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Travel to Ota, visa requirements / Get around / Ota attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Ota souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Ota nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get outOta (太田) is a city in Gunma.
Travel to Ota - Visa Requirements
Ota is located on the Tobu Isesaki Line.
Direct Ryomo limited express trains run from Asakusa station in Tokyo. Services depart every 30 minutes during the mornings and evenings, and every hour during middays. The trip to Ota takes 70 minutes at a cost of ¥2030. Local Tobu trains, requiring a few transfers, will get you to Ota in about 2 1/4 hours for only ¥1030.
Tours and Getting around Ota
Ota tourist attractions and sightseeing
Ota city tours
- Aeon Mall(イオン太田ショッピングセンター) - This large shopping mall includes a supermarket and a movie theatre as well as many boutiques.
- Daikoin Temple(大光院) - Founded in 1618. Popular with nickname Kosodate Donryu (meaning kid-raising Saint Donryu). Located 2.4 km northwest of the downtown.
- Kanayama Castle(金山城) - A Kamakura-era castle on the top of Mt. Kanayama (244 m). Located 3.2 km north of the downtown.
- Tenjin'yama Kofun(天神山古墳) - A large ancient burial mound (from around the 5th century).
- Yabuzuka Onsen (やぶ塚温泉)- Ota's hot springs. Originally it was Yabuzukahoncho Town area annexed by Ota. 9.7 km northwest of the downtown.
- Snake Center(スネークセンター ) - Located in Yabuzuka Onsen area. Famous for collection of rare kinds of snakes.
Ota souvenirs and shopping
Ota Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Ota nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
- Hostess Bars - Ota is sometimes referred to as the sex tourism capital of Japan due to its numerous hostess bars located near the Ota train station. Hostesses of numerous nationalities and fetishes can be found lining the streets surrounding the train station in the early evening trying to solicit customers for the evening.
Ota cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
Get out
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