Gunma

  • Maebashi Festival

    Maebashi's largest autumn festival with floats, mikoshi portable shrines, and creative danbee dance parading through the city. Evening features illuminated zelkova trees and drum music.

  • Takasaki Festival Grand Fireworks

    Northern Kanto's largest fireworks show with 15,000 launches synchronized to music. Karasugawa riverbed viewing area.

  • Kiryu Yagibushi Festival

    Three days of fervor as thousands dance to traditional folk song Yagibushi, filling Honmachi Street.

  • Numata Festival

    Summer festival with valiant tengu mikoshi and three magnificent mando mikoshi parading through the castle town.

  • Shibukawa Heso Festival

    Unique parade in Shibukawa, claiming to be Japan's navel, where participants paint faces on bellies and dance.