Mount Akagi News Today

Ice fishing for smelt on the frozen surface of a lake on Mount Akagi in Maebashi City has finally opened on January 31st, after significant delays compared to previous years due to insufficient ice thickness caused by the warm winter.

Deep eaves shelter openings connecting indoor and outdoor spaces at this kindergarten in Maebashi, Japan, designed by architecture studio Hibinosekkei.

Japans Lake Onuma could be contaminated for 30 years after the Fukushima disaster, according to a new study, putting a huge toll on the environmental cost of the accident.

TOKYO -- The coronavirus pandemic is weighing heavily on a farmer in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, as the foreign technical trainees he had re

Jan 30, 2021 Maebashi, Gunma Pref. – Forests and mountains, hot springs, ski resorts and hiking trails: Gunma Prefecture has plenty to explore in the great outdoors. Down in the lowlands, though, this landlocked region just an hour or so north of Tokyo offers fewer reasons to visit, especially when it comes to hotels and gastronomy. Until now, that is. The launching of the newly reborn Shiroiya Hotel in Maebashi last month has put Gunma’s capital city back on the map with a bang. B...