BANK OF JAPAN Virtual Tour of the Bank

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the Old Building: underground vault


Image: interior walls and ceiling of the vault of the Main Building
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[Walls and ceiling]
The original construction of the vault's interior walls and ceiling has been preserved.
The vault survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 intact and this enabled the Bank to resume its operations from the very next business day.

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