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Takasaki (高崎市, Takasaki-shi, [takasakiɕi]) 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, [1] and a population density of 810 persons per km 2. The total area of the city is 459.16 square kilometres (177.28 sq mi).
Explore Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture's largest city, and its history and culture of daruma dolls. Learn how to make your own daruma, visit a temple with a daruma connection, and see a burial mound from the Kofun period.
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Lucky legless dolls, steam locomotive travel, and atmospheric mountain hot springs. Close to both Tokyo and Nagano, the city of Takasaki is best-known for two things: steam locomotives and Daruma dolls. Outside Takasaki sit famous onsen resorts, such as Ikaho Onsen and Shima Onsen .
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Takasaki is an often forgotten city in Gunma Prefecture, on the Shinkansen line, north-west of Tokyo. While the area has lots to offer, because it's not on most tourist maps Takasaki is a lot quieter and more laid back than Tokyo.
A pamphlet introducing the main attractions of Takasaki. Discover Takasaki >. Takasaki as seen by foreigners living in Takasaki. WOW! Takasaki (PDF 14.8MB) >. A booklet produced by foreign residents presenting their favorite spots. Takasaki Tourism Association web site.
Takasaki, city, Gumma ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It is situated northwest of Tokyo along the Karasu River, a tributary of the Tone River. A typical castle town, Takasaki became increasingly important as a commercial and transport centre with the expansion of the railway network after the Meiji era.
