On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area, to Yokohama, where the silk took off to the world.

Takasaki, in Gunma, sits at one end of the Mikuni Road. Takasaki also lies on the Nakasendo, a major route that once linked west and east Japan. Each year, the city holds a festival, featuring ...

Japan has several dozen musical road sections, many of which are installed ... playing “Futami Jowa.” But Gunma Prefecture has the most musical roads. Ten melody lines were installed there ...