One of Japan's last surviving silk mills is rapidly falling into disrepair and could collapse despite a local campaign to save it.
The Kameyama Silk Mill Muroyama Factory in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, closed in 1995 and today the last surviving building at the site is all but derelict. Entry is forbidden.
It is the only surviving example of 32 mills modeled on the renowned Tomioka Silk Mill in the city of Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan's first silk reeling facility. The Tomioka facility became a World Heritage site in June this year.
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