Back home in Kyoto's famed Nishijin district, the heart of the city's textile industry, shops are struggling to remain in business

Back home in Kyoto's famed Nishijin district, the heart of the city's textile industry, shops are struggling to remain in business.According to the Nishijin Textile Industry Association, domestic shipments of locally produced cloth peaked at over￥270 billion in 1990 but have since declined, falling