Tatebayashi
Tatebayashi City · Japan
A city in Gunma Prefecture known for Azalea Hill Park and Morin-ji temple, home to the Bunbuku Chagama — a Japanese folkloric tale of a tanuki that transforms into a tea kettle. Tatebayashi sits in the southeastern part of Gunma, within the greater Kanto metropolitan region, and formed as a city in 1954 through the merger of one town and seven villages.
- Population81,274
- Nearest water from center0.7 km
- Nearest mountain from center20.7 km
- UNESCO within 50 km2