Takasaki, Gunma

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**Takasaki City**
**高崎市**
Takasaki City's location in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Gunma Prefecture
Physical characteristics
Area	401.01 km² (154.8 sq mi)
Population (as of October 1, 2007)
Total	341,621
Location	36°19′N, 139°00′E
Symbols
Tree	Zelkova serrata, Cyclobalanopsis
Flower	Sakura
Bird	Japanese Bush-warbler
Takasaki City Government Office
Official website: Takasaki City

Takasaki (高崎市, Takasaki-shi^?) is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

The city was founded on April 1, 1900.

Takasaki is a regional transportation hub due to the fact that its train station (Takasaki Station) is the junction of several rail lines as well as a Shinkansen ("Bullet Train") stop.

The city is famous as the hometown of the Daruma doll, theoretically representing the Buddhist sage Bodhidharma but in modern practice a symbol of good luck.

Daruma dolls at Daruma-ji temple

Daruma dolls at Daruma-ji temple

Contents

1 Surrounding municipalities
2 Famous people
3 Sport
4 Sister cities
- 4.1 In Japan
- 4.2 Outside Japan
5 External links

Gunma Prefecture
- Maebashi
- Annaka
- Fujioka
- Shibukawa
- Shintō
- Yoshii
- Tamamura
- Naganohara
- Higashiagatsuma
Nagano Prefecture
- Karuizawa
Saitama Prefecture
- Kamisato

Yasuhiro Nakasone - former Prime Minister of Japan
Hirofumi Nakasone - politician (Yasuhiro Nakasone's son)
Takeo Fukuda - former Prime Minister of Japan
Yasuo Fukuda - Prime Minister of Japan (Takeo Fukuda's son)
Kyosuke Himuro - musician (former member of BOØWY)
Tomoyasu Hotei - musician (former member of BOØWY)
Tsunematsu Matsui - musician (former member of BOØWY)
Famous German architect Bruno Taut lived for some time in Takasaki

Arte Takasaki - football (soccer) club

Higashikurume, Tokyo

(English) Takasaki city official website

Gunma Prefecture

Cities

An'naka | Fujioka | Isesaki | Kiryū | Maebashi (capital) | Midori | Numata | Ōta | Shibukawa | Takasaki | Tatebayashi | Tomioka

Districts

Agatsuma | Kanra | Kitagunma | Ōra | Sawa | Seta | Tano | Tone

See also: Towns and villages by district

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