Walking along the Loop Route 5｜Discovering a museum of bills and stamps! | Miyachi – Mizota Bridge

I discovered a museum of bills and stamps near Oji Station, so I took a tour.

8-way intersection at Miyachi
Loop Route 5
Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum
Walking data

8-way intersection at Miyachi

For the first time in three months, I decided to walk along the ring road. This time it’s the Loop Route 5.

Machiya Station

As usual, I decided to walk counterclockwise, so I got off at Machiya Station.

I walked south as far as my feet would take me, and when I reached Meiji-dori, I headed west.

Miyachi intersection

This is the intersection of Miyachi. This is an eight-way intersection! It’s a complicated intersection.
Meiji-dori runs on top of the intersection.
The direction to the left (east), where I had walked for about 250 meters, was also Loop Route 4. Kanjo 4 becomes Doukan-yama-dori, which extends beyond the black car, heading southwest.
To the right (west), Meiji-dori Avenue becomes Loop Route 5, extending westward from here.
The road from diagonally right behind you (northeast) to the left of the black car (southeast) is Otakebashi Street.

Loop Route 5

Shin Mikawashima Station

I will pass under the Keisei railroad tracks. The station you can see is Shin-Mikawashima Station.

Aizumigawa Street

Here, I looked to my right and saw a sign that said “Aizumegawa Street”.

What? The Aizome-gawa River I knew didn’t flow through this place.
It was a river that flowed from Oji, along the west side of the Keihin Tohoku Line, and flowed into Shinobazu Pond. It is now a culvert. However, the top of the river has a winding shape as a snake path. I was curious about it, so I walked along it once.
Is it just a coincidence that the river has the same name?

Toneri Liner

The next crossing is the Toneri Liner.
It passes through a very high place.

CASSIOPEIA

A little before Oku Station, I saw a train, so I took a detour.
Can I say “Tabata Rail Yard”?
There was only one carriage with CASSIOPEIA written on it.
Without the train mark, it looks a little unsatisfactory.

尾久駅

Let’s be honest. I always thought it was “Ogu” station until I saw the Roman letters under the station name today. I guess it’s “Oku” without the muddy sound. I’ve become one clever person.

Trees in front of the apartment

In front of an apartment building, there were various trees such as camphor, katsura, and kakuremino. Each tree has a name tag attached to it. Maybe it’s because I’m getting old, but lately I want to remember the names of trees and grasses. I think it would be nice if there was a place like this near my house, so that I can remember the names of the trees and my mind can be healed.

Kajiwara Station

I crossed the Arakawa Line. The station you see is Kajiwara Station.
It’s nice to walk along the tram.

Mizota Bridge

This is Mizota Bridge. Flowing below is the Shakujii River.

Perhaps because the Spring Traffic Safety Week started yesterday, the police were riding in an open car followed by a motorcycle. It was followed by a cab decorated with a mall. It was a big event, with about ten vehicles involved, followed by about ten other vehicles.

Mizotabashi intersection

Loop Route 5 turns sharply at the Oji 3-chome intersection a little further on, heading for Oji Station. But today, I wanted to walk along Meiji-dori, so I turned left at the Mizodabashi intersection and headed for Oji Station.

Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum

Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum

Then I found the Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum! I think the stamp museum used to be between Mejiro and Takadanobaba. Did they move it here?
(I later found out that this is the museum of the National Printing Bureau, while the museum in Mejiro is a stamp museum run by the Mizuhara Philatelic Foundation.

I enjoyed the exhibits of the actual tools used to make bills and the video of the bills being made.

A pamphlet and commemorative stamp from the “Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum”

However, there was one thing that surprised me.
I wonder if one should go to specialists for the best results.
I wish they would have used intaglio printing to prevent counterfeiting.

National Printing Bureau’s Oji factory

When I came out after the tour, I found the National Printing Bureau’s Oji factory next door.
Could it be that they make bills here?
(I later found out that they make postage stamps and other securities here, not bills, and that they make bills at the Tokyo Plant on the other side of Oji Station.)
A security guard stared at me, but I was able to take a picture.