Sending mail overseas from Japan can seem a bit tricky at first. When I first moved to Japan, one of the biggest challenges I faced was even finding the right location to send mail! I mistakenly used ...

Science fiction writer Shinichi Hoshi (1926-1997) used to write on his “nengajo” (New Year’s greeting card) to his friends, “This year, too, let’s go on a 940 million-kilometer space ...

When handwriting New Year’s greeting postcards (nengajo), the sender envisages the face of each recipient. But I wonder if such a scene will eventually be considered “obsolete” and ...