As part of a school trip, we visited the Tokyo stock exchange located near Kamiyacho Station 神谷町駅 in central Tokyo.The trip was interesting and I learned a lot about the actual place of trading. Impressions below.
Already before entering the Stock Exchange, Professor Share シェアー先生 is welcoming visitors. In Japan, almost every institution, company or sometimes even people have a mascot. These characters are often cute versions of what they want to represent.
Before the tour started, we had to watch an English dubbed video about what a stock exchange is and how it works.
Other visitors looking at the huge screen showing the present value of all kind of stocks.
The actual trading place is in the middle of this room and around it there is a huge digital stock ticker int he shape of a halo.
The actual trading place is quite small. Nowadays, the majority of trading is done using high-end computer.
Stocks, Stocks, Stocks. An interesting fact is that conversely to the Western common sense, stocks that made plus are written in RED and those who go pretty bad are displayed in GREEN.
A trader's workplace.
TOPIX, Tokyo Stock Exchange.
It's also called arrows, hence the logo as seen here.
On the other side of the trading area are different booths...
...from where news channel broadcast hot stock-related news.
Many famous people visited the Tokyo Stock Exchange, second largest stock exchange in the world. Here is a picture of former Germany's chancellor, Helmut Kohl.
The stock exchange from the other side.
Huge Screens showing stock values are everywhere here.
Like these.
Or these, here with 2 classmates.
As I mentioned before, the red numbers meaning that the stock gained in value, and the green number indicates that a stock lost in value.
Typical for Japan, this made me laugh a bit. A Hello Kitty bond issued by Sanrio. It's worth 100 stocks of that company. Oh boy!
Already before entering the Stock Exchange, Professor Share シェアー先生 is welcoming visitors. In Japan, almost every institution, company or sometimes even people have a mascot. These characters are often cute versions of what they want to represent.
Before the tour started, we had to watch an English dubbed video about what a stock exchange is and how it works.
Other visitors looking at the huge screen showing the present value of all kind of stocks.
The actual trading place is in the middle of this room and around it there is a huge digital stock ticker int he shape of a halo.
The actual trading place is quite small. Nowadays, the majority of trading is done using high-end computer.
Stocks, Stocks, Stocks. An interesting fact is that conversely to the Western common sense, stocks that made plus are written in RED and those who go pretty bad are displayed in GREEN.
A trader's workplace.
TOPIX, Tokyo Stock Exchange.
It's also called arrows, hence the logo as seen here.
On the other side of the trading area are different booths...
...from where news channel broadcast hot stock-related news.
Many famous people visited the Tokyo Stock Exchange, second largest stock exchange in the world. Here is a picture of former Germany's chancellor, Helmut Kohl.
The stock exchange from the other side.
Huge Screens showing stock values are everywhere here.
Like these.
Or these, here with 2 classmates.
As I mentioned before, the red numbers meaning that the stock gained in value, and the green number indicates that a stock lost in value.
Typical for Japan, this made me laugh a bit. A Hello Kitty bond issued by Sanrio. It's worth 100 stocks of that company. Oh boy!
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