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Sights in Maebashi, Gunma
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Rinkokaku Guest House
This nationally designated Important Cultural Property was built in 1884 as a guest house.
Shikishima Park Kadokura Techno Rose Garden
About 600 varieties and 7,000 rose bushes peak in late spring and autumn.
Gunma Flower Park +
It offers a simple flower-filled space and nature play for adults and children.
Akagi Foods Co., Ltd.
It mainly makes crispy pickled plums, first developed in Japan, and other pickles.
Mono:Factory
Maebashi recycling plant recovering about 99 percent of waste, with guided tours.
Maebashi City Sericulture Memorial Hall
Built in 1912 as a national silkworm station, it is the only survivor of six nationwide.
Suka Garden
Built in late Meiji, this pond garden is famed for nine wisteria trees over 200 years old.
Ogo Guriinfurawa Ranch
Akagi Jinja Sando Matsunami Ki
Akagi Shirakaba Ranch
Environmental System Ogikubo Park
About 16,000 hydrangeas of ten varieties bloom here, along with playgrounds and a hot-spring facility.
Hagiwara Sakutaro Memorial Maebashi Literature Museum
It stands beside the Hirose River and exhibits materials on Sakutaro Hagiwara and local writers.
Gunma Prefectural Office
Japan's tallest prefectural office at 153.8 meters, with a free 32nd-floor observation hall.
Luna Park
A small low-priced amusement park with nostalgic rides, where local residents come to relax.
Arts Maebashi
It shows works inside and out, with a cafe, shop, archive, reading space, and path-like galleries.
Akagi Shrine (Lake Onuma)
Near Onuma and alpine-plant Kakumanbuchi, worship here is said to grant women beautiful children.
Gunma Equestrian Park Visitor Riding Facility
A no-membership riding facility with instructor-led lessons and pony lead rides for small children.
Akagi Lake Onuma Smelt Fishing
Autumn boat fishing and winter ice fishing for wakasagi are offered at Mount Akagi's Lake Onuma.
Taguchi-machi Firefly Village
One of few places in Maebashi to view fireflies, protected locally since 1988; viewing is in June.
Kakumanbuchi
A small summit wetland on Mount Akagi, called Little Oze for rare alpine plants.
Mount Akagi and Lake Onuma
One of Japan's 100 famous mountains, with primeval forest around caldera lake Onuma.
Akagi Shrine (Miyosawa)
Towering trees surround this ancient shrine, which preserves many prefectural cultural properties and thousand-year cedars.
ISK Maebashi Store
Indoor racing-kart course in a former game hall, with karts for adults, schoolchildren, pairs, and toddlers.
Torii Pass
A 1,390-meter pass known for azaleas, sea of clouds, and winter sunrises.
Maebashi General Sports Park
A 25.9-hectare sports park with tennis courts, a heated pool, and summer water play.
Nihon Canpack Omuro Park
Park preserving the Omuro keyhole tombs, with some stone chambers open to visitors.
Rakuhodo Maebashi Park
Maebashi's oldest city park, opened in 1905, famous for cherry blossoms and Rinkokaku.
Mine Park
A 55.3-hectare cemetery park on southern Akagi with adventure and water play areas.
Shikishima Park
A 37.6-hectare urban park with pine woods, sports grounds, and a rose garden.
High Note Maebashi Children's Park
Children's park with themed play structures and a 700-meter go-kart course.
Gunma Prefectural Lifelong Learning Center Youth Science Museum
A youth science museum inside the lifelong learning center, with a planetarium and hands-on exhibits.
Akagi Onsen
A secluded hot-spring village on Mount Akagi, historically called Joshu's medicinal bath.
The Bell of the Sun
Taro Okamoto's long-unseen work was moved in 2018 to the Hirose River bank in central Maebashi.
Historia Maebashi
A digital history museum whose 11-minute theater shows four crises Maebashi overcame.
Hirose River Sculpture Museum
Works by a Maebashi-born artist couple invite quiet dialogue and unhurried time.
Butariko Joshu Luxury Pork Bowl
This shop grills chilled Gunma pork and sold 2,000 bowls in its opening week.