Region · Japan
Where to stay in Gunma Prefecture
This guide covers 9 destinations in Gunma Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 19 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Takasaki, Maebashi and Ōta-shi. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 9
- Places to stay
- 19
- Main airport
- MMJShinshu-Matsumoto Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Gunma Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Gunma Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Gunma Prefecture
5 places to stay in Gunma Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Gunma Prefecture
14 hotels in Gunma Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Metropolitan Takasaki | Takasaki | 1982 |
| Comfort Hotel Maebashi | Maebashi | |
| Fukuichi | Shibukawa | |
| Joshinnosato Hibikino | Shibukawa | |
| Kaichoro | Shibukawa | |
| Kokuya | Shibukawa | |
| Kounkan | Shibukawa | |
| Moriaki Ryokan | Shibukawa | |
| Oyado Tamaki | Shibukawa | |
| OYO Business Hotel Takizawa Takasaki Station West | Takasaki | |
| OYO Hotel Isesaki East | Isesaki | |
| OYO Tatebayashi Station Hotel | Tatebayashi | |
| Racine Shinmaebashi | Maebashi | |
| Yokotekan | Shibukawa |
When to go
Best time to visit Gunma Prefecture
From the climate of 9 destinations in Gunma Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 9 | 9 °C | 34 mm |
| February | 0 of 9 | 10 °C | 36 mm |
| March | 0 of 9 | 14 °C | 63 mm |
| April | 0 of 9 | 19 °C | 83 mm |
| May | 0 of 9 | 24 °C | 102 mm |
| June | 0 of 9 | 26 °C | 153 mm |
| July | 0 of 9 | 30 °C | 174 mm |
| August | 0 of 9 | 31 °C | 173 mm |
| September | 0 of 9 | 27 °C | 207 mm |
| October | 0 of 9 | 21 °C | 131 mm |
| November | 0 of 9 | 16 °C | 58 mm |
| December | 0 of 9 | 11 °C | 33 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Gunma Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Gunma Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
MMJ · Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport
HND · Tokyo Haneda International Airport
IBR · Ibaraki Airport
NRT · Narita International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Gunma Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Gunma Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.