India - Boat

 September 7, 2026

Murali sent this card from India and writes that he is a mechanical engineer. His hobbies are philately, coin collecting, reading books and collecting postcards. 

He sends his regards!

Food that is Movie Related!

September 1, 2026

This card arrived from Rhonda in the US.  She wrote about reading The Hobbit with a student. She said that both her and  her student love Harry Potter.

She closed by suggesting I enjoy a favourite Japanese dish for her!

Germany - Costume

August 31, 2026 

This card came to my door from Carolin in Germany. She wrote that she wore her costume with other friends who dressed up as famous ladies too. 

This was the stamp that she used on her card. It's rather cute!

Thanks Carolin!

US and Spain

 August 26, 2026

These cards arrived on the same day and I haven't updated for a for a few days, so...here goes...

This card came from the US and is a picture card. The sender pasted a very generic type-written message on the back of the card. It was a bit disappointing really. (I don't know if the sender has some personal reason to use a typewritten non-personalized message.) She did use some nice stamps on the back.

The second card I received that day was from a sender in Spain. She actually drew the picture on the front of the card and hoped that it arrived with good battle scars, but it arrived in perfect condition!

I'm not often a fan of handmade cards, but this one was for one of my hobbies, so I really like it!

The stamp she used on the card. Very cool!

Netherlands - Black & White Movie Scene

 Arrived August 25, 2026

Yulia send this card from The Netherlands where she has been living for 7 years. She has visited Japan, but probably not up in my area. She noted on the back that she loves Roman Holiday a lot!

It's a great card and Audrey Hepburn is very popular here in Japan, so thank you!

Yulia also used some cool stamps on the back, so here you are....

Germany - Picnic Food

Arrived August 18, 2026

Hubert sent this amusing card from Germany. He wrote that he likes walking in the countryside with his children, grandchildren and friends.  

The stamps that Hubert used were great!  I used to watch The Flintstones when I was younger so I liked that stamp!

Philippines - Food

This card arrived July 29, 2026 

Marianne sent this card and wrote a friendly note telling me what each food on the front is. That was it!

She said from the upper left corner  to right clockwise there is: lecon, palabok, tinola, lumpia, bistek, karekane, pritong isda, kinilaw, hipon, sinigang. (Any misspellings are probably mine due to misreading her handwriting.)