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Gunma Prefecture

What is Gunma Prefecture

Gunma is a very mountainous prefecture with many agricultural and dairy farms taking advantage of the cooler climate. It is famous for its cabbages and konnyaku. In the city of Takasaki, it is very common to make daruma dolls, a popular kind of good luck charm. Tomioka Silk Mill, located in the city of Tomioka, is Japan's oldest silk reeling factory and was registered as a World Heritage Site in June 2014.

Total area：

63.62(100km²）
Proportion of forested land：

63.5%
Average annual temperature：

15.2°C

Maximum temperature

33.5°C

Minimum temperature

-0.1°C
Total population：

1,980,000people
Population density：

312people/km²
No. of foreign students：

1,725people

Takasaki daruma dolls

Konnyaku

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