Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its seasonal peak in this ...

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At the end of each spinneret is a collection of spigots, nozzle-like structures. A single silk thread comes out of each. Jan explains, 'Although it looks a bit like an icing nozzle, the silk is pulled ...

At the time, raw silk became the country's largest export, as the silk industries in France and Italy had been hit by an epidemic of silkworm disease. At one point, Japan was the world's biggest ...