BokenJapanSights in Annaka, Gunma
Annaka · Gunma · 22 places
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Lovers' Sanctuary
Isobe Onsen was certified a Lovers' Sanctuary in July 2019, with a silk-cord tying spot at Akagi Shrine.
Isobe Onsen
This historic hot-spring town north of Isobe Station is known as the birthplace of the onsen symbol.
Usui Pass (Spectacles Bridge)
Completed in 1892, Japan's largest brick arch bridge is a National Important Cultural Property.
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park
This hands-on theme park displays 40 vehicles tracing pass and railway history.
Usui Silk Reeling Co., Ltd.
It manufactures raw silk and offers explained tours of the production process.
Ote Confectionery
Manufactures Isobe rice crackers and offers viewing and sorting experiences.
Isobe Fish Weir
A place beside the Usui River serving live sweetfish and local cuisine.
Matsuida Rose Garden
Owners created this natural rose garden, where about 1,000 bushes of 200 varieties bloom.
Gunma Flower Highland
Visitors can see 600 winter plums, azaleas, cherries, daffodils, and wintersweet across this large area.
Akima Plum Grove
This is Kanto's largest plum grove, with about 35,000 red and white trees on 500,000 square meters.
Chimase Adonis
Wild adonis turns a small hill near Chimase in Kami-Masuda golden from early February to early March.
Akima Plum-Viewing Park
Wintersweet, plums, cherries, azaleas, and poppies grow here; May poppies cover about 3,000 square meters, entry free.
Former Maruyama Substation
Brick substation ruins built in 1912 when the Usui Line was electrified, designated a national Important Cultural Property.
Usui Checkpoint Site
Established in 1623 at Yokokawa on the Nakasendo to police incoming guns and outgoing women; east gate restored.
Former Residence of Niijima Jo
In 1874 Niijima Jo reunited with his parents here in Annaka after ten years in America; a city historic site.
Former Usui District Office
Gunma's only surviving district office was rebuilt in modern Japanese style after a 1910 fire.
Chimase Adonis Habitat
Adonis grows wild over about 1,500 square meters, with a legend of buried gold blooming as flowers.
Kitanoji Temple
Temple where Ii Naotaka, son of Ii Naomasa and later Hikone lord, spent his childhood.
Annaka Smile Park
Children through seniors gather around a circular lawn, a walking course, and play space.
Iris Hill Flower Paradise
A three-hectare hillside garden where about 100,000 German irises bloom from early May.
Melodic Light Walk
A two-kilometer night walk on an abandoned railway in Annaka, with lanterns, black light, and sound.