An eki stamp is a free, collectible, rubber ink stamp found at many train stations in Japan. Their designs typically feature imagery emblematic of the station's associated city or surrounding area, su
Man stamping an eki stamp at Seibu-Shinjuku Station
Eki stamp from Ōfuna Station, 1958
JR Tōkyō Station stamp stand
JR Nippori Station stamp stand
A rubber stamp is an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved, or vulcanized onto a sheet of rubber. Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craft in which some type of ink ma
Eki stamp
…An eki stamp (駅スタンプ, eki sutanpu; "station stamp") is a free, collectible, rubber ink stamp found at many train stations in Japan. Their designs typically feature imagery emblematic of the station's associated city or surrounding area, such…
A rubber stamp, and the message stamped by it
Ink pad from second half of the twentieth century, in the Museo del Objeto del Objeto collection
Self-inking stamp: the stamp normally rests against an internal ink pad, but pressing the assembly against a surface flips it over for printing.