Takasaki
Takasaki is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Takasaki is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 459.16 square kilometres (177.28 sq mi). Takasaki is famous as the hometown of the Daruma doll, theoretically representing the Buddhist sage Bodhidharma and in modern practice a symbol of good luck. Takasaki has been the largest city in Gunma Prefecture since 1990 after overtaking Maebashi.
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Worth seeing in and around Takasaki
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Takasaki Castle
Takasaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Takasaki, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tatebayashi Castle was home to a branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Takasaki Domain, but the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history.
300 m · building in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Maebashi Castle
Maebashi Castle is a castle located in Maebashi, central Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Maebashi Castle was home to a branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Maebashi domain, although the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history.
9.4 km · castle in Maebashi, Gumma prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma opened in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1974. The collection includes works by Monet, Renoir, and Soga Jasoku.
7.2 km · art museum in Gunma, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Tago Stele
The Tago Stele is a Nara period stele discovered in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The stele was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1921, and was raised in status to that of a Special National Historic Site in 1954.
6.4 km · stone memorial in Japan · Wikipedia - 05Gunma Prefectural Government Building
The Gunma Prefectural Government Building is a skyscraper located in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Construction of the 154-metre, 33-storey skyscraper was finished in 1999.
9.3 km · building in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Green Dome Maebashi
Nippon Totor Green Dome Maebashi is an arena in Maebashi, Japan. With a capacity of 8,000, it is primarily used for indoor sports.
9.7 km · building in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Daruma-ji Temple
Shorinzan Daruma Temple is a small temple located in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It was built in 1697 by the Obaku school of Zen Buddhism.
4.3 km · Buddhist temple in Honshu, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Takenuma Dam
Takenuma Dam is an earthfill dam located in Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation.
9.7 km · dam in Gunma Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Chōkoku-ji Temple
Chōko-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Shiraiwa neighborhood of the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Kinpusen Shugen Hon-kyō sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu.
9.5 km · Buddhist temple dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Takasaki, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Gunma Prefectural Museum of History
Gunma Prefectural Museum of History opened in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1979.
7.3 km · building in Gunma Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mt. Kannonyama (観音山). This mountain
- 02Shōrinzan Daruma Temple
Famous for being the place where daruma dolls originated.
- 03Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
- 04Haruna Shrine
A "power spot" built into the side of large rocks.
- 05Minowa Castle
From Wikivoyage: Takasaki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Otsuka Pharmaceutical
If you are a huge fan of the Pocari Sweat sports beverage, and have some Japanese language ability, you can tour one of the facilities where it's made.
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Where to eat
Shōya (庄や), 117-8 Yajima-cho (on the ground level on the left side of the plaza at the West Exit of JR Takasaki station),. 16:00-25:00; -23:00 Sun and holidays. Chain izakaya at a convenient location. This is a pleasant place to sample a wide variety of specialty snacks and sake from around Japan while you wait for train connections.
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Getting to Takasaki
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 111 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 127 km · Narita (NRT), 139 km
- Stations
- Takasaki Station, 900 m · Maebashi Station, 9.2 km · Shin-Maebashi Station, 7.5 km · Takasakitonyamachi Station, 3 km · Ino Station, 4.3 km
- Tokyo → Takasaki94 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · ¥1,170–1,590
- Omitama → Takasaki120 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · ¥1,710–2,330
- Narita → Takasaki132 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · ¥1,930–2,630
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Takasaki
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Takasaki. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Takasaki – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Takasaki
Takasaki is 11 km from Maebashi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.