1 What's the "Stamp on my journey(Wata-Tabi stamp)"?

On your railway journey in Japan, you'll often find a table made of wood near the ticket counter or check-in gate in many JR stations. On that table, there is a typical stamp that are named "Watashi-no-Tabi(Wata-Tabi) stamp" that shows the charactors and sightseeing points of the town. I don't know if there are such stamps in foreign countries, (I travelled nothern area of Scotland by train last year, but I couldn't find it) but even if it exists, I think there are few railway companies like JR(Japan Railways Corp.) that made such stamps that are provided in more than 700 stations on the same regulation of shapes and colors. By stamping it, you can find what's in the town and what you've seen in the town after the journey. It's both "the guide" and "the souvenir". I've collected this stamps from more than 20 years ago when I was a highschool boy, but I've not completed collecting them all yet. It's a great journey indeed.....

This is the stamp of "Tokyo" station. The title of this stamp is "The No.1 station in Japan where the emperor's palace can be seen"

2 Shapes & Colors

**	Circle	Tetrangle	Pentagon	Hexagon
Red	Unique in animals or plants	New constructures or Culture	Unique festivals,events, or customs	Unique in sports or leisure
Purple	Unique in Spas	Unique in traditional products and souvenir	Unique in foods	Unique in industries
Black	Unique nature and landscape	Unique ancient constructures or historic places	Unique in famous person, song, legends or stories	Station that has something No.1 in JR