Eki Stamps

When I was in Japan I found out about this nifty hobby of collecting stamps at Railway Stations. Just about every railway station in Tokyo has a stamp pad and stamp that you can stamp into a book. It's sometimes a challenge in the bigger stations just to find where the stamp pad is located.

After hunting around in bookstores I managed to get one of these special stamp books for my Eki Stamps (Station Stamps).

  

Harajuku and Tokyo Station:
  

Here is the Enoshima Railway Company stamp at Kamakura:


I think it's mostly kids who collect the stamps in Japan but it makes a great souvenir for tourists (particularly rail fans).