Stamps are kind of a thing there, used as personal signatures as well as in business. One of the fun things you can collect during a visit are the stamps from various train stations, temples, some businesses and destinations.
It is a bit of a scavenger hunt, finding the one stamp at most Stations consisted of finding a station office, an official there who understood what I meant when asking for the Station stamp and then, many times, finding the right office that actually has the stamp. I did not collect a stamp from every station we went through, sometimes they were just too crowded or the office was too far away so I would have to skip it.
Temple stamps were not as difficult but many of the temples we chose to visit just did not have them.
I collected a fair amount of stamps from the 7 Hells of Beppu and those were a lot of fun and easy to to find.
Honjo-Azumabashi Station, Tokyo Subway ____ Shinkansen Train Station Kyoto Train Station Higashi Honganji Temple, Kyoto Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji Temple, Kyoto Osaka Train Station Hiroshima Train Station #1 Hiroshima Train Station #2 Beppu Train Station Kamado Jigoku (Furnace), 7 Hells of Bellu Monk head Hell White hell Oniyama Jigoku (Devil Mountain Hell),
7 Hells of BelluTatsumaki Jigoku (Tornado Hell),
7 Hells of BelluUmi Jigoku (Ocean Hell),
7 Hells of BelluShibuya Yufuin Train Station Yufuin Train Station
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