Features
Specifications:
Length: 19 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Height: 31 cm
Product description:
A coin slot takes 10 yen or 100 yen coins.
Fitted with number keys and function keys, including "*" and "#", for ease of dialling.
Carries an SOS mark and instructions for emergency calls (110, 119), showing how useful public telephones were at the time.
Shōwa retro style: this public telephone is a classic Shōwa-era design, simple and practical in form, its yellow and black colouring full of nostalgia.
Historical value: as an important part of Japan's urban public facilities in the Shōwa period, this telephone records the way of life and the advance of technology of that time.
Collecting significance: suitable as a Shōwa-period Japanese artefact for a collection, and of great appeal to antique lovers and researchers.
Working demonstration: the coin mechanism is well preserved, making it a physical example for studying how Shōwa-period public facilities worked.
Decorative use: it is not only a collector's piece but can also serve as retro-style indoor decoration, adding an East Asian cultural flavour.
Good state of preservation: the exterior structure is sound, and the keys and coin slot remain complete, showing how durably it was made.
Practical and educational value: it can be used to show the historical development of the public telephone and to teach the next generation about communication in the Shōwa period.
Limited rarity: public telephones of this kind are no longer produced and the number in circulation is limited, so it is of considerable rarity and collecting value.