It is said that sericulture in the Tanba Region including Fukuchiyama City has a history longer than one thousand years, with its peak around the beginning of the Showa period.
その歴史は福知山市を含む丹波地方の養蚕業は千年以上も昔から行われていたとも言われ、昭和初期ごろに全盛期を向かえた。