The Philatelic Culture Museum

Stamps have always been loved by people from all over the world as small works of art, and the Japanese Kiri Culture Museum in Kobe displays various stamps and related materials. Here you can see the more valuable hand-engraved stamps issued in the early days of Japan Post, as well as various general and commemorative stamps issued during the approximately 140 years since Japan Post opened in 1841. In addition, items used in postal work, such as shoulder boxes and octagonal watches used by postmen in the Meiji period, are also displayed here.