Eki Stamps

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Caro Dee

a hand holding an open book with chinese writing on the front and back pages in red, blue, and green

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The Eki Stamp

...museums and memorials... Japan loves stamps. In fact, stamps are an important part of daily life, especially in Asian countries. For example, when someone signs a new lease on their apartment, or takes out a loan at the ba...

two stamps with chinese characters on them are in an open book, and one has the word china churuum written across it

The Eki Stamp

...aquariums and zoos... The stamps themselves aren’t something to balk at either. Each rubber stamp is incredibly detailed, almost to a point where you can feel the painstaking work the artist had to endure.

an open book with red ink on it and the eiffel tower in the background

The Eki Stamp

...towers (Japan loves towers too, as each major city seems to have one)... Most stations have a stamp…and EACH ONE is different. Usually, the stamp will be a picture of some kind of local attraction, or something that the area is known for. For example, Ojiya City in Niigata Prefecture is famous for their bullfights, so their eki stamp is a picture of well, bulls fighting. Nagaoka City is famous for it’s summer fireworks festival, so…you get the point.

a person is holding an orange stamp on top of a table with other items in it

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an open book with stamps on it and writing in chinese, english and japanese characters

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The Eki Stamp

...bridges... Somewhere along the way, stamps knew they had a better purpose to serve. The stamp industry is serious business, but why not have fun with it too. This evolved into using stamps for tourism purposes. And that’s when the station stamp, or eki stamp, was born.