# Printing Museum, Tokyo

Source: https://jonleverrier.com/notes/printing-museum-tokyo
Published: 2010-02-06
Topics: Travel

I set off for Edogawabashi this morning in search for the amazing Toppan building, which is home to the Printing Museum of Tokyo.

Once I got over how lovely the outside of the [building](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonleverrier/4335720828/) was, I worked my way downstairs to the exhibition hall, to be greeted by 2 enthusiastic Japanese girls.

The purpose of the museum is to explain the value and potential of printing as a form of communication. The exhibit themes show you the past, present and future developments of printing in a nice low lit atmosphere.

Highlights were to see the original woodblock carvings from [Katsushika Hokusai's](http://www.katsushikahokusai.org/Mount-Fuji-Seen-Below-a-Wave-at-Kanagawa.html) "Wave" print and to press my very own "postcard sized" 3 colour calendar.