Comments on: Drop Me a Line via Japan Post http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/08/drop-me-a-line-via-japan-post/ About Tokyo for travelers, visitors, and residents. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Shane http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/08/drop-me-a-line-via-japan-post/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Shane Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:56:07 +0000 http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/drop-me-a-line-via-japan-post/#comment-497 Wow, Nick. The sanitation issue makes a lots of sense and I alway thought it was the humidity. If I ever climb Fuji-san I'll be sure to send off a few postcards. My stamp loving friends won't likely to have a canceled stamp from there in their collections. Wow, Nick. The sanitation issue makes a lots of sense and I alway thought it was the humidity.

If I ever climb Fuji-san I’ll be sure to send off a few postcards. My stamp loving friends won’t likely to have a canceled stamp from there in their collections.

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/08/drop-me-a-line-via-japan-post/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Nick Ramsay Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:19:15 +0000 http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/drop-me-a-line-via-japan-post/#comment-492 One reason for the lack of glue on envelopes is that Japanese people think it's unhygienic to lick them. That's why you'll never see anyone lick a stamp, either. Instead, post offices have these little damp sponges for you to wet your stamps on. However, if you take you letter directly to the post office counter to buy a stamp, the clerk will stick on the stamp and post your letter for you! Another interesting fact is that there's a post office on the summit of Mount Fuji where you can buy and send postcards, but, like everywhere in Japan, you'll have to line up behind everybody else before you can make your purchase. One reason for the lack of glue on envelopes is that Japanese people think it’s unhygienic to lick them. That’s why you’ll never see anyone lick a stamp, either. Instead, post offices have these little damp sponges for you to wet your stamps on. However, if you take you letter directly to the post office counter to buy a stamp, the clerk will stick on the stamp and post your letter for you!

Another interesting fact is that there’s a post office on the summit of Mount Fuji where you can buy and send postcards, but, like everywhere in Japan, you’ll have to line up behind everybody else before you can make your purchase.

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