When students tell me they are going travelling, I ask them to write a postcard in English & send it to us at school. They often seem nervous about doing it, but I think it`s a good chance to use English in a new way, & a fun challenge. When the student comes back to Teragoya, I say "We got your postcard - gre...

Thailand has really nice stamps - big, colorful & interesting, so when I travel to Thailand, I look forward to visiting a post office. In this photo you can see some of the stamps I selected & used. Of course there are various values of stamp, from cheap to expensive, but I mostly chose low-value stamps, between 3...

I managed to write & send a couple of postcards when I went to Ise & Toba. I sent this one to my school. Why did I do that? Well, one reason is that I am trying to encourage my students to write postcards to our school whenever they travel overseas (in English of course!). Another reason is that I just enjoy ...

郵便局で書き損じたはがきを、「５０円」切手に交換してきました。 丁度知人への郵便物もあり、手元の切手と合わせて使おうと思いましたら、＜郵便切手＞の「ミシン目」が改良されていることに気が付きました。 右側が手持ちの「５０円」切手で２００７年１０月１日からの発行、左側が新しい「５０円」切手で、切手の「ミ...