I was at a stationery store near my house…and I found a religious Christmas card. Highly unusual in a typical Japanese store.
You can see it there on the top right.
I thought it was really cute. I bought it for my parents. It was really expensive…about five U.S. dollars.
Christmas cards are usually quite expensive in Japan. (Actually, greeting cards of any sort.) They don’t usually sell them in packs of ten like in the U.S. You buy them individually. But to tell the truth…the thing here is New Year’s cards (not Christmas cards.) New Year’s cards are what people send to everybody they know, with updates on their families. (And thus can be bought in bulk.) Whereas a Christmas card is more for a special friend…that sort of thing.
Just thought I’d mention that I saw some decent looking Christmas cards in a box at the hundred yen shop a couple of weeks ago. Other than that, I dislike buying Japanese Christmas Cards because to get nice ones it is so expensive!
Thanks, Stella! I haven’t been in a 100 yen shop in a while…..
You make a good observation about why they sell Christmas cards singly. I never thought about the “why” of it. Come to think of it, I saw nice boxes of cards at Costco the past couple years, but not this year. Maybe they realized Japanese people don’t need 50 cards at once? Either way, I am disappointed because I do need them!
I can echo Stella’s comment about the Daiso cards. I saw them yesterday and they were actually pretty nice!
I will have to go to Daiso!!!!!!! Tomorrow I have the JLPT (Japanese test) I am pretty nervous about that…When I get nervous I just shut down and fret….
So what I am basically saying is that I didn’t get anything done today and I won’t tomorrow either! lol
Actually though I feel an immense amount of privilege….Cards are in English, and also they even have Christmas cards of any sort. I feel very fortunate, and also sorry for other groups that don’t have these choices. Like Hanukkah cards, Ramadan cards, etc.