Nihonbashi · Kanda · Jimbocho / PLACE
Currency Museum
A free museum tracing exchange in Japan through the forms and uses of money.
The weight and buying power of money
Look at an oban gold coin, then try the weight-experience activity; compare the first Bank of Japan notes issued in the Meiji era with the anticounterfeiting technology section. Seeing original objects and using an interactive device are different actions. Accounts of what Wadokaichin or Kaneitsuho could buy put small coins back into everyday life. Choose one question—weight, manufacture or buying power—to direct the visit.
WHERE · On foot from here
How far from the station, and which side
West of Mitsukoshimae Station, about 150 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.
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Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.
Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance
Free entry has an early cutoff
Admission is free. Hours are 9:30–16:30 with last entry 16:00, and Mondays are normally closed. Check the calendar for holiday Mondays, New Year and temporary closures. Groups of more than 20 need reservations. Bring your own device and earphones for the English audio guide.
Visit after leaving large bags
Entry includes X-ray and metal-detector inspection, and the operator discourages suitcases and large bags. Around hotel arrival or departure, arrange luggage storage before choosing this visit. Inside, choose a subject to compare by eye, such as the materials or shapes of money. If you want to make something yourself, compare Ozu Washi’s papermaking experience.
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Before you go
Sources · image info
- Currency Museum · operator visit factsNamed venue/operator
- GSI address reference: 東京都中央区日本橋本石町一丁目３番１号国土地理院
- くろめ · original visit accountくろめ / note
- QR-003-EXHIBITS · independently observed depth materialExact original operator / institution
- くろめ · くろめ / note2026-06-13
Finance-education writer くろめ describes visiting the Currency Museum in 2026. The financial-planning credential is self-described and has not been independently checked. Activities in that account may differ today. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.
