(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

Located in heart of Tokyo, Kabutocho District is often referred to as Japan’s Wall Street, as it’s home to dozens of securities companies and the country’s largest stock market, the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

As of May 2026, TSE’s market capitalization is 1,376,658,797 million yen (about $91.78 trillion), according to Japan Exchange Group’s website. This ranks third in the world, next to the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

You can take a glimpse into the tense, vivid atmosphere of one of the world’s largest stock markets by visiting Tosho Arrows, a facility housed in the TSE that provides investors with real-time stock prices and disclosed information about the listed companies.

Fortunately, Tosho Arrow has been open not only to investors but also tourists who’d like to tour the facility.

When I visited the facility recently, I was able to learn the history of Japan’s securities markets in the museum space on the first floor. On the second floor, the “Market Center,” made up of a 17‑meter‑tall glass cylinder, large electric bulletin board and a 50‑meter‑wide electronic ticker revolving and displaying real-time stock prices above the cylinder, made me feel like I was trading stocks in the cut-throat competitive market.

On the market center stage, I could check out the famous “Listing Bell,” which is rung during new‑listing ceremonies on the stage.

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

In the facility, you can even join a stock‑trading simulations (available at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.) by using virtual funds to trade some fictional stocks.

Various guided tours and a free audio guide service in English using your own smartphone are also available. Check the Exchange’s website for further information.

Why not visit Tosho Arrows to step into the cheerful world of investors? Fortunately, it is only a 30-minute train ride and walk from Hardy Barracks!

Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tosho Arrows)