Handwritten from Kyoto
We live in Kyoto. Each month we photograph one corner of the city, print it as a postcard, write to you by hand in English, and send it by air mail.
From $8.25 per card, postage included.
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One corner of the city each month. A lane before the shops open, rain on stone steps, the first cold morning in November.
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A few lines in English about the place and the season. Every card is written by hand, one at a time.
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Posted from Kyoto. Most cards arrive within 7–14 days.
A photograph on one side, a few lines from Kyoto on the other.
Details
On the front, a photograph taken by us in Kyoto that season. On the back, a few lines in English about the place: what it looked like, what it sounded like, what the month is doing here. Then your address, and a stamp.
Every card is written by hand, one at a time, so no two are identical. The photograph for a given month is chosen by us.
A single card or a gift is posted within 3 business days of your order. A subscription is written and posted in the same week each month for twelve months, and your first card goes out in the next posting week after you subscribe.
Air mail from Japan usually takes 7–14 days, though this varies by country and season. If a card is for a birthday or an anniversary, order it three to four weeks ahead — international post cannot be timed to the day.
You enter the mailing address at checkout, in your own country’s format. It can be your address or someone else’s. Please check it carefully: a card that goes astray because the address was wrong is not covered by our free re-send.
A gift is a single card sent to someone else, at the same price. At checkout you tell us it is a gift, give us their address, and write the line you want on it — a name, a greeting, a sentence. We copy it out by hand, in your name, underneath the note about the place. Nothing on the card shows what it cost.
A subscription can be addressed to someone else too. Enter their address at checkout and a card reaches them every month.
Your mailing address can be changed at any time. Tell us before the first week of the month and the next card goes to the new address.
A subscription can be cancelled by you, immediately, in the customer portal. It stops at the end of the period you have already paid for, and the cards you paid for still come.
A single card is $15. A year of postcards is $99 — $8.25 per card, the lowest price we offer. International postage is included either way.
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Every price includes international postage.
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$99 / year
$8.25 per postcard — the lowest price we offer. Cancel yourself, any time.
$15 / card
$15 per postcard. No subscription.
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Cards are sent from Kyoto by air mail and usually arrive within 7–14 days. A single postcard is posted within 3 business days of your order. Subscription cards are written and posted in the same week each month.
Yes. Change it yourself in the customer portal, or write to us. Tell us before the first week of the month and the next card goes to the new address.
Any time, by yourself, in the customer portal. It stops at the end of the period you have already paid for, and the cards you paid for still come.
Yes. Order a gift postcard, enter their address, and add a line from you. We write it on the card in your name.
We do. Every photograph on our cards was taken by us in Kyoto. We do not use stock photography.
A new year, an exam, a move across the world. There is a smaller, older thing we can do on your behalf: walk to a shrine here in Kyoto, carry your wish, and send you a written report of the visit — photo-documented, so you can see it happened.
A separate service, ordered on its own. It is not part of the postcards.
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