Cotton planting restored in western Japan

Cotton planting restored in western Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - A seamstress makes a baby outfit made of locally produced cotton at a factory in Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 28, 2014. The Yamatotakada Chamber of Commerce and Industry and local companies jointly 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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