The largest producer of Daruma dolls in Japan is Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, where there are about 40 workshops. The nearby city of Kiryu has a different good-luck charm: decorated rakes that ...

Gunma Prefecture, and started construction on a third plant there last December. “Minimizing damage from natural disasters while ensuring stability of food production is essential for ...

Climbing steadily from the western fringe of the Kanto Plain, you make your way through tidy, prosperous rural communities in the foothills of the mountains of central Gunma Prefecture until you ...