Cotton planting restored in western Japan

Cotton planting restored in western Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - Miho Morita (R), a section chief of the Yamatotakada Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Yoshihiro Yoshioka, a local researcher of spinning industry history, hold baby wear made of locally grown cotton in Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. The chamber and local companies collaboratively grow organic cotton to bring back cotton plantation which used to be the biggest business in the region in the Edo era (1603-1867).

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