Takasaki - Guide
A city that rivals prefectural capital Maebashi.
Darumaji Temple [達磨寺] link
Takasaki, Gunma Pref.MAP
Darumaji is a relatively large Obaku Zen temple.
20-min walk from JR Gunma-Yawata Sta.
Yawata Hachimangu Shrine [八幡八幡宮]
Takasaki, Gunma Pref.MAP
Yawata Hachimangu is a Shinto shrine with well-maintained precincts.
12-min walk from Gunma-Yawata Sta.
Gunma-ken Gokoku Jinja [群馬県護国神社]
Takasaki, Gunma Pref.MAP
Gunma-ken Gokoku Jinja is the Shinto shrine dedicated to the war-dead soldiers who went to war from Gunma Prefecture.
Kiyomizu-dera Temple Map
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Annaka - Guide
Buke Nagaya, Kyu-Annaka-han Gun-bugyo Yakutaku [武家長屋、旧安中藩郡奉行役宅]
Annaka, Gunma Pref.MAP
9:00-17:00 (-16:30 Dec-Feb); 210yen;closed Mon* & late Dec-early Jan
Buke Nagaya was an apartment building for low-class samurai and Kyu-Annaka-han Gun-bugyo Yakutaku a residence for high ranking district officials, both of which were built in the Edo era for samurai who belonged to the Annaka Domain.
25-min walk from JR Annaka Sta.
Townscape of Matsuida [松井田の宿場町]
Annaka, Gunma Pref.MAP
This town was a post station along Nakasen-do Route. Located in the coutry, it wasn't bombard in WWII nor destroyed by economic development.
Near JR Matsuida & Nishi-Matsuida Sta.
Goryo Chaya-honjin [五料茶屋本陣]
Annaka, Gunma Pref.MAP
9:00-17:00 (-16:30 Dec-Feb); 210yen; closed Mon* & Dec 27-Jan 5.
A chaya-honjin is a house where domain lords, shogunate officials and such took a temporary rest (but unlike a honjin, not an overnight one).
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