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• Akagi Shrine — Lake Ōnuma (赤城神社) Ritual mirrors from 1372 that resurfaced from the lake: the shrine only moved here in 1970.
• Doai Station (土合駅) Getting up from the platform takes just 462 steps, about ten minutes: the ‘mole station’.
• Donryū Yokochō (呑龍横丁) A market from 1947, burnt down in January 1982 and rebuilt within a year: reopened in 2021.
• Former Irisugawa Elementary School (旧入須川小学校) A disused elementary school in Minakami. The municipality has announced the location's opening to the public on its official website.
• Fukiware Falls (吹割の滝) A 7 m drop and more than 30 across: a Natural Monument since 1936, seen from above.
• Gunma Safari Park (群馬サファリパーク) The only Sumatran elephants in Japan: two of them, among 100 species and 1,000 animals.
• Hōtokuji — the temple with the mirror floor (宝徳寺) The floor reflects the maples like a mirror: a rare effect, three windows a year.
• Ikaho Onsen — Stone Steps 315 steps in 1576, to care for the wounded of Nagashino; in 2010 they became 365.
• Ikaho Shrine (伊香保神社) A shrine since 825, raised to the first imperial rank in 1030: the third shrine of Kōzuke.
• Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum (伊香保おもちゃと人形自動車博物館) Almost a hundred vintage cars, a '67 Toyota 2000GT, and two thousand collectable teddy bears.
• Isesaki Commercial High School (伊勢崎商業高等学校) Commercial high school in Isesaki.
• Isesaki Station Station in 曲輪町, Isesaki, served by the JR East Ryōmō Line and the Tōbu Isesaki Line. Not to be confused with 新伊勢崎, the next Tōbu station…
• Kazoji Park (華蔵寺公園) Opened in 1893, completed in 1911: today 600 cherry trees and 5,000 azaleas, and a free funfair.
• Konnyaku Park (こんにゃくパーク) Entry, the factory tour and the buffet of konjac dishes are all free.
• Kusatsu Onsen Yubatake (草津温泉 湯畑) 94.5°C at the Bandai spring: an iron nail left in the water dissolves in ten days.
• Kusatsu-Shirane (草津白根山) The Yugama crater is 300 m in diameter with a pH close to 1: among the most acidic lakes in the world.
• Lake Haruna (榛名湖) At 1,084 m it is the second-highest lake in Japan: in winter it freezes and people fish on the ice.
• Mizusawa Udon Street (水沢うどん街道) Udon has been made for pilgrims here for 400 years: today a dozen eateries serve it.
• Mos Burger Isesaki Kazōji-mae (モスバーガー伊勢崎華蔵寺前店) Fast-food restaurant on the road to Kazōji Park, about 550 metres south of the entrance, at Tsutsumishita-chō 113.
• Nishinokawara Park (西の河原公園) It used to be called ‘the demons' spring’: here you find one of the largest rotenburo in Japan.
• Onioshidashi-en (鬼押出し園) The 1783 lava flow is 5.5 km long: it looked as if demons had pushed it out.
• Orion Arcade (オリオン通り商店街) Shopping arcade in Chiyoda-chō, in central Maebashi.
• Oze — Hatomachi Pass (尾瀬 鳩待峠) At 1,591 m, an hour's walk from the largest marsh on Honshū: 849 hectares at 1,400 m.
• Sakae Bridge on the Hirose River (栄橋・広瀬川) Stretch of the Hirose River by Kuruwa-chō, in central Isesaki.
• Sayamall Shopping Arcade (さやもーる) Covered arcade in central Takasaki, between Ōtemae-dōri and Sakurabashi-dōri, in the Sayamachi-Miyamoto-chō neighbourhood.
• Shōrinzan Darumaji (少林山達磨寺) Founded in 1697 to protect Maebashi Castle: this is where the Takasaki daruma began.
• Subaru Isesaki Plant Chimney (SUBARU伊勢崎工場) The Isesaki plant of the former Fuji Heavy Industries, now Subaru. The vantage point is at Nishida-chō 64, on the north side of the plant.
• Takasaki-Ton'yamachi Station (高崎問屋町駅) A Jōetsu Line station opened in 2004, north of the centre of Takasaki, at Kaizawa-chō 715.
• Takumi no Sato (たくみの里) Three hundred and thirty hectares (seventy times the Tokyo Dome) with over twenty craft houses.
• Tomihiro Museum (富弘美術館) Paralysed in 1970 while teaching gymnastics, he painted for 52 years holding the brush in his mouth.
• Tomioka Silk Mill (富岡製糸場) It opened in 1872 with 300 female workers; in 2014 UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site.
• Yanagawa-mura Every year the business owners elect, by public vote, a ‘村長’ (mayor) of Yanagawa-mura from among those who say they love the neighbourhood…

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