Hand-cranked Garabo Spinning Machine

This spinning machine, manufactured in the 1880s and preserved and exhibited atthe Nihon Mengyo Club (Cotton Industry House) in Osaka City, is called "Garabo" because of the sound of its operation. It was invented by T. Gaun(1842–1900) when foreign-made spinning machines were introduced in Japan to improve the productivity of cotton yarn as part of the Meiji government's policy of promoting industrial development.
The introduction of Gaun's spinning machine (powered by a waterwheel) to the cotton-growing Nishi-Mikawa region led to the rapid growth of the region's spinning industry, making it a major production area. This machine is a symbolic domestic machine from the early days of the spinning industry, contributing significantly to acquisition of foreign currency in Japan.