18.Tomioka Silk Mill Site(Gunma)

The West cocoon Warehouse

Tomioka Silk Mill is a World Heritage Site, a National Treasure and a modern industrial heritage founded in Tomioka in 1872 (5th year of Meiji era) as Japan's first government operated model mechanized silk-reeling factory.Don't miss late 19th century brick buildings such as the Silk-reeling Plant and East and West Cocoon Warehouses. Audioguides are also available.

East Cocoon Warehouse

Second floor of the East Cocoon Warehouse, Because it was necessary to let you naturally dry cocoon which you dried more once at first, and to prevent outbreak such as mold, we used only good the second floor of ventilation as cocoon warehouse.

Silk-reeling Machines

Automatic silk-reeling machines inside the Silk-reeling plant.

How to reel silk off cocoons

This booth was the most popular one. The volunteer staff demonstrated how to reel silk off cocoons. If you candidate, you can have an experience of it.

Exhibition room

They have a variety of exhibis. There are captions about raw silk and history of this factory. The caption about how to make raw silk is very detailed and easy to understand.