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Japan's Carpet Day, 1 November, marks the Emperor's 1956 visit to Suminoe

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Date: 1956
Collection: Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
Publisher: Japanese Wikipedia '11月1日'; Japan Carpet Manufacturers' Association column in Interior Business News (2025)
Themes: Global diffusion of tufting

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“Japan’s Carpet Day, 1 November, marks the Emperor’s 1956 visit to Suminoe.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/11%E6%9C%881%E6%97%A5.

Research notes

Carpet Day was established in 1974 by the carpet industry association. The Emperor and Empress toured Suminoe's Sumiyoshi plant on 1 Nov 1956 and viewed tufted products. Commemorates 1 Nov 1956, when the Shōwa Emperor and Empress toured Suminoe's Sumiyoshi plant. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): confirmed. Add: Carpet Day was established in 1974 by the carpet industry association (日本カーペット工業組合, per Wikipedia; probably its predecessor body at the time). The Emperor AND Empress (行幸啓) visited Suminoe's Sumiyoshi plant on 1 Nov 1956 and viewed tufted products. Can be upgraded from 'suggestive'. Source: 11月1日 – ウィキペディア (Japanese Wikipedia, '1 November'). Found at: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/11%E6%9C%881%E6%97%A5 Also: https://online.ibnewsnet.com/sp/hn250526-05.html · https://ja.everybodywiki.com/%E4%BD%8F%E6%B1%9F%E7%B9%94%E7%89%A9