Gunma

103-year-old Japanese curry rice restaurant got dish right a century ago, still serves it today

A visit to the favorite curry rice restaurant of the father of modern Japanese poetry.

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Ramen kaiseki: Japanese restaurant offers first-ever multi-course noodle experience

Welcome to the world of noodle haute cuisine. 

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Visiting the Japan Snake Center, the Gunma zoo dedicated entirely to snakes

Venom Extraction Room’s Snake Meet and Greet is just the start of the weird fun at this facility hidden in the mountains of east Japan.

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What makes this new Japanese convenience store chain better than 7-Eleven?

This chain takes konbini food to a whole other level.

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Japanese restaurant serves noodles that you fold and eat【Taste test】

We’ve never tried udon like this before. 

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Japanese train becomes a restaurant at this sleepy countryside station

A very unique place to eat. 

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Gunma Prefecture’s mascot brought in an estimated 71.3 billion yen last year

That’s a pretty popular horse.

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Man arrested for trying to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee

Latte triggers a series of events that results in attempted murder.

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Gunma’s yaki manju, unknown to most Japanese people, are the best manju we’ve ever had

Our sweet-loving reporter falls in love with a delicacy that’s been enjoyed by the people of Gunma for hundreds of years.

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Flush your prayers down the toilet at this unique Japanese temple

A new way to pray at the porcelain altar.

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Japanese honey toast is breathtakingly large, contains two litres of ice cream

Bread and ice cream reaches new heights at this restaurant.

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Holy noodles! Japanese restaurant serves up some very unusual udon

Food for thought, in more ways than one.

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Nope, these AREN’T eels — Gunma Prefecture’s ‘Nasu no Kabayaki’ blows our reporter’s mind

Our reporter was craving some grilled eel, but ended up with something even more delicious!

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We go on a pilgrimage to find traditional sweets shaped like a Subaru car

A must-have snack for anyone who likes cars, traditional Japanese confectionary… or both!

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Japan’s most meaningless road sign discovered, has Internet feeling lost

Umm…thanks, Gunma Prefecture.

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Spicy fish egg theme park opens newest location in Gunma Prefecture

There’s something fishy about this place…

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Taking a trip to the Brazil of Japan, Oizumi, for lunch

It’s a long way from the office, but it’s the most authentic Brazilian food we can find without going all the way to Brazil.

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New convenience store chain to rival 7-Eleven opens in Japan

The company behind beef bowl chain Sukiya and conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Hama Sushi now have their own konbini.

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Japanese festival says thank you and goodbye to daruma good-luck dolls…with fire【Photos】

A dramatic send-off at a mountain temple.

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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu bento sold for 10th anniversary tour

Waiter, there’s kawaii in my food.

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