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Saw-toothed weaving sheds, built for north light, stand mixed among the townhouses.
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Kiryu Shinmachi was a town in Yamada District, Kozuke Province (Gunma Prefecture). It corresponds to present-day Honmachi and Yokoyamacho in Kiryu. A wide variety of buildings remain, including merchant houses, storehouses and sawtooth-roofed textile factories, and it has been selected as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. On 24 April 2015 it was also certified as a Japan Heritage site as a component of "Kakaa Denka: Gunma's Silk Story."
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Founded / opened：Edo period Highlights / collection：Sawtooth-roofed textile factory, Townhouses and storehouses Genre：Architecture, Textiles and dyeing
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