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Abt no Michi and Meganebashi: walking the old Usui Pass railway
Abt no Michi is a 6.3-kilometer path on a closed railway over the Usui Pass. It passes a 1911 substation, ten brick tunnels and the Meganebashi bridge of 1892. -
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. -
The Nakasendō and the Usui Barrier: the old road over the pass
The Nakasendō ran inland from Edo to Kyoto through 69 stations. It climbed about 685 meters to the Usui Pass, past a barrier that checked for guns and women. -
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. -
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park: the Yokokawa depot where visitors drive an EF63
The Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park opened in 1999 on the site of the locomotive depot at Yokokawa. It shows over 30 railway vehicles and lets visitors drive an EF63.