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Gunma Travel Guide

Everything for your trip to Gunma in one place: anime pilgrimage, power spots, attractions, onsen. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.

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Anime pilgrimage

🎬 Anime pilgrimage

🎬 4 places

Maebashi Witches

Tokyo & Around ・ Central Maebashi, Gunma・Otemachi, Maebashi, Gunma・Maebashi, Gunma

High school girls in Maebashi, Gunma become witches-in-training, running a flower shop in a magical space while helping townspeople with their wishes. Maebashi is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and its central shopping streets and the Hirose River appear in the anime.

🎬 4 places

Narenare -Cheer for You!-

Tokyo & Around ・ Numata City, Gunma・Takasaki City, Gunma

An original anime set in Gunma Prefecture about six high school girls who use cheerleading to cheer people on. Takasaki City and Numata City are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

🎬 3 places

Initial D

Tokyo & Around ・ Takasaki, Gunma・Maebashi, Gunma・Sakamoto, Matsuida-machi, Annaka, Gunma

A car action series based on Shuichi Shigeno's manga, in which a high school student who has honed his driving on mountain passes while delivering for his family's tofu shop grows through battles with street racers competing to be the fastest on public roads. Gunma Prefecture is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, with Mt. Haruna, said to be the model for Mt. Akina, as well as Mt. Akagi and Usui Pass introduced as settings.

🎬 2 places

A Place Further Than the Universe

Tokyo & Around ・ Horikumacho, Tatebayashi, Gunma・Hanayamacho, Tatebayashi, Gunma

An original TV anime about four high school girls who set out to reach Antarctica. Tatebayashi in Gunma, the model for the town where the main characters live, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

Power spots

⛩️ Power spots

⛩️ Shrine

Haruna Shrine

Tokyo & Around ・ Takasaki, Gunma

🍀 Good fortune & protection💰 Prosperity & business

A shrine on the slopes of Mount Haruna, its grounds surrounded by strange rock formations and ancient trees. Takasaki City's official tourism site introduces it as a power spot filled with a sacred atmosphere, and Gunma Prefecture's tourism site calls it "one of the leading power spots in the Kanto region."

Attractions

🎡 Attractions

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Kusatsu Tropical Wonderland

Tokyo & Around ・ Kusatsu Onsen

This privately run zoo in the Kusatsu Onsen hot spring town is known as the highest-altitude zoo in Japan. Inside a 15 m-tall dome heated by hot spring water, a subtropical climate lets you see tropical plants and animals even in chilly Kusatsu.

Onsen

♨️ Onsen

♨ Onsen

Kusatsu Onsen

Tokyo & Around ・ Kusatsu, Gunma

♨ Day use Adults ¥800, children (age 3 to elementary school) ¥400 (as of October 2026)

Private baths
♨ Onsen

Ikaho Onsen

Tokyo & Around ・ Shibukawa, Gunma

♨ Day use Adults ¥800, children ¥400 (as of October 2026)

Weather

☁️ Gunma weather & what to wear

Monthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.

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