The Best 19 Things to Do in Shinjuku (Shinjuku is Not Only a Town of Dyeing but Also of Printing)
The Best 19 Things to Do in Shinjuku (Shinjuku is Not Only a Town of Dyeing but Also of Printing) Learn About the Printing Industry: Things to Do in Shinjuku The tour ‘Learn About the Printing Industry, a Local Business Nurtured in Shinjuku,’ listed in ‘The Best 19 Things to Do in Shinjuku.’ Printing, along with dyeing, is a representative industry of Shinjuku Ward. We introduce you to “Ichigaya Letterpress Factory” and the “Printing Museum,” which are ideal for learning about printing technology. Although “Ichigaya no Mori Hon to Katsuji-kan” and the “Printing Museum” are not located in Kagurazaka, they are within walking distance from Kagurazaka. Therefore, if you book our ‘Kagurazaka Walking Tour,’ we will guide you to these places as well. Let’s learn printing technology with us. In 1886 (Meiji 19), the predecessor of today’s Dai Nippon Printing, Shueisha, built a factory in Ichigaya Kagacho. This led to the concentration of publishing, printing, and bookbinding businesses around Ichigaya and Kagurazaka, making it a representative area of Tokyo. Until the 1980s, letterpress printing was the mainstream printing technology. With the advancement of printing technology, offset printing became mainstream, but in Shinjuku Ward, the technique of letterpress printing