Showa Village - 昭和村

Submitted by cyangoose on Fri, 2005/09/23 - 15:26.
Location Description:

Showa Village is on the eastern side of Mt. Akagi in Northern Gunma. Showa is famous for its beautiful views and its vegetables. Showa is one of Japan's largest producers of konnyaku, a root that is dried, powdered, and made into a stiff jelly. (It occasionally shows up in school lunch in a triangle shape.) High in fiber, it is often eaten as a diet food, or to ensure regularity.

Showa Village Festivals:
Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival): The second week of February. There's a concert, snow sculpture contest, dog sledding/snowmobiling, and a fireworks show in the evening.

Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival): Various events, food booths. Every year they prepare a batch of konnyaku soup in a giant 2 meter wide pot which serves 4000. The soup is free as well as entrance to Showa onsen.

Location Directions:

by Train
JR Jouetsu Shinkansen to Jyomokogen Station then 20 minutes by car.
JR Jouetsu Line to Numata Station then 10 minutes by car or bus.
JR Jouetsu Line to Iwamoto Station then 10 minutes by car or bus.

by Car
Access from Maebashi via Rt. 17 or take the Kanetsu Expressway toward Niigata (exit at the Showa Interchange).

Longitude:
139.0924072265625

Latitude:
36.641220253464176

Description:
Showa Village is on the eastern side of Mt. Akagi in Northern Gunma. Showa is famous for its beautiful views and its vegetables. Showa is one of Japan's largest producers of konnyaku, a root that is dried, powdered, and made into a stiff jelly. (It occasionally shows up in school lunch in a triangle shape.) High in fiber, it is often eaten as a diet food, or to ensure regularity.
Showa Village Festivals:
Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival): The second week of February. There's a concert, snow sculpture contest, dog sledding/snowmobiling, and a fireworks show in the evening.
Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival): Various events, food booths. Every year they prepare a batch of konnyaku soup in a giant 2 meter wide pot which serves 4000. The soup is free as well as entrance to Showa onsen.

Directions:
by Train
JR Jouetsu Shinkansen to Jyomokogen Station then 20 minutes by car.
JR Jouetsu Line to Numata Station then 10 minutes by car or bus.
JR Jouetsu Line to Iwamoto Station then 10 minutes by car or bus.
by Car
Access from Maebashi via Rt. 17 or take the Kanetsu Expressway toward Niigata (exit at the Showa Interchange).

Web Address(es) (1):
www.vill.showa.gunma.jp

Location Web Address 1:

www.vill.showa.gunma.jp

Location Latitude:
36.641220253464176
Location Longitude:
139.0924072265625
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