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Forest fire on Mt. Myogi in eastern Japan

Photo taken from Annaka in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows a forest fire spreading on Mt. Myogi in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025.

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Forest fire on Mt. Myogi in eastern Japan

Photo taken from Annaka in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows a forest fire spreading on Mt. Myogi in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025.

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Heritage railways targeted by thieves

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken May 24, 2013 shows part of cables cut and hanging down from overhead at the dead track of JR Shin-Etsu Honsen line in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture. In late April, some 6 tons of overhead and signal cables were found to have been stolen from an 11.2-kilometer railway of the line between Yokokawa Station in Annaka and Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, which went out of use in 1997.

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Heritage railways targeted by thieves

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken May 24, 2013 shows part of overhead cables cut by thieves at the dead track of JR Shin-Etsu Honsen line in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture. In late April, some 6 tons of overhead and signal cables were found to have been stolen from an 11.2-kilometer railway of the line between Yokokawa Station in Annaka and Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, which went out of use in 1997.

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Katayama cruises to Japan PGA Championship victory

ANNAKA, Japan - Shingo Katayama reacts after winning the Japan PGA Championship golf tournament at Raysum Golf and Spa Resort in Gunma Prefecture on May 18. Katayama earned his 24th career win on the Japanese tour with a tournament-record 23-under 265 total after shooting a final-round 67.

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Katayama cruises to Japan PGA Championship victory

ANNAKA, Japan - Shingo Katayama reacts after winning the Japan PGA Championship golf tournament at Raysum Golf and Spa Resort in Gunma Prefecture on May 18. Katayama earned his 24th career win on the Japanese tour with a tournament-record 23-under 265 total after shooting a final-round 67. (Kyodo)

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Niklas Rakos of Sweden crashes against Mikio Annaka of Japan during an ice hockey match at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese sightseeing train

Photo taken in November 2012 shows East Japan Railway Co.'s popular sightseeing train Utage, equipped with Japanese-style rooms with tatami mats, running in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annaka, the City of Pollution

A large amount of cadmium was found in the soil of a zinc smelter, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a field survey. 　 An interview with the deputy director of a zinc refinery in Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture. Farmers protesting to the city hall after their harvest has fallen, *Filming date unknown, release date: May 28, 1969.

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A row of pine trees along the Tokaido Road

Opened in 1602, Nakasendo was the second of the five major highways in Japan. Pine and cedar trees were planted along the highway, and the cedar trees of Annaka (Gunma Prefecture) became famous. After World War II, many trees died due to pollution caused by car exhaust. Luckily, the decision to build National Route 142 parallel to the old Nakasendo Highway saved the trees at Kasatori Pass. The photograph with the rickshaw parked in front of the tea house shows how the highway had been renovated so that carriages could pass.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐48‐0]

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Locomotive to promote "Kimetsu" movie

A locomotive to promote the upcoming "Demon Slayer" (Kimetsu no Yaiba) movie leaves JR Yokokawa Station in the Gunma Prefecture city of Annaka, eastern Japan, on Oct. 11, 2020.