Tomioka Silk Mill's silk-reeling plant

Tomioka Silk Mill's silk-reeling plant

TOKYO, Japan - The Tomioka Silk Mill's silk-reeling plant in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, is pictured in October 2013. An advisory panel to UNESCO recommended giving World Cultural Heritage status to the silk mill complex, Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs announced on April 26, 2014.

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