The Jobu Silk Road

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1, World Heritage Site Tomioka Silk Mill

In order to establish a modern state, the Meiji...…

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2, Yahei Tajima Monument

This stone monument was erected in 1894 by Yahe...…

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3, Komoda Family Residence

This residence is a registered tangible cultura...…

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4, Suwa-jinja Shrine Security Light and Handwashing Stone

As a center for silk merchants to purchase raw ...…

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5, Chogoro Takayama’s Grave

Chogoro Takayama, the founder of Takayama-sha S...…

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6, Former Kozuke Railway Facility / Onigasawa Bridge / Shimonita Storehouses

The Shimonita storehouses are two brick storeho...…

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7, The Graves of Tomioka Silk Mill “Factory Girls” (Ryuko-ji Temple)

A large number of “factory girls” from across J...…

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8, The Graves of Tomioka Silk Mill “Factory Girls” (Kaigen-ji Temple)

Among the “factory girls” who gathered from aro...…

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9, Myogi-jinja Shrine Bronze Lanterns

This pair of bronze lanterns standing in front ...…

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10, Usui Raw Silk Manufacturing Agricultural Cooperative Association

With its back to Mt. Myogi, nestled in an ideal...…

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11, Katakura Silk Commemorative Museum

The Kumagaya Factory was the last silk milling ...…

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12, Brick Town Fukaya

Fukaya was the site of Japan's first mechanized...…

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13, Former Eiichi Shibusawa Residence (Nakanchi)

The home where Eiichi Shibusawa, the “father of...…

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14, Takamado-no-Sato

In the Kodama district, there are a number of s...…

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15, Old Brick Warehouse of the Commercial Bank of Honjo

This is a brick warehouse situated along the Na...…

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16, Kyoshin-sha Sericulture School

Kyoshin-sha traces its origins to Kuzo Kimura, ...…

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17, Isesaki Textile Hall (Isesaki Meisen Silk)

Isesaki Textile Hall exhibits the traditionally...…

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18, Sakai House of Silk

This is a Japanese-style wood frame two-story h...…

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19, Red Brick Tunnel

At the far end of a parking lot down the hill f...…

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20, Shopping Street

The commercial trading of raw silk and other pr...…

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21, Former Gunma Prefecture Silkworm Industry Sakai Trading Floor

To prevent the spread of infectious silkworm di...…

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22, Former Sakai Transportation Warehouse (Red Brick Warehouse)

This cocoon storage warehouse was constructed i...…

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23, Shimamura Church

When Zenbei Tajima, Yahei Tajima and others wen...…

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24, Chogoro Takayama Monument

Donors including employees of Takayama-sha erec...…

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25, Motoshichi Fukushima Celebration Monument

This monument celebrates the achievements of Mo...…

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26, Shimonita Museum of History

The museum of history and folklore allows visit...…

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27, Myogi-jinja Shrine

This shrine is a nationally designated importan...…

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28, Nukisaki-jinja Shrine

Ichinomiya is the most important shrine of the ...…

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29, World Heritage Site Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm

Residence of Yahei Tajima, the father of modern...…

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30, World Heritage Site Takayama-sha Sericulture School

A contributor to developing and educating peopl...…

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31, World Heritage Site Arafune Cold Storage

A former refrigerator for silkworm eggs.Arafune...…

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