Activities Takasaki Pageant of Starlight 2024-2025 Lynda Hogan From the end of Autumn until the New Year, Takasaki's Symphony Road is lit up with thousands of lights. In select locations, ...
Activities Akima Plum Grove Festival 2025 Kim Bergström One of the best places to enjoy plum blossoms in Gunma is at the Akima Plum Grove – it's regarded as one of the three great p...
Culture Misato Plum Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Misato Plum Festival is held every year from late February to late March, and it's one of Gunma Prefecture's largest plum...
Activities Takasaki Spring Festival 2025 Kim Bergström On the first weekend of April each year, the Takasaki Spring Festival is held around the city's Motenashi Square and Kannonya...
Activities Shiroijuku Double Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Shirojuku Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual event in Gunma Prefecture, and it celebrates the beauty of Yaezakura, or d...
Shibazakura Festival in Misato 2025 Sayaka Saku Known as one of the famous places to view Shibazakura (moss phlox), the 4.1 hectare Misato Shibazakura Park entertains many v...
Culture Tatebayashi Koinobori Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Each year from late March to early May, Gunma's Tatebayashi City hangs around 5000 carp streamers, or koinobori, in anticipat...
Activities Asama Kogen Rhododendron Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Asama Kogen Rhododendron Festival includes an incredible 150,000 rhododendrons covering an area the size of 10 Tokyo Dome...
Chiyoda Kawasegaki Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The solemn yet beautiful Chiyoda Kawasegaki Festival is an event which includes reciting sutras and floating lanterns as a me...
