Tomioka silk mill

Tomioka silk mill

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 23, 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
  • ILEA001173932
  • Registered date
  • 2012/8/23 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3213 × 1866 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 2.07(MB)*
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