Nakanojo Town - 中之条町

Submitted by Jeshii on Sat, 2005/09/24 - 15:26.
Location Description:

Nakanojo Town is a central cross roads in Northwestern Gunma. Nakanojo SymbolIt is bordered by Takayama to the east, Onogami and Agatsuma Town to the south, Niigata Prefeture to the far north, and Kuni to the west. Routes 353 and 145 cross here.

The main draw of Nakanojo is Shima Onsen, located in the north of Town. Nakanojo also has many interesting spots to visit. The history museum near the town office is an old Meiji era school. There is also a place called the Yakuoen, which is a sort of herb amusement park. Lots of really good food (all you can drink/eat beer garden too!).

There are 3 big festivals in Nakanojo. In winter, there is the Tori-oi Matsuri where these large drums are wheeled through town so that everyone can bang on them for good luck. In the summer, August has the Nakanojo Festival, and September has the Ise-machi Festival.

Nakanojo is known mainly due to the fact that it is the home town of ex-prime minister Keizo Obuchi (小渕恵三).

Location Directions:

by Train
Take the Agastuma Line (吾妻線) towards 万座・長野原口 (Manza Naganohara-guchi) from Shibukawa. Also, from Takasaki or Maebashi, sometimes, there will be a 万座・長野原口 bound train. It usually is a Orange colored train.

From Ueno, and various points along the way (e.g. Takasaki), you can take the 草津 express train, though this has an extra charge associated with it. This is a big white train.

In all cases, get of at Nakanojo Station (中之条駅).

by Car
From the south, get off at 渋川伊香保I.C. (Shibukawa-Ikaho Interchange) and take Route 17 (17号) north past Shibukawa. Just after the bridge that goes over the Agatsuma River (吾妻川), turn left on to Route 353 (353号). Follow the 353 all the way to Nakanojo.

From the north, get off at 沼田I.C. (Numata Interchange) and take Route 120 through Numata to the big intersection with Route 17. There you are going to go straight, which is Route 145. Take that all the way through Takayama Village, and you will end up in Nakanojo.

Location Web Address 1:

www.town.nakanojo.gunma.jp/

Location Web Address 2:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakanojo%2C_Gunma

Location Web Address 3:

www2.gunmanet.or.jp/khiroshi/page-e/pj01.html

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