Autumn mood from Kyoto. Hello October!

Autumn greetings from Japan!

I loooove this postcard from Kumamoto, Japan.

Kumamon (kuma means "bear") is a mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture.

He was born in 2010 & he is a real star in Japan.

Amazing gift from my Japanese pen friend Keiko. Arigatou!

Old stories from Japan: 

The Old Man who Made Cherry Blossoms

Urashima Taro

One Inch Boy

The Crane Lady

The Bamboo Lady

Devonshire or Cornish Cream Tea: scones & clotted cream & jam. Yummy!

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and  Spring

I like this ethnographic postcard "Belarus folk holidays and celebration".

My favourite maxicard in the world and the cutest Koala ever! :)

Actually, I bought this card from Australian Bush Babies series 2011 on eBay. Because it's already a collector's item, which is very hard to receive from Australia poscrossing members. 

Photo by Erik K Veland © 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikveland/423038931/

P.S. But, I have a good news to tell you! Australian Bush Babies II - maxicards & stamps & coins - were released by Australia Post on 2 April 2013. And this time my favourite baby animal is Wombat. :) 

http://www.shop.auspost.com.au/collectables/stamps-issues/australian-bush-babies-ii

Lovely illustrations by Elise Martinson   

http://www.elisemartinson.com/

Today is the 1st day of Spring. And today I've received an amazing Gotochi card - my favourite one. ^^

Nara Yoshino cherry blossom 2012.

I must confess that I'm obsessed with sakura in bloom.

Mt. Yoshino is famous for its many thousand of sakura trees.

Breathtaking!!!

http://kenshi247.net

P.S. Arigatou, Kaori!

Snusmumriken (Snufkin) is my favourite character from the Moomin books.

I like his philosophy.

"I own everything I see and everything that please me. I own the entire world".

"Today we must do something very special, for it will be a glorious day". 

STAMP: Snufkin

I like this postcard from China. I have two identical cards from different persons. But I'm glad about it because this illustration is so beautiful.

The great classical Chinese novel "A Dream of the Red Chamber".

http://cfensi.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/the-other-dream-of-the-red-chamber/