Important Cultural Landscapes of Gunma

Itakura Town in Gunma Prefecture is home to the Water Landscape at the Confluence of the Tone and Watarase Rivers, the first Important Cultural Landscape designated in the Kanto region. Discover the mizuka refuge mounds, hanging agebune boats, raised kawada paddies, and ancient embankments that bear witness to four centuries of life lived in harmony with great rivers, alongside the Itakura Raiden Shrine and the Ramsar-listed Watarase Retarding Basin.