Yokohama Silk Museum

Yokohama Silk Museum

Yokohama Silk Museum is a museum located in Yokohama, Japan that covers the silk trade in Japan. The museum displays silk kimonos and covers the importance of Yokohama as a silk port. [cite web |url= http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/japan/yokohama/yokohama-museums/yokohama-silk-museum-yokohama.html |title= Yokohama Silk Museum Yokohama |accessdate=2008-01-28 |format= |work= ]

Opened in March 1959, the museum highlights the "science and technology of silk production, display beautiful costumes for people to admire and promote the demand for silk". [cite web |url= http://www.silkmuseum.or.jp/index-e.html |title= Silk Center International Trade and Sightseeing Building |accessdate=2008-01-28 |format= |work= ]

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* [http://www.silkmuseum.or.jp/index-e.html Silk Museum]


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