Kanto region · the offbeat side of Gunma.
2 discoveries
A delightfully old-school research park in Gunma devoted entirely to snakes — hundreds of them, from rat snakes to vipers — where you can watch a feeding, hold a python, and meet the staff's scaly stars.
A serene 41.8-metre goddess of mercy in gleaming white concrete stands on a hill above Takasaki — you climb a staircase inside her body, past tiny windows, all the way up to her shoulders.
