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The second prefectural museum of art in Gunma, collecting modern art of sculpture. The annex exhibits the studio of a French sculpture, François Pompon.Beautiful garden and a nice view of the building amuse visitors. There is a sculpture pathway (彫刻の小径) in the pine woods near the museum where about 40 sculptures are settled along the pathway.
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館林城
located at Shiromachi 2 chome, Tatebayashi, founded in the 15th century by Akai clan. It's also called 'Obiki Castle' that means dragging tail castle which derives from the legend that a fox once saved by Akai Terumitsu, the founder of the castle, showed him where to build a castle by dragging its tail. After Tokugawa Ieyasu overthrew Hojo clan in the Kanto region, in 1590, Sakakibara Yasumasa, one of the 4 powerful retainers of Ieyasu, reinforced the castle and developed the castle town.