Tomioka Silk Mill
Japan's first government-run model silk mill located in Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture. The building, built in 1872, is characterized by a combination of Western construction methods using a wooden frame and brick walls, and Japanese tile roofs. It is a World Heritage Site, and three buildings, the Silk-reeling Plant, the Western Cocoon Warehouse, and the Eastern Cocoon Warehouse, are National Treasures.
Nishiki-e and Paintings
上州富岡製絲塲之圖
上州富岡製糸場
Landmarks around Tomioka Silk Mill
Takasaki Mt. Myogi Mt. Haruna Ikaho Onsen Usui Pass Karuizawa Chichibu Mt. Asama Shima Onsen Kusatsu Onsen
The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!
The NDL Gallery is online content that you can enjoy using the digitized materials of the National Diet Library. It also provides information on exhibitions in the National Diet Library.
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