A Musical road is a road, or part of a road, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body in the form of a musical tune. As of 2016, there are now over 30 Melody Roads in Japan, [including] one in Hokkaido, another in Wakayama (where, at 40km/h, a car can produce the Japanese ballad “Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo” by Kyu Sakamoto), and a third in Gunma, which consist of 2,559 grooves cut into a 175 meter stretch of existing roadway and when driven over at 50 km/h, produce the tune of “Memories of Summer”.
National Route 401 is a national highway of Japan connecting Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima and Numata, Gunma in Japan, with a total length of 171.1 km (106.32 mi).
Located in northern Gunma, Katashina is bordered by Tochigi Prefecture to the east and Fukushima Prefecture to the northeast. Much of the village is within the borders of Oze National Park. Katashina is not served by any railway lines.
Gunma Prefecture (群馬県, Gunma-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the KantŠregion on Honshū island. Its capital is Maebashi. One of only eight landlocked prefectures in Japan, Gunma is the northwestern-most prefecture of the KantŠplain.