Abe visits UNESCO-registered Tomioka Silk Mill

Abe visits UNESCO-registered Tomioka Silk Mill

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) tries reeling threads at the Tomioka Silk Mill, a newly added UNESCO World Heritage site built in 1872, on July 23, 2014. Abe visited the site to help promote the historic factory building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, to foreign tourists. (Pool photo)

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