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NISHIJIN

Nishijin is a most famous place for the manufacture of weaving silk in this country.

The gayest and valuable clothes in Japan are made there, somedresses adorned with gold are woven too.

There plenty of the neckclothes which are of great use to us in winter, are made at this time also.

The neckclothes woven in this place are prevailed now very extenstively in this city.

As these are much more cheap than foreign ones, they are sent out from this city to others for a great value.