Mint (factory tour)
An institution that manufactures coins, medals, medals, metal crafts, etc. There is a mint museum on the premises, and a ``cherry blossom walk through'' is held every year in mid-April.
In building a modern nation, the new Meiji government believed that it was necessary to rebuild the chaotic monetary system at the end of the Edo period, and established the Mint in Osaka to produce coins that were comparable to those of developed countries. The Mint held its founding ceremony on April 4, 1871, and began producing coins using Western-style equipment, which was revolutionary at the time, and introduced modern industry to Japan in the early Meiji period. I fulfilled my role.
Basic information
- Parking Available
- Business hours
- Tour: (morning) 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, (afternoon) 13:00, 13:30, 14:30
*If there is space, we will accept applications on-site on the day (first-come, first-served basis). Reservations can be made from the beginning of the month two months in advance to the day before on the Mint's website factory tour reservation site.
- Holidays
- Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, and days when tours are not possible due to circumstances.
- Price
- Free
- Access
- 15 minutes walk from "Osaka Tenmangu" Station on the JR Tozai Line
15 minutes walk from Minamimorimachi Station on the Osaka Metro
20 minutes walk from Osaka Metro"Tenmabashi" station 20 minutes walk from Keihan Railway "Tenmabashi" station Right next to the "Sakuranomiyabashi" bus stop
- Address
- 1-1-79 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0043
- Telephone
- 06-6351-6150
- Fax
- 06-6351-5481
- URL
- http://www.mint.go.jp/
- Average time
- Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
