Places in Japan
Gunma
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What to eat in Gunma: wheat noodles, yakimanjū, konnyaku and sukiyaki
Gunma eats wheat: okkirikomi noodles, three towns' udon and grilled yakimanjū. It also grows more than nine-tenths of Japan's konnyaku potatoes, and its ekiben comes in a clay pot. -
Kusatsu Onsen: the hot-spring town around the Yubatake
Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma stands 1,200 meters up on the slope of a volcano. At its center is the Yubatake, a spring that sends 4,000 liters a minute down wooden troughs. -
Tomioka Silk Mill: Japan's first government silk factory
Tomioka Silk Mill opened in Gunma in 1872 with French machines to teach Japan machine silk reeling. Who built it, who worked there, and why it is a World Heritage site.