Gunma
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Gunma (群馬, also Gumma) is a prefecture in the Kanto region of Japan.
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Understand
Gunma is a rural part of Japan with hot springs, a safari park, and plenty of hiking.
Get in
By train
The Joetsu Shinkansen from Tokyo goes through Gunma on its way to Niigata. The Nagano Shinkansen takes the same route until Takasaki before branching off. For slower but much cheaper access, the Shonan-Shinjuku Line connects with the Takasaki Line to Takasaki.
Get around
See
You can visit the Yubatake. This is Kusatsu-onsen's landmark waterfall and an unforgettable spot. 4437 liters every minute.
Do
- Kusatsu is a very relaxing onsen (hot spring) area. Buy souvenir Yunohana bath essence.
- Go skiing in an active volcanic area at Mt. Shirane.
Buy
Takasaki is the home of the daruma doll, a Japanese good luck charm modeled after the famous Buddhist sage Bodhidharma. According to popular lore, he sat meditating for so long that his legs atrophied and fell off — hence the doll's roly-poly egg shape. (In Japanese, snowmen are known as yuki daruma, lit. snow Darumas.) When buying one, it is customary to make a wish and paint one eye, then paint the other if the wish is granted.
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