Japan Mint (Factory Tour)
This is an institution that produces coins, medals, commendations, metal crafts, etc. The premises also house the Mint Museum, and the "Cherry Blossom Passage" is held every year in mid-April.
The new Meiji government, in building a modern nation, believed it was necessary to reconstruct the monetary system that had been in disarray at the end of the Edo period, and established the Osaka Mint to manufacture coins that would rival those of developed countries. The Mint held its founding ceremony on April 4, 1871 (Meiji 4), and began manufacturing coins using Western-style equipment that was revolutionary at the time, playing a role in introducing modern industry to Japan in the early Meiji period.
Basic information
- Parking Available
- Business hours
- Tours: (Morning) 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, (Afternoon) 13:00, 13:30, 14:30
*If there are openings, reservations will be accepted on-site on the day (first come, first served). Reservations can be made on the factory tour reservation site on the Japan Mint website from the beginning of the month two months in advance until the day before.
- Holidays
- Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, New Year's holidays, and days when tours are not possible due to circumstances
- Price
- Free of charge
- Access
- 15 minutes walk from Osaka Tenmangu Station on the JR Tozai Line
15 minutes walk from Minamimorimachi Station Osaka Metro
20 minutes walk from Osaka Metro Tenmabashi Station
20 minutes walk from Tenmabashi Station on the Keihan Railway
Near the Sakuranomiyabashi bus stop
- Address
- 1-1-79 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka City, 530-0043
- Telephone
- 06-6351-6150
- Fax
- 06-6351-5481
- Average time
- Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes
