Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI of "Isesaki FM".
Event to celebrate 140th anniversary of opening of JR Maebashi Station.
An event to celebrate the 140th anniversary of JR Maebashi Station, which opened as "Maebashi Station" on August 20, 1884, was held on the 24th. At the opening ceremony, the calligraphy club of Maebashi Municipal High School enlivened the venue with a performance in which they wrote a line from a poem by Hagiwara Sakutaro and the character "Congratulations" in large letters, accompanied by a lively performance by the brass band.
The venue was also decorated with pictures of railways drawn by kindergarten children, and original Kiryu tenugui hand towels with designs were on sale, panels conveying the station's history, and tools used in the past were on display.