page_title: Gunma Prefecture
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Gunma Prefecture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Shikishima athletics stadium 日本語: 敷島陸上競技場。メインスタンドからバックスタンドを見る
context_page_description: Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 and has a geographic area of 6,362 km². Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Saitama Prefecture to the south, Tochigi Prefecture to the east, and Fukushima Prefecture to the northeast.
  Maebashi is the capital and Takasaki is the largest city of Gunma Prefecture, with other major cities including Ōta, Isesaki, and Kiryū. Gunma Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures, located northwestern corner of the Kantō Plain with 14% of its total land being designated as Natural Parks.
context_section_description: The sports teams listed below are based in Gunma.
caption: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma, home of Thespakusatsu Gunma.
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