Gunze Museum
グンゼ博物苑
Explore Gunze's silk and textile history in a renovated warehouse, celebrating its local origins.
What it is
- A museum in Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture.
- Established in 1996 for Gunze's 100th anniversary.
- Gunze was founded in Ayabe City in 1896.
What to see
- Former silk reeling warehouse from the early Taisho era.
- Exhibits of knitwear, socks, and silk products.
- Kuwa-no-en with 500 varieties and 2000 mulberry trees.
- Gunze Memorial Hall covers sericulture and company history.
- Memorial Hall building was originally the head office.
- Gunze Historical Archives stores historical collections.
Getting there
- Ayabe Station on the JR San'in Main Line.
- Ayabe IC on the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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