D themed manhole cover...
Culture Uekeno Haniwa no Sato Park Linka Wade Uekeno Haniwa no Sato Park is home to the Hodota cluster of kofun, where an almost perfectly preserved 5th century village si...
Culture Chatsubomi Moss Park Linka Wade Chatsubomi Moss Park is a stunning natural area tucked away in the mountains near Kusatsu Onsen. The park is truly a place li...
Culture Mukai Chiaki Children's Science Museum Kim The Mukai Chiaki Children's Science Museum honors locally-born Mukai Chiaki, Japan's first woman in space. The museum has ple...
Culture M Festival 2025 Kim The Myoko Mountain Music Festival was born from the idea of creating a world-class sustainable outdoor festival in the mounta...
Culture Hara Museum ARC Kim Hara Museum ARC was opened in Gunma Prefecture back in 1998, as an annex to Tokyo's Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. The muse...
Culture Tatebayashi Koinobori Festival 2025 Kim Each year from late March to early May, Gunma's Tatebayashi City hangs around 5000 carp streamers, or koinobori, in anticipat...
