Textile Museum "Yukari"

Excellent exhibition about textile production located in old factory building

You can learn a lot about how fabrics are made here, especially silk used for Japanese kimono and obi. Many exhibits are interactive and staff can show you how to work the old machines. The building i...

Great place if you're into textiles

There are two textile museums in Kiryu. The "yukari" is the larger one. A very large number of looms and weaving tools are on display. There are guided tours in Japanese that include the demonstrat...

i've been there.

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I saw Kiryu on a certain TV program, so I was interested. I don't know that it is famous for textiles, and I feel like I could study a lot.

Facilities to visit and experience Japanese textile culture

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A museum and factory where you can experience the past and present of Japanese textile machinery. You can also simply experience how to make textiles. There is also a dyeing facility inside, so you can experience dyeing your own design.

The largest existing hand loom in Japan (high machine: Takahata) is on display and you can see the roof from ﾉｺｷﾞﾘ View ﾃﾞｯｷ

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This is a nationally registered tangible cultural property 16 ｹ [No. 10-0172～ 181 & No. 10-0182～ 0186] as a building, and it is one of the constituent cultural properties of Japan Heritage [Kakaa Tenka ～ Gunma Silk Fabrics ～] (see attached photo). You can see the roof of ﾉｺｷﾞﾘ which is a feature of Kiryu's building from the view ﾃﾞｯｷ, and when you enter the exhibition room, you can feel the lighting by the north window, and the largest existing hand loom in Japan (high machine: Takahata) Buildings and weaving of Kiryu ...