Silk Museum
The Yokohama Silk Museum is a museum located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan that covers the silk trade in Japan. The museum displays silk kimono and covers the importance of Yokohama as a silk port.Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Textile museum in Yokohama, Japan
- Also known as: “Yokohama Silk Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yokohama Archives of History and Kaiko Hiroba Park.
Yokohama Archives of History
Museum
Photo: Mutimaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yokohama Archives of History in Naka ward, central Yokohama, near Yamashita Park, is a repository for archive materials on Japan and its connection with foreign powers since the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853. Yokohama Archives of History is situated 130 metres west of Silk Museum.
Yokohama Chinatown
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yokohama Chinatown is located in Yokohama, Japan, which is located just south of Tokyo. It was established in the late 19th century, and has a population of about 3,000 to 4,000. Yokohama Chinatown is situated 480 metres south of Silk Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yoshihamacho and Uchidacho.
Minami-ku
Suburb
Photo: ウェルワィ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minami-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 197,019 and a density of 15,550 persons per km2.
Silk Museum
- Categories: textile museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.44724° or 35° 26′ 50″ northLongitude
139.64523° or 139° 38′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XCJWW+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1420813339OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q8054642
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Silk Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف الحرير يوكوهاما”
- Fulah: “Yokohama Silk Museum”
- Japanese: “シルクセンター国際貿易観光会館”
- Japanese: “シルク博物館”
- Japanese: “一般財団法人シルクセンター国際貿易観光会館”
- Japanese: “財団法人シルクセンター国際貿易観光会館シルク博物館”
- Tamil: “யோக்கோகாமா பட்டு அருங்காட்சியகம்”
- “Yokohama Silk Museum”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include International Silk Trade and Tourism Center and 横濱ハイカラきもの館.
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