Sending Christmas Cards and New Year's Cards |
November 16, 2012
Deadlines for Sending Christmas Mail
The deadlines for sending Christmas mail, including cards, to various countries and territories are given in the table below.
| Country/Territory of Destination | Mailing Deadline(Please see Notes.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Airmail | SAL Mail | Sea Mail | |
| (Asia) | |||
| India | December 3 | November 28 | - |
| Indonesia | December 14 | December 12 | Finished |
| Korea | December 14 | - | December 7 |
| Singapore | December 11 | December 5 | November 21 |
| Sri Lanka | December 7 | December 5 | - |
| Thailand | December 14 | December 11 | Finished |
| Taiwan | December 7 | - | November 21 |
| China | December 11 | December 5 | November 21 |
| Pakistan | December 12 | December 7 | - |
| Bangladesh | December 12 | December 5 | - |
| Philippines | December 6 | November 30 | Finished |
| Vietnam | December 11 | - | - |
| Hong Kong | December 11 | December 7 | November 16 |
| Macao | December 11 | - | - |
| Malaysia | December 7 | December 5 | November 16 |
| Myanmar | December 7 | - | - |
| Laos | December 14 | - | - |
| (North America) | |||
| Canada | December 5 | December 3 | Finished |
| Hawaii | December 11 | December 3 | November 16 |
| USA | December 11 | December 3 | Finished |
| (Central and South America) | |||
| Argentina | December 7 | November 30 | - |
| El Salvador | December 14 | - | - |
| Guatemala | December 7 | - | - |
| Colombia | December 13 | December 3 | - |
| Chile | December 3 | November 28 | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | December 7 | - | - |
| Nicaragua | December 12 | - | - |
| Panama | December 7 | - | - |
| Brazil | December 14 | December 7 | Finished |
| Venezuela | December 5 | - | - |
| Peru | December 12 | December 7 | Finished |
| Mexico | December 13 | December 3 | Finished |
| (Near and Middle East) | |||
| UAE | December 4 | November 28 | - |
| Yemen | December 5 | - | - |
| Israel | December 5 | November 30 | - |
| Oman | December 5 | - | - |
| Qatar | December 13 | - | - |
| Kuwait | December 12 | December 5 | - |
| Cyprus | December 13 | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | December 14 | November 30 | - |
| Bahrain | December 14 | December 12 | - |
| Jordan | December 7 | - | - |
| (Europe) | |||
| Ireland | December 12 | December 6 | - |
| Italy | December 13 | December 7 | - |
| United Kingdom | December 12 | December 6 | Finished |
| Austria | December 13 | December 7 | - |
| Netherlands | December 14 | December 7 | Finished |
| Greece | December 5 | November 30 | - |
| Switzerland | December 14 | December 7 | - |
| Sweden | December 14 | November 30 | - |
| Spain | December 13 | December 4 | - |
| Denmark | December 14 | December 7 | - |
| Germany | December 12 | December 6 | Finished |
| Norway | December 14 | December 11 | - |
| Hungary | December 12 | December 7 | - |
| Finland | December 14 | December 7 | - |
| France | December 14 | November 30 | Finished |
| Belgium | December 14 | December 6 | - |
| Poland | December 7 | December 6 | - |
| Portugal | December 14 | December 7 | - |
| Romania | December 7 | - | - |
| Russia | December 7 | November 30 | Finished |
| (Oceania) | |||
| Australia | December 14 | November 30 | Finished |
| New Zealand | December 12 | December 7 | Finished |
| Papua New Guinea | December 5 | - | - |
| Fiji | December 12 | - | Finished |
| (Africa) | |||
| Algeria | December 6 | - | - |
| Uganda | December 5 | - | - |
| Egypt | December 14 | - | - |
| Ethiopia | December 5 | - | - |
| Ghana | December 13 | - | - |
| Kenya | December 5 | December 3 | - |
| Zambia | December 6 | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | December 6 | - | - |
| Tanzania | December 7 | - | - |
| Nigeria | December 13 | - | - |
| Madagascar | December 7 | - | - |
| Malawi | December 7 | - | - |
| South Africa | December 5 | November 30 | Finished |
| Mauritius | December 13 | - | - |
| Morocco | December 7 | - | - |
Notes:
- These mailing deadlines are the final dates set according to the delivery information received from each country/territory in order to allow enough time for Christmas mail, including cards, to be delivered in the destination countries/territories. They are not meant to restrict mailing after the deadlines.
- It is recommended that you send parcels, small packets, and others requiring customs inspection at the country of destination prior to the deadlines as additional time may be required.
- Regarding SAL Mail, where the deadline fields are left empty means that it is either impossible to establish the time needed to deliver Christmas mail or that SAL service does not provide.
- Regarding Sea Mail, where the deadline fields are left empty means that it is impossible to establish the time needed for delivery of Christmas mail. Where it says "Finished", the Christmas mail shipment deadline has already passed.
- For countries and territories not included in the table above, the Christmas mail delivery schedule is unclear, and we therefore do not set the mail shipment deadlines.
Sending New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) Overseas
New Year's Post Cards issued by Japan Post (Nenga-jo) can be sent overseas with an additional postage stamp, that is, a 20-yen stamp for Airmail.
There is no special handling such as delivering New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) on New Year's Day in other countries.
Therefore, if you want to deliver the cards during the New Year season, please send your cards using the "List of Delivery Days" accessible on Japan Post's website as a reference:
"List of Delivery Days" https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/deli_days/index.html
For more information such as how to write a New Year's Greeting or how to send a New Year's Card, click below:
http://yubin-nenga.jp/ems/index.html
