Every year in November, the city of Takasaki in Gunma, central Japan – a tourist hub believed to be the origin of the daruma doll – holds a contest to see which restaurant in the city makes the best ...

Fourteen people suffered from food poisoning in April due to tap water supplied by the town of Kanna, Gunma Prefecture, authorities announced on Tuesday. According to the prefecture, the cluster ...

The largest producer of Daruma dolls in Japan is Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, where there are about 40 workshops. The nearby city of Kiryu has a different good-luck charm: decorated rakes that ...