{"id":1299,"date":"2025-05-08T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:07:11","slug":"gunma-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/gunma-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunma 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1448-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Took a weekend trip out to Gunma for the first time. More specifically, Takasaki. There was a lot more English than I expected, but the public transportation isn&#8217;t so great for tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1299 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/gunma-2025\/_dsc1378\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1378-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1378-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/michael.lavaveshkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1378-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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