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Sights in Shimonita, Gunma
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Shimonita Hydrangea Garden
One of Kanto's leading hydrangea gardens, with about 20,000 hydrangeas and 1,200 crape myrtles on three hectares.
Nakanotake Shrine
Popular goshuin offer protection from the deities enshrined at Nakanotake Shrine and Okuni Shrine.
Restaurant Hiro
Shop directly opposite Shimonita Station, recommended for katsu curry and katsudon.
Nisshoken Western Restaurant
Long-established Western restaurant founded in 1919, also serving Shimonita pork katsudon.
Shokutei Eight
Restaurant preserving inherited flavors for about forty years and serving lean katsudon.
Yasubei
Restaurant serving nostalgic Western plates, ramen, French dishes, and Shimonita katsudon.
Tokiwakan
1912 inn where Yumeji Takehisa stayed, serving winter Shimonita leek sukiyaki.
Sakura no Sato Prefectural Forest Park
About 15,000 trees of over 50 cherry varieties bloom in succession beside a mushroom hall.
Abuda Adonis Village
Volunteers protect long-established adonis and planted red plum that announce the arrival of early spring.
Mount Arafune
Its flat summit resembles a warship plowing rough seas, and it ranks among Japan's 200 famous mountains.
Kiyoshiya Diner
A famous Shimonita diner fries branded local pork cutlets to order and serves them over hot rice.
Nabeya
It is known for soy-sauced pork cutlet bowls and sweet egg-simmered pork sukiyaki set meals.
Brasserie Chacha
This Shimonita cutlet-bowl association restaurant serves thick herb-pork cutlets, cafe dishes, and drinks.
Toyoken
This evening-only Chinese restaurant is known for generous fried chicken and gyoza wrapped to order.
Ichiban
This 1964 local diner, loved for tanmen and gyoza, became nationally famous through Solitary Gourmet.
Mount Myogi Stone Gate Tour
Closed since a 2020 rockfall, this chain route passes Mount Myogi's uniquely named rocks.
Curry and Coffee Simon Hood
Spice curry in a renovated rice storehouse, with specialty coffee recommended afterward.
Sukiyaki Columbia
Year-round Gunma sukiyaki, especially Shimonita pork featured on the drama Solitary Gourmet.