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29-567: Tatebayashi is located in the extreme southeastern portion of Gunma Prefecture in the Kantō Plains , bordered by Tochigi Prefecture to the north. The Tone River and Watarase Rivers sandwich the city to the north and south. Gunma Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Tatebayashi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tatebayashi

58-542: Is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1287 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Tatebayashi has recently plateaued after a long period of growth. There is a small community of around 200 Rohingya from Myanmar living in Tatebayashi. Tatebayashi

87-641: Is located within traditional Kōzuke Province and has been settled since prehistoric times aTere is a continuous record of habitation from the Japanese Paleolithic period 20,000 years ago. During the Edo period , the area of present-day Tatebayashi was a castle town and administrative center of Tatebayashi Domain , a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . Tatebayashi Town was created within Ōra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with

116-576: Is of a differing length and plays a different song. Naganohara also used to be home to a Melody Road playing " Aj lučka, lučka široká ", though the road in question was paved over in 2013 due to noise complaints. The sports teams listed below are based in Gunma. Gunma is also famous for its ski resorts in the mountains. Gunma was the only prefecture in Japan to have all 4 legal types of gambling on races: horse , bicycle , auto and boat . This changed with

145-651: Is sometimes referred to as Jomo (上毛, Jōmō ). For most of Japanese history, Gunma was known as the province of Kozuke . In the early period of contact between western nations and Japan, particularly the late Tokugawa, it was referred to by foreigners as the "Joushu States", inside (fudai, or loyalist) Tokugawa retainers and the Tokugawa family symbol is widely seen on public buildings, temples, and shrines. The Tenmei eruption of Mount Asama occurred in 1783, causing enormous damage. The first modern silk factories were built with Italian and French assistance at Annaka in

174-858: Is to the south. Some of the major mountains in Gunma are Mount Akagi , Mount Haruna , Mount Myōgi , Mount Nikkō-Shirane and Mount Asama , which is located on the Nagano border. Major rivers include the Tone River , the Agatsuma River , and the Karasu River . As of 1 April 2012, 14% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely Jōshin'etsu-kōgen , Nikkō , and Oze National Parks and Myōgi-Arafune-Saku Kōgen Quasi-National Park . Twelve cities are located in Gunma Prefecture: These are

203-539: The 1870s. In the early Meiji period, in what was locally called the Gunma Incident of 1884, a bloody struggle between the idealistic democratic westernizers and the conservative Prussian-model nationalists took place in Gunma and neighboring Nagano. The modern Japanese army gunned down farmers with new repeating rifles built in Japan. The farmers in Gunma were said to be the first victims of the Murata rifle . In

232-525: The 58th, Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park . On 25 June 2024, Hidaka-sanmyaku Erimo Quasi-National Park was redesignated Hidakasanmyaku-Erimo-Tokachi National Park , making it the 35th national park. The area of each national and quasi-national park is divided into ordinary, special and marine park zones. Special zones are further subdivided into special protection and class I, II, and III special zones, restricting access and use for preservation purposes. The state owns only approximately half of

261-693: The Dead , the main character Akira Tendo is from Gunma Prefecture. List of national parks of Japan National parks ( 国立公園 , Kokuritsu Kōen ) and quasi-national parks ( 国定公園 , Kokutei Kōen ) of Japan are places of scenic beauty that are designated for protection and sustainable use by the Minister of the Environment under the Natural Parks Law ( 自然公園法 ) of 1957. National parks are designated and in principle managed by

290-572: The Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Gunma 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Tatebayashi is a regional commercial center and transportation hub. Food processing dominates the manufacturing sector of the local economy. Tatebayashi has 11 public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by

319-640: The Gunma Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. [REDACTED] Media related to Tatebayashi, Gunma at Wikimedia Commons Gunma Prefecture Gunma Prefecture ( 群馬県 , Gunma-ken ) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu . Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km (2,456 sq mi ). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture to

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348-492: The Ministry of the Environment. Quasi-national parks, of a slightly lesser beauty, size, diversity, or state of preservation, are recommended for ministerial designation and managed by the prefectures under the supervision of the ministry. Japan established its first kōen ( 公園 ) or public parks in 1873 ( Asakusa Park , Asukayama Park , Fukagawa Park , Shiba Park , and Ueno Park ). In 1911 local citizens petitioned that

377-632: The Prefectural Government also uses Gunma-chan , a small super deformed drawing of a horse character wearing a green cap. It is used on promotional posters, banners, and other notable printed materials from the Prefectural Government. Other agencies and companies formally or informally use variations of its likeness and other horse-shaped characters when making signs or notices for work on buildings, roads, and other public notices. There are various manga and anime that have based their settings in Gunma, such as: In Zom 100: Bucket List of

406-528: The closing of the last horse race track in Takasaki in 2004. Gunma has many hot spring resorts and the most famous is Kusatsu Onsen . Another draw to the mountainous Gunma is the ski resorts. Other attractions include: The prefectural symbol consists of the first kanji of the word 'Gunma' surrounded by three stylized mountains symbolizing the three important mountains of Gunma Prefecture: Mount Haruna , Mount Akagi , and Mount Myōgi . For marketing,

435-481: The creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration . On April 1, 1954 the town of Tatebayashi and the villages of Satoya, Ōshima, Akabane, Rokugō, Minoya, Tatara, and Watarase merged to form the city Tatebayashi . Tatebayashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Tatebayashi contributes two members to

464-571: The farms in the village of Tsumagoi are cabbage farms. Also, the city of Ōta is famous for the car industry, notably the Subaru factory. There is a local dialect , known in Japanese as ' gunma-ben ' or ' jōshū-ben '. Gunma has a traditional card game called Jomo Karuta ( 上毛かるた ) . It features people, places, and things of regional and/or cultural importance. In 2007, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held an event to find

493-460: The high peaks do not let the wind go past them. For this reason, the wind changes into the kara-kaze . Gunma's modern industries include transport equipment and electrical equipment, concentrated around Maebashi and the eastern region nearest Tokyo . More traditional industries include sericulture and agriculture . Gunma's major agricultural products include cabbages and konnyaku . Gunma produces over 90% of Japan's konnyaku, and two-thirds of

522-459: The land area). On 27 March 2015, the 32nd national park was established, Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park , on 15 September 2016, the 33rd, Yanbaru National Park , and on 7 March 2017, the 34th, Amami Guntō National Park , subsuming Amami Guntō Quasi-National Park . On 25 March 2016, a further quasi-national park was established, Kyoto Tamba Kogen Quasi-National Park , on 27 March 2020, Chūō Alps Quasi-National Park , and, on 30 March 2021,

551-608: The late 6th century, Japan was still in the pre-historical phase (prior to the importation of the Chinese writing system during the Nara period). The Gunma Prefectural archaeology unit in 1994 was able to date the eruption through zoological anthropology at the corral sites that were buried in ash. In the past, Gunma was joined with Tochigi Prefecture and called Kenu Province . This was later divided into Kami-tsu-ke (Upper Kenu, Gunma) and Shimo-tsu-ke (Lower Kenu, Tochigi). The area

580-456: The name of Subaru née Fuji Heavy Industries. In the 1930s, German architect Bruno Julius Florian Taut lived and conducted research for a while in Takasaki. The Girard incident , which disturbed US-Japanese relations in the 1950s, occurred in Gunma in 1957, at Sōmagahara Base  [ ja ] near Shibukawa . Four modern prime ministers are from Gunma, namely, Takeo Fukuda , Yasuhiro Nakasone , Keizo Obuchi , and Yasuo Fukuda ,

609-439: The national, quasi-national, and prefectural natural parks. With minor amendments this established the framework that operates today. As of 1 April 2014, there were 31 national parks and 56 quasi-national parks, with the national parks covering 20,996 km (5.6% of the land area) and the quasi-national parks 13,592 km (3.6% of the land area). In addition, there were 314 prefectural parks covering 19,726 km (5.2% of

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638-540: The north, Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Tochigi Prefecture to the east. Maebashi is the capital and Takasaki is the largest city of Gunma Prefecture, with other major cities including Ōta , Isesaki , and Kiryū . Gunma Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures, located on the northwestern corner of the Kantō Plain with 14% of its total land being designated as natural parks . The ancient province of Gunma

667-569: The old National Parks Law, in colonial Taiwan in 1937: the Tatun National Park (the smallest in Japan); Tsugitaka - Taroko National Park, (the largest); and Niitaka - Arisan National Park (with the highest mountain in then Japan). Ise-Shima was the first to be created after the war , and a further seven had been added by 1955. In 1957 the Natural Parks Law replaced the earlier National Parks Law, allowing for three categories:

696-595: The shrines and forests of Nikkō be placed under public protection. In 1929 the National Parks Association was formed. In 1931 the first National Parks Law ( 国立公園法 ) was passed. After much study and survey, in March 1934 the first parks were established — Setonaikai , Unzen and Kirishima — with five more in December and a further four two years later. Three further parks were established under

725-604: The son of Takeo. One of only eight landlocked prefectures in Japan, Gunma is the northwesternmost prefecture of the Kantō plain. Except for the central and southeast areas, where most of the population is concentrated, it is mostly mountainous. To the north are Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, while to the east lies Tochigi Prefecture . To the west lies the Nagano Prefecture , and the Saitama Prefecture

754-544: The top 100 best local dishes across all of Japan. Three dishes were featured from Gunma; yaki-manju, okkirikomi , and konnyaku . As of 2018, Gunma is home to eleven of Japan's over thirty Melody Roads . 2,559 grooves cut into a 175-meter stretch of the road surface in transmit a tactile vibration through the wheels into the car body . The roads can be found in Katashina, Minakami, Takayama, Kanna, Ueno, Kusatsu, Tsumagoi, Nakanojo, Takasaki, Midori, and Maebashi. Each

783-516: The towns and villages in each district : Because Gunma is situated in inland Japan, the difference in temperature in the summer compared to the winter is large, and there is less precipitation. This is because of the karakkaze ("empty wind"), a strong, dry wind that occurs in the winter when the snow falls on the coasts of Niigata. The wind carrying clouds with snow are obstructed by the Echigo Mountains , and it also snows there, although

812-540: The twentieth century, the Japanese aviation pioneer Nakajima Chikushi of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, founded the Nakajima Aircraft Company . At first, he produced mostly licensed models of foreign designs, but beginning with the all-Japanese Nakajima 91 fighter plane in 1931, his company became a world leader in aeronautical design and manufacture, with its headquarters at Ota, Gunma Ken. The factory now produces Subaru motorcars and other products under

841-423: Was a center of horse breeding and trading activities for the newly immigrated continental peoples (or Toraijin ). The arrival of horses and the remains of horse tackle coincides with the arrival of a large migration from the mainland. From this point forward, the horse became a vital part of Japanese military maneuvers, quickly displacing the older Yayoi tradition of fighting on foot. When Mount Haruna erupted in

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