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群馬県 · Regional selections

Roadside Station Akagi-no-E

県央エリア

A roadside station in Maebashi, with a hot spring and a farm stand.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Gunma Maitake Center

県央エリア

A maitake growing facility, handling mushrooms raised over twice the usual number of days.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Hoshi Onsen

利根沼田エリア

A hot spring in Minakami. Its 1875 bathhouse survives, with water rising into wooden tubs.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Ushiike

吾妻エリア

A small pond in Nakanojo, with the surrounding forest reflected on the water.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Isesaki Meiji Hall

県央エリア

The oldest wooden Western-style clinic in the prefecture, built in 1912 and preserved and opened by the city of Isesaki.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Sainokawara Open-Air Bath

吾妻エリア

An open-air bath at Kusatsu Onsen, the largest in the town.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Nationally Designated Scenic Spot Rakuzen-en

西部エリア

The garden of the Obata domain in Kanra. The only daimyo garden in the prefecture and a national scenic site.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Chikyuga

県央エリア

A shop in Shibukawa displaying hanging ornaments certified as the largest in the world.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Ueno Sky Bridge

西部エリア

A suspension bridge in Ueno, 225 metres long, crossing the valley.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Roadside Station Agrime Showa

利根沼田エリア

A roadside station in Showa, in upland vegetable country, with a farm stand and an eating place.

群馬県 · Regional selections

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Takasaki Factory

西部エリア

A pharmaceutical factory in Takasaki, making drinks among other products and open for tours.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Okamoto Pier (Harooka Pier)

A wooden pier in Minamiboso reaching out to sea — one of the few timber piers left in Japan.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Mount Nokogiri Nihonji (Jigoku-nozoki, the Look into Hell)

A temple partway up 329-metre Mount Nokogiri, with Japan's largest cliff-carved Buddha and a jutting rock called the look into hell.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Moriya Coast (Toshima)

A swimming beach in Minamiboso, with a small island offshore, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Okinoshima Park

A small island at the south end of Tateyama Bay. Uplift in the Great Kanto Earthquake joined it to the land, and you can walk across.

千葉県 · Regional selections

養老渓谷

A gorge running from Otaki into Ichihara, with waterfalls along it and the largest hot-spring district in the Boso peninsula.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Shimizu Keiryu Square (Nomizo Falls and Kameiwa Cave)

A cave in Kimitsu. For a short while in the morning, light entering the cave and its reflection form a ring.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Koedo Sawara Boat Tour

A boat along the Ono River, looking out at the Sawara townscape, a preservation district of traditional buildings.

千葉県 · Regional selections

マザー牧場

A farm on Mount Kanozan in Futtsu, where you can meet the animals and walk through seasonal flower fields.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Katsuura Undersea Park

An underwater tower in Katsuura, standing 60 metres offshore, with windows on the fish below.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Ubara Coast (White Torii)

A shore in Katsuura where a white torii stands on the rocks, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Byobugaura / Choshi Marina Beach

Sea cliffs running about ten kilometres from Choshi to Asahi, 40 to 50 metres high, pressing on the water.

千葉県 · Regional selections

大山千枚田

375 paddies on a steep slope in Kamogawa, held to be the terraced fields closest to Tokyo.

千葉県 · Regional selections

Sunset Beach Park Inage

An artificial beach in Chiba City, laid with white sand, with a pier about 90 metres long.