Tomioka silk mill as World Cultural Heritage site
TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2012 shows the Tomioka silk mill in Gunma Prefecture, which was completed in 1872 as Japan's first silk plant using then state-of-the-art Western technology. Japan formally decided Aug. 23, 2012, to recommend that UNESCO approve the silk mill as a World Cultural Heritage site.
- Product Code
- ILEA001173922
- Registered date
- 2012/8/23 00:00:00
- Credit
- Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- 2012 Kyodo News
- Media size
- 3968 × 2529 pixel
- Resolution
- 240 dpi
- Deployment size
- 2.27(MB)*
- Special instruction
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.
