Sending Christmas Cards and New Year's Cards |
November 27, 2015
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 2 | December 1 | - |
| Indonesia | December 17 | December 14 | Finished |
| Korea | December 17 | - | December 4 |
| Singapore | December 14 | December 7 | Finished |
| Sri Lanka | December 8 | December 7 | - |
| Thailand | December 16 | December 14 | Finished |
| Taiwan | December 11 | - | Finished |
| China | December 11 | December 8 | Finished |
| Pakistan | December 14 | December 8 | - |
| Bangladesh | December 11 | December 7 | - |
| Philippines | December 7 | December 4 | Finished |
| Vietnam | December 16 | - | - |
| Hong Kong | December 11 | December 11 | November 27 |
| Macao | December 11 | - | - |
| Malaysia | December 11 | December 8 | Finished |
| Myanmar | December 11 | - | - |
| Laos | December 11 | - | - |
| (North America) | |||
| Canada | December 4 | December 2 | Finished |
| Hawaii | December 3 | December 1 | Finished |
| USA | December 11 | December 4 | Finished |
| (Central and South America) | |||
| Argentina | December 4 | December 2 | - |
| El Salvador | December 15 | - | - |
| Guatemala | December 8 | - | - |
| Colombia | December 4 | December 4 | - |
| Chile | December 4 | December 2 | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | December 9 | - | - |
| Nicaragua | December 15 | - | - |
| Panama | December 8 | - | - |
| Brazil | December 11 | December 11 | Finished |
| Venezuela | December 9 | - | - |
| Peru | December 11 | December 7 | Finished |
| Mexico | December 11 | December 7 | Finished |
| (Near and Middle East) | |||
| UAE | December 4 | December 4 | - |
| Yemen | December 3 | - | - |
| Israel | December 4 | December 4 | - |
| Oman | December 4 | - | - |
| Qatar | December 11 | - | - |
| Kuwait | December 11 | December 7 | - |
| Cyprus | December 11 | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | December 15 | December 2 | - |
| Bahrain | December 15 | December 14 | - |
| Jordan | December 9 | - | - |
| (Europe) | |||
| Ireland | December 8 | December 4 | - |
| Italy | December 11 | December 11 | - |
| United Kingdom | December 7 | December 4 | Finished |
| Austria | December 11 | December 8 | - |
| Netherlands | December 17 | December 8 | Finished |
| Greece | December 4 | December 2 | - |
| Switzerland | December 15 | December 11 | - |
| Sweden | December 11 | December 11 | - |
| Spain | December 11 | December 4 | - |
| Denmark | December 11 | December 11 | - |
| Germany | December 11 | December 8 | Finished |
| Norway | December 18 | December 15 | - |
| Hungary | December 11 | December 9 | - |
| Finland | December 15 | December 11 | - |
| France | December 11 | December 4 | Finished |
| Belgium | December 15 | December 8 | - |
| Poland | December 10 | December 9 | - |
| Portugal | December 11 | December 8 | - |
| Romania | December 11 | - | - |
| Russia | December 8 | December 4 | Finished |
| (Oceania) | |||
| Australia | December 11 | December 4 | Finished |
| New Zealand | December 11 | December 9 | Finished |
| Papua New Guinea | December 4 | - | - |
| Fiji | December 11 | - | Finished |
| (Africa) | |||
| Algeria | December 4 | December 2 | - |
| Uganda | December 4 | - | - |
| Egypt | December 16 | - | - |
| Ethiopia | December 4 | - | - |
| Ghana | December 11 | - | - |
| Kenya | December 4 | December 2 | - |
| Zambia | December 4 | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | December 4 | - | - |
| Tanzania | December 9 | - | - |
| Nigeria | December 11 | - | - |
| Madagascar | December 10 | - | - |
| Malawi | December 4 | - | - |
| Mauritius | December 11 | - | - |
| Morocco | December 10 | - | - |
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 18-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:
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/deli_days/index_en.html
