16Rafting on river rapids (Minakami Town)Sprawling lettuce fields at Akagi Kogen The Kiryu Yagibushi Festival [photo: Kiryu City]Municipalities: Numata City, Katashina Village, Kawaba Village, Showa Village, Minakami TownPopulation: 81,000Area: 1,765.7 km2The Tone-Numata Region is blessed with a rich natural environment that includes Mt. Tanigawadake and Oze. The area holds immense potential due to its convenient access from metropolitan areas, with a focus on tourism such as its variety of hot springs and outdoor activities, forestry with the region’s rich forest resources, and agriculture with highland vegetables and tourist farms. Furthermore, the abundant waters of Tonegawa River, fed by majestic mountains, also supports the region as the “source of Tonegawa River.”The policy visions have set sights on the promotion of agriculture devel-opment and water environment conservation/recycling-oriented society through the region’s “rich nature and water,” handing down forest con-servation and culture to next generations, and promotion of new residents and tourism through local resources. In this way, efforts are being made to achieve a sustainable, decentralized, and self-reliant society founded on the “The Numata, Tone area domiciliation independence zone plan” and based on local cooperation focused on agriculture/forestry/tourism.Municipalities: Kiryu City, Midori CityPopulation: 160,500Area: 482.9 km2The Kiryu and Midori Region has a unique history related to the textile industry and Akaganekaido, with an abundant natural kaiso environment that is close to urban and mountainous areas. The potential of these resources will be maximized for regional and tourism development. Furthermore, the region boasts highly active community groups led by its residents, and has been seeing results of industry-academia-government collaboration projects by Gunma University and Kiryu University. With these activities as a foundation, diverse people will participate in various co-creation communities to resolve regional issues and encourage industry developments to revitalize and boost sustainability of the region, which is suffering from a declining population. Additionally, the region will make efforts to attract more new residents while encouraging active participation from human resources with an innovative flair, by promoting unique edu-cation and human resource training with industry-academia-government collaboration and digital technology.highlands (Showa Village)“Kiryu textiles,” which are designated a traditional craftSerada Toshogu ShrineAzaleas at the Tsutsujigaoka Park (Tatebayashi City)Municipality: Ota CityPopulation: 224,400Area: 175.5 km2The Ota Region is the prefecture’s largest industrial area when seen from the shipment value of manufactured products. Promotion of the transpor-tation equipment industry will be the key to regional development, with the Subaru Corporation at the core. In order to enable sustainable development of the region, there is a need to diversify industrial structures by supporting creation of new industries and business start-ups, along with cultivating human resources for the future and enhancing existing businesses with added values. As the region is home to many foreign residents, co-existence is also something to be considered. Furthermore, dwindling birth rates and longevity has resulted in vacant stores in the city center, calling for revi-talization of the region. Efforts will be made for regional development that makes most of the area’s features, such as its rich historical heritage, local culture such as festivals in various towns, and tourist resources such as the Hachioujiyama Park.Municipalities: Tatebayashi City, Itakura Town, Meiwa Town, Chiyoda Town, Oizumi Town, Ora TownPopulation: 181,200Area: 193.3 km2The Ora-Tatebayashi Region consists of almost entirely flat terrain, with an abundance of water and greenery, with rivers, swamps, and lowland forests. Furthermore, as this area is the closest to Tokyo and is blessed with land and water resources, it has a high concentration of manufacturing businesses, and many foreign residents. The area has tourism resources such as beautiful waterside scenery and an abundance of nature such as the Tonegawa River, the Watarase-yusuichi retarding basin, and the Japan Heritage “Sato-numa,” along with attractive local resources such as advanced, multi-cultural co-existence initiatives and a diverse food culture. By polishing these elements, efforts will be made for regional development.On the other hand, there are pressing issues such as ensuring sufficient medical resources and developing a system to prepare for water disasters such as river flooding, and a plan of action will focus on these challenges. Furthermore, measures toward the decreasing population will also be taken, making most of the area’s proximity to Tokyo, and using existing housing developments to receive people and attract new residents.Subaru Corporation Yajima PlantWatarase-yusuichi Detention Basin (Itakura Town)Tone-Numata RegionKiryu and Midori RegionOta RegionOra-Tatebayashi Region
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