Name: 日本是如何通過絲蟲成為高科技的？ (How Japan Became High Tech w/ Silk Worms)
Uploaded: 2020-10-31T19:25:38.000Z
Duration: 11 min 33 s

I'm at the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma prefecture where many people say

我現在在群馬縣富岡絲綢廠，那裡有很多人說。

Have you ever wondered why Japan has such state-of-the-art

你有沒有想過，為什麼日本會有這麼先進的設備？

technology creating some of the world's highest quality goods

技術創造了一些世界上最優質的產品。

That's why I'm here, and that's why this place is a world heritage site

這就是為什麼我在這裡，這就是為什麼這個地方是一個世界文化遺產

now the silk mill is no longer in operation

But it's the seed that has grown into the Japan that we know today.

但正是這顆種子，成長為我們今天所熟知的日本。

Robotics is one of the many areas Japan is excelled, but

機器人是日本眾多擅長的領域之一，但。

it's also in everyday items like toilets and vending machines

它還存在於日常用品中，如廁所和自動售貨機中。

The gaming and health industries are also at the top, and the tech in sushi shops is pretty good too

遊戲和健康產業也是名列前茅，壽司店的技術也是相當不錯的。

And yes as I said in the beginning, it all started with silk.

是的，就像我一開始說的，一切都從絲綢開始。

Before we go through the mills east cocoon warehouse and facility areas,

在我們通過磨坊東繭倉庫和設施區之前。

Let's look at the Jobu region with Japan Silk Road lies

讓我們來看看與日本絲綢之路相鄰的喬布地區的情況。

Tokyo and Yokohama are Japan's biggest urban center and port and the silk mill is

東京和橫濱是日本最大的城市中心和港口，絲綢廠是

Located up the Tone River to the foothills of the Japanese Alps in Gunma prefecture

位於群馬縣利根川上游至日本阿爾卑斯山麓。

Takasaki is the largest city and from here. We'll head to Shimonita and Tomioka where the silk mill is located.

高崎是最大的城市，從這裡出發，我們將前往絲綢廠所在的下田和富岡。我們將前往絲綢廠所在的下田和富岡。

This is where Japan's industrialization began.

日本的工業化就是從這裡開始的。

The mill ceased operations in 1987 and it was declared a World Heritage Site in 2014

該廠於1987年停止營運，2014年被宣佈為世界文化遺產。

because of its significance in history to the country

因為它在歷史上對國家的重要性

This mill marked Japan's entry to a modern industrialized era

這座工廠標誌著日本進入了現代工業化時代。

the point where a great desire for technological innovations spawned

在這裡，對技術革新的巨大渴望催生出了

Silk was the popular product made in Japan that the west craved the most

絲綢是西方人最渴望的日本製造的流行產品

and the Jobu region was the perfect place to invest in

和喬布地區是投資的最佳地點。

since it already had the foundations for silk production

因為它已經具備了生產絲綢的基礎。

The mill is open to the public and has been well preserved

Even the machinery in the silk reeling plant is as it was when it closed three decades ago

就連繅絲廠的機器也和三十年前關閉時一樣

So now we are inside the silk reeling plant

所以我們現在是在繅絲廠裡面了。

This factory was used to reel the silk from the cocoons,

這家工廠是用來繅絲的，從蠶繭上繅絲。

and we have all the machines that were used here until

我們有所有的機器，在這裡使用，直到。

1987 the year when the Tomika's silk mill stopped production

In the early Meiji era when Japan changed from an isolated feudal country to a modern one

明治初期，日本從一個孤立的封建國家轉變為一個現代化的國家。

the government turned to France for silk making expertise in high-tech machinery

政府向法國尋求高科技機械的制絲技術

That know-how evolved into workers perfecting the skills needed to make raw silk

這些技術發展為工人們完善了製作生絲所需的技能。

an extremely difficult task for a commodity and high demand worldwide

對於一個世界性的商品和高需求的商品來說，這是一個非常困難的任務。

Before mass production Japanese silk was a luxury good worldwide a

在大規模生產之前，日本的絲綢在世界範圍內都是奢侈品。

and after it became more affordable still at incredible quality

在它變得更實惠後，仍然以令人難以置信的品質。

Japan led the silk industry for 115 years.

The high-tech machinery here imported from Europe marked the start of Japan's desire for state-of-the-art technology

這裡從歐洲進口的高科技機械標誌著日本對最先進技術的渴望開始了。

these creatures are silkworms nibbling on special nutrition bars

這些生物是蠶吃特殊營養棒的蠶絲

They're extremely delicate and hard to cultivate from egg to cocoon

它們從卵到繭都非常脆弱，很難培育出來

But Japanese workers were good at it - really good at it

但日本工人很擅長，真的很擅長。

Why was the mill here? It had coal to power the machines, close enough to the port of Yokohama

為什麼工廠在這裡？因為這裡有煤，可以為機器提供動力，而且離橫濱港很近。

Had a river with clean water and was cool enough to cultivate the eggs thanks to the Arafune Cold Storage

有一條河，水很乾淨，而且涼爽，可以培養雞蛋，這要感謝阿拉豐冷庫。

This is the reason why the silk industry thrived here because I had a place like this where they could keep it cool

這就是為什麼絲綢業在這裡興盛的原因，因為我有一個這樣的地方，他們可以保持冷靜

Even in the hottest of days in the summer

即使是在最炎熱的夏季，也是如此。

Even in August the temperatures are cool here

即使在八月，這裡的氣溫也很低

which allowed an increase in the number of breeding seasons and more cocoon production

這使得繁殖季節增加，產繭量增加。

Inside these holes were buildings that housed silkworm cocoons from over 40 prefectures in Japan the largest site in the country

洞內有日本40多個都道府縣的蠶繭，是日本最大的蠶繭基地。

These days the silkworms are now important to the town in another way

如今，蠶桑對鎮上的重要意義又有了新的變化

with the mill becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014

與磨坊在2014年成為聯合國教科文組織世界遺產。

The silkworm chocolate is a popular gift locally made chocolate that really does look like the real thing

蠶絲巧克力是一種很受歡迎的禮品當地製作的巧克力，真的很像真的。

green tea chocolate flavored leaf and cookies and cream tasting worm cocooned in a wrapper to keep it fresh

綠茶巧克力味的葉子和餅乾奶油味的蟲子在包裝紙上作繭自縛，保持新鮮。

The street in front of the mill has a lot of shops selling silkworm confections

磨坊前的街道上，有很多賣蠶桑點心的店鋪。

This one with sweet red bean auzuki paste inside

And it makes you wonder how the quality of the silk was here in Tomioka

這讓人不禁懷疑富岡這裡的絲綢品質如何。

Tomioka produced the best raw silk in the world. The Tomioka brand was well known.

富岡生產的生絲是世界上最好的。富岡的品牌很有名。

At the mill office, I was shown some real high-quality silk made in the town

在工廠的辦公室裡，我看到了一些真正的高質量的絲綢在鎮上製造的

Inazuka-san is in charge of the Tomioka silk brand

稻冢先生是富岡絲綢品牌的負責人。

To compare I brought my own assumed-to-be silk items purchased from the internet to see if it was real

為了對比，我把自己從網上購買的假設為絲綢的物品拿來，看看是不是真的。

I asked Inazuka-san to close her eyes before her silk analysis

我讓稻冢先生閉上眼睛，然後再進行蠶絲分析。

WHAT "SILK" ITEM DID I BUY OFF THE INTERNET?

我在網上買了什麼 "絲綢 "物品？

I asked Shinozuka-san to help me investigate the item

我請筱冢先生幫我調查那件東西

it only cost me $10, so of course I was suspicious

I can tell the difference, it's really beautiful!

Real silk just feels really really good. When you touch it, you know -- it's smooth. It's cool. It's silk.

真正的絲綢只是感覺真的真的很好。當你觸摸它，你知道 - 它的光滑。它的涼爽。這是絲綢。

Silk production here is limited these days, but the quality is still high if it's not it probably isn't real silk

現在這裡的絲綢產量有限，但品質還是很高的，如果不是的話，可能就不是真絲綢了。

如果它不是它可能不是真正的絲綢。

The Tomioka silk mill almost failed from the start

富岡絲廠幾乎從一開始就失敗了。

because of a terrible misunderstanding between the Japanese and French cultuers

因為日本人和法國人之間的一個可怕的誤解。

When the mill was constructed there weren't any foreigners here and when the French came they brought the silk machines

當工廠建成的時候，這裡沒有任何外國人，當法國人來的時候，他們帶來了絲綢機器。

Paul Brunant was the engineer on the ground

The task to hire the workers for the mill became impossible

為工廠僱傭工人的任務變得不可能了

I mean - no one had ever seen red wine drunk from a glass like this

我的意思是--從來沒有人見過用這樣的杯子喝紅酒