Kurabo Memorial Hall

The Kurabo Memorial Museum is a corporate museum of Kurashiki Boseki, located in Kurashiki Ivy Square in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. It was built in 1888 (Meiji 21), the year Kurashiki Boseki was founded, as a warehouse for storing raw cotton. Nationally registered building. == History == Kurashiki Spinning Works (now Kurashiki Spinning), which was founded in 1888 (Meiji 21), opened a modern spinning factory on the site of the former Kurashiki magistrate's office the following year, 1889. In 1969 (Showa 44), the Kurabo Memorial Museum was opened to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the company's founding. It was originally intended for employee training, but it was opened to the public in 1971. In 1973, the Kurashiki main factory area, including the memorial hall, was opened as the tourist complex Kurashiki Ivy Square. == Architecture == The building that is now the Kurabo Memorial Hall was built as a raw cotton warehouse, and originally consisted of two buildings, but it was expanded around 1900 and became a U-shaped building. It is a two-story building made of wood and partly brick, with a tiled roof. The building area is 701m2.