Kurashiki

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Kurashiki-shi
倉 敷 市
Kurashiki
Geographical location in Japan
Kurashiki (Japan)
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Region : Chūgoku
Prefecture : Okayama
Coordinates : 34 ° 35 '  N , 133 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 35 '6 "  N , 133 ° 46' 19"  E
Basic data
Surface: 355.63 km²
Residents : 475,843
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 1338 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 33202-0
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Kurashiki
Tree : Camphor tree
Flower : Japanese wisteria
Bird : kingfisher
town hall
Address : Kurashiki City Hall
640 Nishinakashinden
Kurashiki -shi
Okayama  710-0833
Website URL: http://www.city.kurashiki.okayama.jp/
Location of Kurashikis in Okayama Prefecture
Location of Kurashikis in the prefecture

Kurashiki ( Japanese 倉 敷 市 , -shi ) is a city in Okayama Prefecture and the former Bitchū Province on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

Kurashiki is a trading town from the Edo period . The name means something like "village of warehouses". Dozens of buildings ( Kura ) are still preserved, which are a symbol of the city due to their typical facades.

Attractions

Street with stores
Ivy Square

The Kurabo company, which was founded in 1888 as a spinning mill under the name "Kurashiki Bōsekisho" ( 倉 敷 紡 績 所 ), became important for the development of the city . The first president was Ōhara Kōshirō (1833-1910), who built one of the most modern spinning mills of the time in 1889, at the place where the Kurashiki shogunate administration had its seat before.

The Kurabo Memorial Hall was established in 1969 as one of the projects to mark the eightieth anniversary of its founding in July. For this purpose, the factory site was converted into what is now known as "Ivory Square". The cotton warehouse was converted into a memorial hall. There, the development of the company up to the present day is shown in various rooms using objects and display boards.

Even more important is the Ōhara art museum , which Ōhara's son Magosaburō (1880–1943) founded. Works of western classical modernism ( Matisse , Renoir , Degas , Gauguin , Picasso, etc.), but also Japanese modernity ( Fujishima Takeji , Munakata Shikō, etc.) are shown there.

The Kurashiki Folk Art Museum has exhibits of folk art, while the Japan Rural Toy Museum shows old toys from Japan, but also from other parts of the world. The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum showed 2,000 works of ancient European- Mediterranean art until its closure . In 2003 the Kake Museum for Japanese and European Painting opened in the building.

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Town twinning

Kurashiki has twinned cities with Sankt Pölten, Austria (since 1957), with Kansas City in the USA since 1972 and with Christchurch in New Zealand since 1973 .

economy

Today spinning mills, the building materials industry, the chemical industry and the smelting of iron ore are economically important .

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

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