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10443 ／かたしなむら

Gunma Prefecture 利根郡

Katashina Village

Wetland ringed by two peaks, at 1,410 m.

Ozegahara, a raised bog

Photo by Σ64 (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Festival

A Hanasaki festival tied to a taleof a god felling a white ape.

Hotaka Shrine in Hanasaki is the head shrine of the Hotaka shrines in the district. The village records the origin of the Saruoi Festival as a tale in which Lord Hotaka felled a white-furred ape that had settled in a rock cave on Mt. Hotaka. It is said to have lasted about 300 years, and is a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Designated 27 Dec 2000
Hotaka Shrine, Hanasaki

02 ／ Sericulture

The practice hall of the training schoolNagai Ito founded is a village property.

The Nagai-style Sericulture Training School Practice Hall stands in Hariyama and was designated a village Important Cultural Property in 2014. According to the prefecture, Nagai Ito founded the school, continuing her late husband Konjuro's work. It is a component of the Japan Heritage story "Kakaa-denka: Gunma's Silk Story."

Village Important Cultural Property
Designated 22 Jul 2014
Japan Heritage component

03 ／ Old tree

A cherry with a shrine at its rootsis a prefectural natural monument.

The tennozakura cherry in Hariyama is introduced by the tourist association as a single tree with a trunk over 6 m around and a crown over 17 m wide, estimated at over 300 years old. Named for the Tenno deity enshrined at its base, it became a village natural monument in 2003 and a prefectural one in 2011.

Prefectural Natural Monument
Designated 20 Sep 2011
Trunk over 6 m (tourist association)

Katashina Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot January 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

No station; 54 minutes by bus from Numata Station.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

Katashina has no railway station. Kan-etsu Kotsu's Kamata Line runs from Jomo-Kogen Station and Numata Station to Kamata. On the operator's summer timetable (revised July 2026), the fastest trip takes 54 minutes from Numata Station and 79 minutes from Jomo-Kogen Station. The village office is in Kamata.

People living here: 3,993people
Area: 391.76km²
Households: 1,574households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —3 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Katashina Village in Japan36.773°N 139.225°E

to NumataLocal bus54min
to Jomo-KogenLocal bus79min

Travel times follow 関越交通株式会社（事業者公式）『鎌田線時刻表【下り】鎌田・尾瀬・大清水方面行き』（2026年7月1日改正・夏ダイヤ）の PDF（https://kan-etsu.net/files/libs/14352/202606191649027859.pdf）。上毛高原駅・沼田駅 → 鎌田の着時刻から数えた (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 3 prefectures.

Territory of Katashina Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

28.3km

Gunma Prefecture: Minakami Town, Numata City, Kawaba Village
Tochigi Prefecture: Nikko City
Fukushima Prefecture: Hinoemata Village
Niigata Prefecture: Uonuma City

Katashina Village isthis kind of town.

01Ozegahara lies at 1,410 m, a raised bog ringed by Mt. Shibutsu and Mt. Hiuchigatake; "Oze" was designated a Special Natural Monument in 1960. Lake Ozenuma lies at 1,665 m
02The Saruoi Festival of Hanasaki is a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and the Nagai-style Sericulture Training School Practice Hall is a village cultural property and a Japan Heritage component
03The tennozakura cherry in Hariyama is a prefectural natural monument, and the village also has the Marunuma Dam, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property built by a power company

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Katashina Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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