10201 ／ まえばしし
Gunma PrefectureA rock thought Akagi's came on Asama mud
Iwagami no Tobiishi, Tone River01 ／ Sanno-haiji
This is the site of an ancient temple thought to have been founded in the late 7th century, and a national historic site. A single tile inscribed "Hokoji" found in a 1981 excavation showed it to be the same temple as the "Hokoji" in the inscription of the Yamanoue Stele in Takasaki.
02 ／ Soja Tumulus Cluster
The chamber of Hotozan Tumulus has walls and a ceiling of chamfered, cut andesite with traces of plaster, and a house-shaped stone coffin in the burial room. Jaketsuzan Tumulus is similar and is estimated to have been built at the end of the 7th century. The cluster became a national historic site in 2024.
03 ／ Tenguiwa Canal
Akimoto Nagatomo, the first lord of Soja, had this canal dug over about three years from 1604. It runs from Kitatachibana in Shibukawa to northern Toiyamachi in Maebashi. The Rikuden Iai monument, said to have been raised by farmers in 1776 in gratitude, is a prefectural historic site.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot August 2020)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））
Living here
The city covers 311.59 km², about 20 km east to west and 27 km north to south. The limited express Kusatsu/Shima takes 85 minutes at the fastest from Ueno, arriving at Shin-Maebashi Station. From Tokyo, one through JR Ueno-Tokyo Line train in the evening reaches Maebashi Station in 131 minutes.
−1.2% since 2015
340,291 → 332,149
238.67km² of it habitable
2024
2.3 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
10.8 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2004-12-05 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。2009-05-05 に編入合併（富士見村）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2026年10月改正ダイヤ。timetables.jreast.co.jp の前橋駅・新前橋駅の時刻表と各列車の停車駅一覧、2026-10-21 閲覧） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
27.3km
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