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The City Of the Kimono
Kiryu city
The biggest allure of Kiryu City, where the textile industry has thrived since ancient times,
is the balance between its historical heritage and the beautiful nature

              
                               kiryuori
Kiryuori, the form of Kiryu textile, has a history of 1300 years. It is the best silk fabric in Japan, and has been designated as a Tradi-tional Craft of Japan.

    
                          Kiryu Yagibushi Festival
The city bustles with the excitement of Kiryu Gion Festival and Yagibushi Odori, a traditional dance.

              
                            Ebisuko Festival
This festival is held annually at Nishinomiya-Jinja Shrine. It gets srowded with people who come to for a prosperous business. On the first night of the festival, the festivities go on all night.

Gourmet of Kiryu

      
                            Sauce Katsudon
A dish originated in Kiryu. In addition, Kiryu has become famous for its sauce katsudon, a savory pork and rice dish. Tasty pork dishes as Sauce Katsudon are a local specialty.

             
                            Himokawa Udon
Gunma is also a producing center in an eminent wheat field, and the history is old. The thickness of the Udon drops by a store, and there even is more than 10 centimeters of something from 1.5 centimeters. It's wide, that the thickness is light at about 1 millimeter, the feature.

      
                             Yaki-manju
One of local food from Gunma prefecture "Yaki-manju". The one which applied bittersweet fermented soybean paste sagging a soft white manju much is orthodox.


Conference Venue

International Conference Room, Kiryu City Performing Arts Center, Kiryu, Japan
http://www.kiryu-piif.jp/index.html(Japanese)
http://www.kiryu-piif.jp/gaiyou/annai/index.html(Japanese)

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Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan


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