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Tourists can send postcards from just about anywhere in the world – but have you ever received one from under the sea?
Former postmaster Toshihiko Matsumoto first came up with the idea for the world’s only underwater postbox as a means of attracting more visitors to his town of Susami in Wakayama Prefecture of Japan – and it worked.
Since the unique attraction was first planted off the coast of the village, over 38,000 postcards have been mailed through the postbox.
The mail, written on waterproof paper using oil-based paint markers, is collected every day by dive shop owner Hiroaki Yamatani and delivered to the post office, from where they are sent to their respective addresses.
In addition to being the world’s first underwater postbox, it also holds the Guinness World Record for being the world’s deepest postbox at 10 metres deep.