Japan New Year Card Lottery

Japanese new year cards have not only the purpose to wish a happy new year but also enable the people who receive cards to take part in a lottery using the numbers that are printed on the back of each and every card.

Japan new year card lottery. If you match any of those number you can win a prize 100 000 yen cash travel electronics food or stamps. Usually they publish the winning numbers in mid late january. Japan s new year s card winning lottery 2020 only one of new year s greeting postcard i received this year hit the win.

New year s cards providing a 5 donation to the 2020 olympics and paralympics among other entities are priced at 68 each with designs featuring the new national stadium and the olympic. 3 of 100 postcards has this win. 2 kinds of stamps 63yen 84yen.

What i get is see below. The cards usually feature a picture of the year s eto zodiacal. Every year japanese households receive an average of 50 100 nengajō or new year s cards which are delivered on january 1.

Located on the lower right hand corner of most new year postcards is a six digit number.