Living in Takasaki

Two Shinkansen lines branch. The gateway to Gunma, where the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen split.

The gateway to Gunma, where the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen split. Tokyo is fifty minutes away, so some people commute. Commercial facilities cluster in the station building and around it, so daily life is done within the station area. In winter there are days when the mountain wind blows strongly.