Gunma, Japan · Asia
Shibukawa is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Hirobaba, 12km from Mount Haruna Touge.
Shibukawa is in Gunma, Japan, with about 76,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Hirobaba, about 7 km away.
Shibukawa Station (渋川駅, Shibukawa-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Within an hour or so of Shibukawa: Mount Haruna Touge (12 km), Fukiware Falls (31 km), Usui Pass (35 km), Kusatsu Yubatake (39 km).
The nearest famous roads are Mount Haruna Touge, Usui Pass and Shibu Pass.
Shibukawa is in Gunma, Japan, about 7 km from Hirobaba.
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Essential numbers in Japan
Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
Full driving guide for Japan8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
The winding climb to Lake Haruna in Gunma, immortalised as 'Mount Akina' in Initial D. Gentle hairpins, a crater lake at the top, and constant pilgrimages by fans of Japan's street-racing manga.
12 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
A 7 m fall where the Katashina River drops into a fissure worn through flat rock, earning it the name the Niagara of the East. A riverside walkway runs right along the rim.
31 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
Historic pass on the old Nakasendo route between Gunma and Karuizawa, packed with 180-plus corners and the brick Megane-bashi viaduct. Another Initial D battleground beloved by drivers and rail historians alike.
35 km · about 40 min drive
photogenic
The steaming timber sluice at the centre of Kusatsu, where 4,000 litres a minute of highly acidic spring water is cooled across wooden channels before reaching the baths. Floodlit and clouded in steam after dark.
39 km · about 45 min drive
mountain pass
At 2,172 m this is the highest point on any Japanese national highway, on Route 292 between Nagano and Gunma. In spring the road is cut through snow walls several metres high.
46 km · about 55 min drive
famous road
Twin one-way mountain roads with 48 hairpin bends linking Nikko to Lake Chuzenji, each curve named after a character of the old Japanese alphabet. Spectacular in autumn and legendary among touge drivers.
54 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
A unique hot spring area where wild Japanese macaques famously bathe in steaming thermal pools surrounded by snow.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A cobbled onsen village of wooden inns where guests in yukata and geta make a circuit of nine small public bathhouses. It is the road-end village below the snow monkey valley.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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