Are you still sending and receiving greetings cards from your family or friends during special events?
If you are staying in Japan then the answer is probably yes.
The tradition of sending cards to family, friends, and acquaintances is still exist in Japan especially during New Year season.
For each season and special events usually Japan post office will issue certain greeting cards.
Various types of cards such as birthday cards and wedding cards can be found easily too.
Previously in my home country, I did not like sending greetings cards but this has changed when I came to Japan.
One of the reason is I found many unique greeting cards here that I feel I want to buy them all!
The greeting cards that are sold here are not only beautiful but also really creative and interesting.
They are not just cards that when you receive the cards you just read them then keep them in your drawer.
I am sure you want put them in the place where you can see the cards clearly.
Some of the cards are like the common cards which have beautiful drawing and few words on it. The others have their own uniqueness. For instance there is a pop-up card that when you open it a three-dimensional structure rises up.
For these types of cards, you can find various shapes and themes and I think you can find almost anything you want.
Pop-up card for spring edition showing the beginning of school’s
Front view of the card after you open it
Sideview of the card
I have ever found a KitKat spring edition card which the KitKat is wrapped in a small box and you can write short messages on the backside of it then send it by post.
There is also card that is shaped as book which has several pages with the drawings and story in it.
For birthday cards, there is one type of card when you press it there would be happy birthday song coming out from the card!
Melody card-card that will sing you a happy birthday song
There are also cards that are shaped as small uchiwa (Japanese fan) and bookmarks too.
Uchiwa cards
These greetings cards can be found easily in co-op campus and bookstores.
But my favorite places to buy them are in Loft and Tokyu Hands because those shops sell many choices that I am sure you will have hard time which cards you want to buy.
These cards are not really expensive yet they can be memorable things and convey your feelings for anyone who receives the cards.
Therefore, if you visit Japan please try to find those greeting cards and send them to your beloved ones.
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