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The "Hara Museum Ark" shop is attached to the store. From catalogs and books, there are many original art goods to color your life, such as T-shirts, accessories, interior accessories, and stationery. When you use it, you need an entrance ticket to the museum.

The museum displays glass crafts by Émile Galle, which was active during the Art Nouveau period of the early 20th century, as well as furniture by Louis Majorel. You can also experience glass painting and silver accessories. It's barrier-free. Shops are also substantial.

The museum, which transmits the paper-cutting culture and also exhibits works by famous writers. You can appreciate the unique world of paper cutting and painting with a black and white monotone. In the corner where the famous places around Ikaho are cut-out, the place where I have gone now is cut-out. The cutting picture experience corner that you can enjoy for free is also well received. It seems simple at first glance in the expression of black paper cut with a cutter in white and black only, but you can experience the depth of it.

It displays contemporary Japanese paintings and works by Kaichi Kobayashi, who was active from the Taisho era to the Showa era. There is an observation break room on the second floor where you can see 180 degrees.

A memorial hall showcasing the life of Meiji Bungo Tokutomi Tokutomi and the trajectory of his works. You can tour the first edition of the book, which is a representative work, "Fyotogisu" [Hototogisu], as well as the correspondence and photographs of the time. The memorial hall, which has a separate wooden structure from the exhibition hall, is the Jōhana no Jōjō, a restored departure of the inn, Chiaki-jin Sentei (Chigirajin-Sentei), which had reached its end. Journey time 1 hour.

Takehisa A Japanese-style room with a heavy storehouse door provided on the third floor of the "Yume-Nikuro Funakan" at the Ikaho Memorial Hall. With commentary on the works of Yume-ji according to the seasons (hanging axis), you can admire them firsthand. You can enter only in case of special course (reservation and separate fee required for 2 or more people).

The main street of Ikaho Onsen, which has been running for more than 400 years since the end of the Sengoku period. The 300-meter, 365-step stone steps that run from the entrance near Ikaho-Osekisho to Ikaho Shrine at the top are lined with inns, public-water pools, and souvenir shops. The flow of the source can be seen through the glass from the four Komaguchi viewing stations.

An observation deck on the way from Ikaho onsen town to Lake Haruna. It has an altitude of 1029m. On a clear day, it can be seen as far as Tanikawa Ren-ho, Akagi-yama, and Naetayama. The view is also beautiful at dusk and at night.

Note the characters carved on the middle of the stone steps-gai, a poem called "Ikaho no Machi" published in 1915 by the female poet, Akiko Yosano, in which the onsen-gai of the period is remembered.

The residence was constructed in 1893 (Meiji 26). It was used as a summer resort for the imperial family. The building was burned to the ground in 1952 and is now the site of the Ikaho Training Center at Gunma University. The kutsuishiki used in the entrance remains where it was at the time.