CURRENCY MUSEUM BANK OF JAPAN

For the first time in this blog, I'm using photos I took myself.

Yesterday morning after having a Spanish lesson, I was waiting for Yamato to arrive and deliver my package. I booked 再配達 at 午前中 so I had to be at home until noon or at least until my package arrives. 

Finally, my package arrived 10 minutes before noon and I could go out.

But I didn't know where to go. Shopping mall? I just went to Lalaport the previous day.

I remembered about Bank of Japan Currency Museum. I like money! Let me go there! Around 12.15, I was ready to go to the station.

The closest station to this museum is Mitsukoshi-mae, Hanzomon Line.

The museum is free and the security is quite strict. No mobile phone, except as audioguide, no pictures, no sharp objects, and our bag needs to be scanned by conveyor metal detector.

The security check is on the first floor and the museum area is on the second floor. There is museum shop which took my attention --as always-- it sells museum goods such as banknotes towel, clear file, pens with shredded money inside, gold key holder, all is interesting. 😍 

The museum gallery itself is not big but I was there for almost two hours! If I were able to read more Japanese, maybe I could stay more than that.

On display, there are Japan's currency history from 6-7th century to now. I really wanted to read the older history, but there were too many difficult kanji so I gave up. 😅

Luckily, I quite understood half of the display. There are no English explanation. There is audioguide you can access through your phone but I didn't have headset.

Since I like money - one of my hobbies is numismatic - I enjoyed my visit there.

It is very interesting that Japan started using coin but after some time the currency changed to 'rice and silk' and then changed again to coin and of course, started to use bank notes.

There is also history of Bank of Japan, how every clan in Japan had their own currency, and not only about Japan, there are also foreign money. I learned that not only Zimbabwe which had 1 billion dollar banknote! Germany also had 1 billion mark note printed after World War 1!

This museum is very fun because we can touch some money replica, lift a money box, lift one 貫文 (kanmon) - string of coins -, stamp and create 大黒札 (daikokusatsu), one of first banknotes from Bank of Japan, and many more.

I want to go there again and bring my headset or bring a friend who is good in Japanese.

Do I have friend? 😅

I really want to get old Japan banknotes.

I should make friends with elderly people and ask them to give their money to me. 😂

Note:

再配達 (saihaitatsu) = redelivery

午前中 (gozenchuu) = morning, a.m