10344 ／ しんとうむら
Gunma Prefecture 北群馬郡Carvings and lion mask, by one carver.
Shukuinari Shrine carvings01 ／ Jomon
Kayano Site is a settlement from the late to final Jomon period, where pit dwellings, graves and a spring-fed waterside were found. In 1992 the main finds, 1,950 items, were designated Important Cultural Properties as a set, and the village counts 577 clay earrings among them. The site became a National Historic Site in 2000 and is now a park.
02 ／ Kagura
The daidai kagura of Tsunemasa Shrine died out once in the Meiji era. The present form was handed down from Hijirigu Shrine in Hirobaba in 1926 and is a village-designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. It once had 36 dances, and the village writes that about 12 are performed in recent years. 2026 marks 100 years since the revival.
03 ／ Burial mounds
Takatsuka Tumulus is a 61 m keyhole-shaped tomb on a small hill about 170 m above sea level. Its stone chamber, built of huge stones, is about 10 m long, and it became a prefectural historic site in 1959. About 200 m to the southeast, excavation confirmed 22 mounds at the Nagakubo Tumuli, two keyhole-shaped and 20 round, and part is preserved as a green park.
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 village has no railway station. From Maebashi Station, a Nihon Chuo Bus route bus takes 38 minutes on the fastest daily service to reach Shinto Village Office. The village's own guide says it is 15 minutes by bus or taxi from Gunma-Soja Station on the Joetsu Line.
−0.8% since 2015
12,551 → 14,216
14.72km² of it habitable
2024
2.8 people per household
2020
3.5 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 榛東村公式『榛東村の路線バス』（総務企画課・掲載令和8年4月1日・更新令和8年5月1日）にリンクされた、日本中央バス『18 前橋榛東線（前橋駅〜上野田・桃泉線）』の通過時刻予定表（平日・土日祝）の前橋駅(北口⑤番)発・榛東村役場着 (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.6km
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