New Year's postcards will be on sale October 29, 12:58
Next year, sales of New Year's postcards for the 3rd year of Reiwa began nationwide from the 29th.
Of these, the postcards in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo will start selling at 9 am, and the local toys from the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, "Akabeko," which are said to protect people from the plague after the "Ushi" of the next year, etc. Many people were buying New Year's postcards with the picture on them.
For the first time, this year's New Year's postcard will introduce a service where you can watch a video of a person or pet sending a message by scanning the printed QR code with a smartphone.
According to Japan Post, the number of New Year's greetings is increasing by e-mail, and companies are expected to reduce the number of New Year's cards due to the deterioration of business performance due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. It is 17% less than last year, about 1.94 billion, the lowest since privatization.
A 62-year-old man who visited the counter said, "I bought New Year's postcards every year, and I felt that this time had come."
New Year's postcards will be accepted from December 15th.
Released "Shibusawa Eiichi New Year's postcard" in Kita-ku, Tokyo
In Kita-ku, Tokyo, where Eiichi Shibusawa, whose life will be depicted in next year's NHK Taiga drama, spent his last years, the original New Year's postcard with a photo of a statue of Shibusawa printed on it began selling on the 29th.
Kita-ku, Tokyo, which spent about 30 years until Shibusawa died at the age of 91, will collaborate with Japan Post to create an original New Year's card in line with the NHK Taiga drama "Aoten no Hitoshi", which depicts his life. I made a postcard and started selling it on the 29th.
This postcard has a bronze statue of Shibusawa and a photo of the building in the ward that Shibusawa used as a library, as well as a PR of the Taiga Drama Hall, which will open in February next year.
This New Year's postcard is limited to 200,000 and is on sale at all 41 postcards in the ward and some convenience stores, and the price is 58 yen, which is 5 yen cheaper than usual.
At the post office in the ward where sales began, there was a line of people buying original New Year's postcards.
Satoshi Furubira, chief of the Kita Ward, said, "I want people to know about Kita Ward, the town where Shibusawa spent his last years with New Year's postcards that can appeal to a wide range of age groups nationwide."
It is said to protect from the plague
At the post office in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, there are people who buy a New Year's card with the local Aizu local toy "Akabeko", which is said to protect people from the plague after the "Ushi" of the next year. It was seen.
At the Aizuwakamatsu Post Office, Director Jun Iwasaki said, "We will carefully deliver each and every New Year's postcard, such as greetings to loved ones in the New Year and recent status reports," at 9:00 am. Next year's New Year's postcards are on sale.
Next year's Eto will be "Ushi", and Aizu's local toy "Akabeko", which has a tradition of protecting people from plague, is included in the design of the national version of the New Year's postcard with pictures in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. It was adopted.
A local postal designer from Japan Post who painted this "Akabeko" was also invited to the post office.
Designer Hitomi Nakamaru said, "I have the double joy of having my design adopted for New Year's postcards for the first time and being able to draw the red beko of my hometown. Even a little ale to those who picked it up through this picture. I'm glad if it arrives. "
A man in his 80s who bought the "Akabeko" New Year's card said, "I came to buy it early before it sold out. I want to tell people all over the country that I am fine with this New Year's card. I was talking.