BokenJapanSights in Kiryu, Gunma
Kiryu · Gunma · 69 places
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Hotoku-ji Temple
Rare floor-reflected maples are shown seasonally, and 3,000 wind chimes fill the grounds in summer.
Earthcare Kiryu-gaoka Amusement Park
Free-entry amusement park with a Ferris wheel, paid rides, a neighboring zoo, and famous cherry blossoms.
Kiryu Shinmachi Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings
Textile town founded about 400 years ago, preserving warehouses, townhouses, sawtooth-roof factories, and old plot divisions.
Himokawa
Kiryu-born wide udon, sometimes over ten centimeters across, eaten dipped or simmered with local vegetables.
Shoda Indigo Workshop
It produces Kiryu tie-dye using indigo and plants, a designated Gunma traditional craft.
Asakura Senpu Co., Ltd.
It dyes and finishes synthetic fabrics for swimwear, sportswear, and water-repellent products.
Izumi Textile Co., Ltd.
It produces Kiryu-ori and Kiryu-shibori silk kimono, obi, and small goods.
Usui Akiko Gallery
Visitors can make stockings, tights, socks, and arm covers here.
Shimoyama Works Craft Workshop shimo
Visitors hammer soft aluminum into original, one-of-a-kind spoons.
Nakazato Shoten Kiryu Udon Village
Udon factory with reserved hand-making classes, factory tours, and shopping.
INOJIN
Six tall looms offer pattern weaving, three electric wheels offer pottery, and the cafe serves soba.
Kawanoya Branch
These himokawa noodles are notably narrow and served from the autumn equinox until the spring equinox.
Bakery Cafe Renga
A bakery cafe in a converted brick sawtooth-roof building, with soba and udon served next door.
Fujiya Main Store
A roughly 120-year-old shop in the preservation district serving Kiryu himokawa and sauce katsudon together.
Tonkatsu Hoshino
Lunch service has begun, offering excellent flavor at affordable prices.
Handmade Ramen Yoshidaya
Noodles and chashu are entirely handmade, and the light soup is generously filling.
Yanoen
A tea shop since 1749 whose in-store cafe serves light meals, desserts, and rare authentic teas.
Senshin
Food is grilled plump over binchotan charcoal as the house specialty.
Pizzeria Antimo
Gunma Prefecture's first restaurant certified by the True Neapolitan Pizza Association.
Chinese Restaurant Banri
Famous for a generously filled grilled-meat rice bowl loved by meat fans.
Mikihito Sushi
A 61-year-old sushi shop using seasonal ingredients direct from Tsukiji, with large-bus parking.
Trattoria Barubon
Italian restaurant on Itoya Street seating 80, with a horigotatsu room and live jazz some Fridays.
Akamatsu Eel
Plump eel is served with a long-replenished sauce, plus chicken-bento delivery and banquets for 30.
Gaslight Cafe
Carefully brewed hand-drip coffee and various agar sweets are very popular.
Kappo Ichifumi
This long-established kappo, often used for banquets, also serves lunch for two or more.
Wakamiya Tofu and Kyoto-style Yuba
Kiryu tofu and yuba dishes are served inside a characterful sawtooth-roof building.
Chocolat Noa
A creative French and dessert shop in the renovated former home of Kiryu figure Hori Yuhei.
DAY'S dining
Opened in June 2016 as Cafe Soystory's second shop by a tofu workshop.
A la table
A casual French and Italian restaurant for wine, food, and conversation.
Gomi Hacchin
A fugu-focused seafood restaurant also known for poultry dishes such as oyakodon.
Kimihisa Main Store
Diners can view Kiryu's mountains and townscape while eating monthly changing kaiseki.
Fujiya Diner
Since opening in 1967, it has served five sizes of sauce katsudon praised on television.
Ferris Wheel Cafe Restaurant
A hideaway cafe-restaurant with many Western dishes, open until 15:00 on Thursday and Saturday.
Marugen
Fresh domestic eel is slowly charcoal-grilled, and eel and chicken rice bowls are offered for takeout.
Takemasa Rice Shop
It specializes in takeout, but groups of about four or five may eat inside.
Tanumaya
Popular dashi-scented curry is served, with a new spiced keema curry and himokawa souvenirs.
Pinocchio Coffee Shop
Coffee is roasted from beans and served with meals; sauce katsu and roast beef bowls are popular.
Otokogi Ramen Akagi
A Jiro-style specialist serving after 10 p.m., it uses unique house-made noodles.
Miyajima-an Nishikicho Branch
Kiryu udon and crafted soba are served; the two-shrimp tempura bowl is generously filling.
Shimizuya Handmade Udon and Soba
Founded 87 years ago, it recommends its Kiryu-certified signature two-color noodles.
Joshu Beef Mihara
Quality Joshu beef is prepared by hand, with appealing salad and drink bars.
Chef Hayakawa European Cuisine
The owner-chef trained at Gunma's most traditional French restaurant serves local ingredients with selected wines.
Donsantei Shinjuku Branch
Founded in 1977, this casual restaurant is popular for aged thick-cut steak and coarse-ground hamburgers.
Uosen Japanese Restaurant
A tuna fair offers fresh bluefin and bigeye tuna on every banquet course; reservations are required.
Midoriya
Midoriya is a gourmet spot in eastern Gunma.
Tagajo
It serves set meals centered on beef tongue.
Momotaro Soba Storehouse
Nearing 90 years, this noodle shop in a renovated 120-year storehouse makes food by hand daily.
Basho Exotic Cuisine
A legendary Western restaurant is known for anecdotes about Sakaguchi Ango and Munakata Shiko.
Otora Diner
Many dishes use Yamato pork produced in Kurohone, Kiryu.
Ryuen Chinese Restaurant
Customers increased after a 2015 television visit, and it aims to serve one million Ryuen bowls.
Azuma Park
About 15,000 tulip bulbs are planted in this park.
Yamakami Castle Ruins Park
This park on a prefectural historic castle site has playgrounds and about 150 wintersweet trees.
Kiryu City South Park
Plum trees, about 410 red and 235 white, ring the lawn of this city park.
Naritasan Akagi Temple (Rhododendrons)
Five thousand rhododendrons, plus peonies and azaleas, color the temple grounds from mid-April to mid-May.
Niisato Primrose Colony
Primroses cover about 1,600 square meters of woodland, a prefectural natural monument, from late April to mid-May.
Ryushinji Temple (Peonies)
Known as a peony temple, Ryushinji draws crowds when 2,500 peonies bloom from mid-April to early May.
Azuma Park (Hana Shobu)
Hanamigahara Forest Park
Shimizu Tsutsuji Kaido
Yamagami Castle Ruins Park (Hydrangeas)
Hydrangeas surround the old dry moat of this prefectural historic castle-site park from mid-June to mid-July.
Primrose Friendship Park
Completed in 2000, this barrier-free park lets anyone easily observe wild primroses along Route 353.
Mizunuma no Yu Station Hot Spring
A day-use hot spring beside the platform offers Watarase River views and easy relaxation between trains.
Okawa Museum of Art
Collects Japanese and overseas artists and offers unique displays that trace their personal connections.
Yukari Textile Reference Museum
Displays over 1,200 materials on old dyeing and weaving techniques and textile history.
Lake Umeda
A clear lake in Japan's 100 forest-bathing and water-source forest selections, popular for boats and fishing.
Isokiri Soba Matsumotoya
Serves okkirikomi plus Japanese and Western food using Joshu chicken and mochi pork.
Kiryu Meiji Hall
Built in Maebashi in 1878, this important cultural property was moved, restored, and opened to visitors.
Experience Textile Town Kiryu
Kimono dressing experiences for exploring Kiryu's historic textile-town streets.
Kaiba Terrace
A rebuilt early-Meiji row house with a goods shop, a cafe, and rotating boxed lunches.