The Tomioka Silk Mill and the Silk Industrial Heritage Complex　富岡製糸場と絹産業遺産群

The Tomioka Silk Mill and the Silk Industrial Heritage Complex are a collection that shows the technological exchanges and innovations that contributed to the realization of mass production of high-quality raw silk from the late 19th to the 20th century, when the world economy was integrated through trade. The result was the development of the global silk industry, and the popularization of silk consumption. This technological innovation was achieved through a combination of innovations in silk manufacturing technology and innovations in sericultural technology that supported the increased production of high-quality cocoons, the raw material for silk. This property is a remarkable example of the entire process of raw silk production today, with components that show the process of technological innovation in silk production and sericulture that supported it. It was designated as a World Cultural Heritage site in 2014.

富岡製糸場と絹産業遺産群は、世界経済の貿易を通じた一体化が進んだ19世紀後半から20世紀にかけて、高品質な生糸の大量生産の実現に貢献した技術交流と技術革新を示す集合体です。その結果、世界の絹産業の発展と絹消費の大衆化がもたらされました。この技術革新は、製糸技術の革新と、原料となる良質な繭の増産を支えた養蚕技術の革新の双方が相まって成し遂げられました。富岡製糸場と絹産業遺産群は、製糸とこれを支える養蚕の技術革新の過程を示す構成要素を併せ持ち、生糸を生産する過程全体を今日に伝える顕著な見本です。