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Takasaki City
Gunma Prefecture · City
Official websiteGunma Prefecture page
Takasaki City is a transportation hub where the Joetsu Shinkansen and the Hokuriku Shinkansen divide, and it is a commercial city with the largest population in Gunma Prefecture. It produces more good-luck daruma dolls than anywhere else in Japan, and the Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue watches over the city.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
CastleMinowa Castlebuilding in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.jpg?width=240)
Special historic siteTago Stelestone memorial in Japan
LakeLake Harunacaldera lake in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
CastleTakasaki Castlebuilding in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineHaruna ShrineShinto shrine in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Special historic siteYamanoue Stelestele, kofun in Gunma, Japan
Special historic siteKanaizawa Stele8th century Japanese stele
MuseumThe Museum of Modern Art, Gunmaart museum in Gunma, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kurabuchi-ogurinosatoroadside station in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Gunma Prefecture
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