in 1871, kimimasa yuri, who was a lord of "fukui" domain (region), brought some silk goods from europe to fukui when he joined a study tour in europe. he showed the goods to people who studied silks in "fukui" and they started doing technical research on weaving "habutae". in 1887, basic technology for weaving "habutae" silk was completed in "fukui" city. the economic boom of the russo-japanese war of 1904-05 and world war i boosted progress and production of "habutae" in "fukui". in the early 1900s, production of "habutae" in fukui earned 1.7 million dollars, up to 60% of the total exports of "habutae" in japan. the demand for "habutae" made in "fukui" has kept increasing in japan, and it is still used in many kinds of daily goods such as clothing.