What are these? Received 1 last week and 1 today.. Google Translate doesn’t work well vertical.. Something post office and confirm names?

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1. From what I can tell, it’s exactly what you think.

   They said its a check done in terms of changing address, maybe you recently moved in?

   They want you to fill in your name and address and then pop it in a local post box.

   I had a similar letter when I first moved in, and also didn’t know why they wanted me to do this hahah. A colleague suggested it’s just a precaution to ensure deliveries don’t get lost.

2. Just take it to your nearest post office and say, 意味が分かりません (imi ga wakarimasen).

3. I got the same thing. They just want to confirm it’s really you who is living there, because it would be a serious problem if they delivered mail to the wrong person.

   It basically says that they couldn’t confirm your mailbox is yours based on the nameplate (a lot of Japanese write their names on a plate near their mailbox, this is one way that post workers identify if a particular person actually lives there) or a notification of residence change (if you moved).

   All you need to do is fill in your address and name and post the card. Pop it into your nearest post box.

   Make sure your name is correct, because they will only deliver mail that is addressed to that name.

   When I first arrived in Japan I got this same thing in my mailbox. Returned the card to them and within a few days I got my mail!

4. You need to fill it. Sometimes they hold the mail after suddenly people living there have different names perhaps after some period of vacancy.

5. We’ve gotten those everywhere we’ve lived. The post office has also delivered things to us with just a name and city, not even a neighborhood/zip code/etc..

   As weird as it might be the post office here is in general pretty damned awesome.

6. Hi fellow Kawagoe-person!