Greetings from... Japan

Received from: Japan
Category: swap
Date: February 2016

Hikone

Received from: Japan
Category: from a friend
Date: September 2015

Hikone Castle is an Japanese Edo-period castle in the city of Hikone, in Shiga Prefecture. It is considered the most significant historical building in Shiga. Hikone is one of only 12 Japanese castles with the original keep, and one of only four castles listed as a national treasure.

Tokyo

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: August 2015
Distance: 8169 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

The Rainbow Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay between Shibaura Pier and the Odaiba waterfront development in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Construction started in 1987 and was completed in 1993. The bridge is 798 metres long with a main span of 580 metres. Officially called the "Shuto Expressway No. 11 Daiba Route - Port of Tokyo Connector Bridge," the name "'Rainbow Bridge" was decided by the public.

Mount Fuji

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014  
Distance: 8174 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometres (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped several months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.
Mount Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites. It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013

Japan

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2013
Distance: 8522 km
Time of travelling: 14 days

Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with over 127 million people. Honshū's Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.

Yokohama

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: June 2012
Distance: 8622 km
Time of travelling: 4 days

Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area. Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest incorporated city.

Japan

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: June 2012
Distance: 8601 km
Time of travelling: 6 days

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Kyoto

Received from: Japan
Category: private swap
Date: January 2012

The Heian Shrine (平安神宮 Heian jingū?) is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. The torii before the main gate is one of the largest in Japan. The architecture of the main building mirrors the style and features of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. The Heian jingū was built in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the establishment of Heiankyō (the old name of Kyoto).

Kyoto

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: December 2011
Distance: 8291 km
Time of travelling: 11 days

Nijō Castle is a flatland castle located in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square meters, of which 8000 square meters is occupied by buildings.

Itsukushima

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: December 2011
Distance: 8416 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: 厳島神社 Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima) in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. The shrine complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Japanese government has designated several buildings and possessions as National Treasures.

Nagano

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: November 2011
Distance: 8431 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

Nagano, the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū. As of April 1, 2011 the city has a population of 387,146. The total land area is 834.85 km².

Kyoto

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2011
Distance: 8361 km
Time of travelling: 8 days

Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

Japan

Received from: Japan

Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: August 2011
Distance: 8464 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

As the sender wrote me, postcard presents Kikkawa Motoharu Hall (Castle). I couldn't find anything about the ruins, just the short information about the man: Kikkawa Motoharu (吉川 元春, 1530 - December 25, 1586) was the second son of Mōri Motonari, and featured prominently in all the wars of the Mōri clan.

And beautiful stamp! :)