![]() Over the years, with places opening, closing, and changing names, there have been more than 200,000 different post offices at one time or another. Here is the list of definitive stamps in Japan.There are more than 30,000 postal facilities operating in the United States. They are published in October every year.ġ10yen => letters (to North and Central America, Europe, Australia, Middle East)ġ30yen => letters (to South America, Africa) International Letter Writing Week's commemorative stamps are useful to send a postcard or a standard-size letter by airmail. Please cancel this by the pictorial postmark. They believe that it is impossible to send a mail with a pictorial postmark to overseas, so your request may be refused (sorry).īut if you want to try this, please show the sign below when you hand a mail to a postal staff at the counter. (Tokyo Chuo post office / Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)īut sadly, many postal staffs don't know this rule. In this case, a black English postmark must be stamped beside the pictorial postmark. Pictorial postmark can be stamped on a mail from Japan to foreign countries. How to send a mail with a pictorial postmark ^These postcards are the limited items of Yokohama Chuo post office.ģ. It's also fun to buy it and get a postmark on it (you must stick >=62 yen stamp on it). Some post offices sell attractive limited postcards. (Kamakura Hase post office / Kamakura City, Kanagawa Pref.) Then you can get the pictorial postmark like this. And please put the pictorial postmark on it. If you want to get a postmark on this, please pay 62 yen and show the sign below at the counter. You can also buy a simple postcard that postal fee is already printed (62 yen/sheet) like this. If you don't have any card or notebook, don't worry. (Rikubetsu post office / Rikubetsu Town, Hokkaido Pref.) Then you can get the pictorial postmark without sending a mail. Please put the pictorial postmark on this. Please make an empty space beside the stamp. The diameter of a pictorial postmark is 36mm. Then, put the stamp on your card or notebook. 62yen is the domestic postage for postcard, and 82yen is for envelope. Most commemorative stamps are 62yen or 82yen type. Some "water-activated" commemorative stamps are sold individually, so you can choose and buy one from a sheet. But most commemorative stamps in Japan (self-adhesive type) are sold by a sheet (10 stamps), so you'll probably feel costly. The right is another definitive stamp especially for a glad occasion (wedding, baby birth, celebration of longevity, etc.) and perhaps some post offices don't have this type (but most post offices have this, I think). ^The left is the definitive 62 yen stamp for ordinary use and you can buy it at every post office. If you don't have any stamps, buy a 62 yen stamp at the counter. If they have a pictorial postmark and you like it, let's try to get one. Is there a pictorial postmark in this post office? And what kind of picture is that? ![]() Let's show the sign below at the red counter to ask whether they have a pictorial postmark or not. ![]() Blue for Insurance, Green for Savings, and Red for Mail). Please enter and go to the red counter (Most post offices have 3 kinds of counters. Now you are near the post office? It's nice. How to get a pictorial postmark at the post office (Toba post office / Toba City, Mie Pref.)Ģ. I often put a stamp on a small card and get a postmark like this. So there are a lot of Japanese people that collecting these postmarks, and of course me too. ![]() These pictorial postmarks can be stamped without sending a mail (>=62 yen stamp is required). ・ Pictorial Postmarks in Japan for Travelers I've made a map of post offices that have a nice pictorial postmark and/or relatively easy to access. Pictorial postmark of Honjo Ichi (本所一) post office shows the Sumida River Fireworks Festival and Tokyo Sky Tree near the post office. Pictorial postmark of Kyoto Uzumasa Sujaku (京都太秦朱雀) post office shows the famous temple "Koryuji" near the post office. It can be stamped on a mail which you are going to send instead of regular black postmark, and also on a card or notebook without sending (>=62 yen stamp must be put on it).Įach postmark indicates tourist attractions or local products near the post office with the date and post office name.įor example, Pictorial postmark of Hamamatsu (浜松) post office shows Eel(local products), Kite(local festival), Castle(tourist attraction), and Musical notes(lots of musical instrument manufacturers exist). In Japan, over 11100 post offices (45% of the whole) have its original pictorial postmark. Such a reddish pictorial postmark is called 風景印 (Fukei-in) in Japan. Perhaps you have seen a large and reddish postmark on a mail from Japan, like this. ![]() In this article, I'm going to explain "How to get pictorial postmarks in Japan" for travelers from overseas. Pictorial Postmarks in Japan ( 風景印 : Fukei-in ) ![]()
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