At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 1 of 33
On Thursday, October 17, 2024, I was able to visit the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Bank of Japan which are both in Chuo City in Tokyo, Japan. As a personal finance journalist, I’m beyond elated with this travel experience. I have blogged about the world’s stock exchanges. Additionally, I have written several blog posts about the webinars I watched which media outfit Nikkei organized. Many of them were about Japan’s ambition to become the world’s leading asset management and financial center.
Japan is the world’s fourth-largest economy as of 2024, per Forbes India. By nominal gross domestic product or GDP, the East Asian economic giant is behind the United States, China, and Germany. Based on the data released by the International Monetary Fund, Japan’s GDP per capita or PPP was US$54,184 in 2024. Furthermore, in 2022, Japan constituted 4.2 percent of the world’s economy on a nominal basis.
This year, I am so glad and grateful for the travel opportunity with my father. I turned 40 years young and made this milestone year a travel year for myself. I must remark that visiting the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Bank of Japan are among my life’s fantastic highlights ! The TSE is a building serving as an office. The trading floor and trading bell are visible and I had myself photographed with them. However, trading happens digitally already and not on the bourse’s trading floor anymore.
Moreover, I witnessed an exhibit of images displaying the TSE’s notable visitors like Japan’s then Crown Prince Naruhito — he is now the Emperor; foreign dignitaries; musicians; athletes; and so forth. My Dad and I also witnessed the TSE’s history and explored its museum. Japan’s bourse is surrounded by financial institutions like the Mizuho Bank, which is one of the three Big Banks in Japan, and securities brokerages like Phillip Capital.
As for the Bank of Japan, we walked around the building and I touched its walls. Surrounding the Japanese central bank are financial institutions, including two of Japan’s Big 3 Banks: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and the MUFG Bank, Japan’s largest bank. My Dad wanted coffee and we purchased his drink at the Kinza Restaurant beside the Bank of Japan.
I absolutely love Japan and I will always visit this country ! I’m also considering working here at some point, acquiring a residential property, and immigrating !
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 2 of 33
The Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 3 of 33
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 4 of 33
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 5 of 33
Having coffee at Kinza, a restaurant beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 6 of 33
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 7 of 33
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 8 of 33
The Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 9 of 33
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 10 of 33
At the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 11 of 33
The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 12 of 33
The Bank of Japan and its address inTokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 13 of 33
The Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 14 of 33
The floor plan of the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 15 of 33
The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s branch beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 16 of 33
The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 17 of 33
A branch of MUFG Bank, Japan’s largest bank, beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 18 of 33
The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 19 of 33
A branch of MUFG Bank, Japan’s largest bank, beside the Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 20 of 33
The Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 21 of 33
The Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 22 of 33
At the Bank of Japan Currency Museum, Tokyo, Japan, October 2024 (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 23 of 33
Phillip Securities Japan, Limited, or Phillip Capital, which is close to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, was founded in 1944. This company’s line of business includes the purchase, sale, and brokerage of securities. (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 24 of 33
Profile of Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist and Mizuho Bank’s founder, attached at the Mizuho Bank building, in Tokyo, Japan, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 25 of 33
With the profile of Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist and Mizuho Bank’s founder, attached at the Mizuho Bank building, in Tokyo, Japan, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 26 of 33
At the building of Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 27 of 33
At the building of Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 28 of 33
At the building of Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 29 of 33
At the building of Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 30 of 33
With the image of Shibusawa Eiichi — the founder of one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, Mizuho Bank — behind me in Tokyo’s Chuo City, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 31 of 33
At the building of Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 32 of 33
At the building of Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s Big 3 Banks, beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan (Sheena Ricarte, October 2024) — Image 33 of 33
