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Nakanojo Town is a central cross roads in Northwestern Gunma. It 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).

This is the main train station for Nakonojo town.

Twin Plaza is a beautiful double building in Nakanojo-town. It houses both the town's Board of Education as well as a branch of (the only one?) the Agatsuma Library.

The library has both a special study area where you can bring food and drink, as well as traditional study areas in the main library. It also has lots of videos (you can view them at the library only) and CDs (which you can check out for free!).

It also has meeting rooms, practice rooms for dancing and music, and a theater! Every month, they show a different movie, usually Saturday afternoon. It's about 1000 yen to get in, and obviously a great deal for those who live out in this part of Gunma.