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Subject:Please help on Japanese translations
Posted By: Deep Thu, Feb 25, 2021 IP: 2408:841c:8a00:2509:

Can anyone look at these postcards and tell me what they were saying all about? It is so interesting to read info from the past.



Subject:Re: Please help on Japanese translations
Posted By: I.Nagy Fri, Feb 26, 2021

Postcard 1 (Left)
Postmark illegible
It was addressed to a certain Mr.Fukuda Kumao in Ibaraki Prefecture, Makabe County, Nakamura-higuchi Village
The sender informs his (her) exact arrivel time at the railway

Postcard 2 (Middle)
Postmark; 9.6.7 9th Year of Taishō (1920) June 7th
Addressed to a certain Mr.Kondō in Ǒhachi Elementary School in Gifu Prefecture Ǒno County
The sender, mother of addressee recounts her day trip to Hōryū Temple in Nara.

Postcard 3 (Right)
Postmark; 9.6.3 (June 3. 1920)
Addressed to Tokyo City, Ǒmori-ku, Minami-senzoku
The sender respectfully asks the addressee to visit him at home.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Please help on Japanese translations
Posted By: Deep Sat, Feb 27, 2021

Must be some Japanese brought these cards here as the memory to their relatives, but eventually left them here. Great info, thank you Nagy.


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