Gunma Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
prefecture of Japan
About Gunma
Gunma is a rural part of Japan with hot springs, a safari park, and plenty of hiking. For anime fans, Gunma is also the backdrop for the popular street racing/drifting animeInitial D. Gunma is said to be shaped like a crane in flight. Shops across the prefecture sell locally-themedJōmō karuta(上毛かるた, cards to learn thehiraganaalphabet. Jomo is Gunma's old name), in which the つ (tsu) card readsTsuru mau katachi no Gunma-ken(つる舞う形の群馬県, "Gunma prefecture which looks like a crane (tsuru) in flight"). In general, Gunma women have a reputation for being strong-hearted and they are calledkakaa-tenka(mom's control). It suggests that men who marry women from Gunma tend to be henpecked. Gunma is famous for the strongkarakkaze, or dry wind, which blows down from the Japanese Alps through much of the w
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