Takasaki City is 50 min from Tokyo. The city center has many shops & hotels and is a convenient travel hub. Takasaki city also includes Mt. Haruna and Lake Haruna, 40 min drive away.
Maebashi City is 70 min from Tokyo. It's an exciting art and nature city, including nearby Mt. Akagi, Lake Onuma, and more. It's also a good base to use to travel around the region.
A Japanese festival where giant TENGU masks are carried around by 300 women (on the 1st & 3rd day of the festival). A unique festival to experience interesting Japanese tradition. (Numata City / 沼田市)
Visit Akagi Nanmen Senbonzakura cherry blossom festival, one of Japan's top 100 Sakura viewing spots, in early April. (Maebashi city, Akagi Area / 前橋市, 赤城エリア)
Take the Watarase Valley railway train to see the beautiful Sakura cherry flowers and Plum bloom (Kiryu city, Midori city & Nikko city / 桐生市, みどり市,日光市)