{"id":176335,"date":"2018-10-19T11:24:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/?p=176335"},"modified":"2018-10-20T20:32:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:32:23","slug":"send-a-free-customized-postcard-from-matsumoto-and-the-three-star-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/send-a-free-customized-postcard-from-matsumoto-and-the-three-star-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Send a free, customized postcard from Matsumoto and the Three-star Route!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you traveling along Japan&#8217;s Three-star Road, that is, Matsumoto, Kanazawa, Gokayama, Shirakawa-go, or Takayama?<\/p>\n<p>Send customizable postcards (the first one is free!) with <a href=\"https:\/\/posto.jp\/campaign\/mitsuboshi\/index\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Posto.jp<\/a> when you visit any of the locations above on the Three-star Route (a.k.a. Mitsuboshi-Kaido).<\/p>\n<img data-attachment-id=\"176337\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/send-a-free-customized-postcard-from-matsumoto-and-the-three-star-route\/attachment\/posto_postcard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/posto_postcard.png?fit=873%2C985\" data-orig-size=\"873,985\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"posto_postcard\" data-image-description=\"\" 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https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/posto_postcard.png?resize=576%2C650 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>Choose your favorite design, add your own fun travel snapshot, write a personal message, and get it sent to a loved one anywhere in the world!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/posto.jp\/campaign\/mitsuboshi\/index\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-attachment-id=\"176346\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/send-a-free-customized-postcard-from-matsumoto-and-the-three-star-route\/attachment\/posto_steps\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/posto_steps.jpg?fit=1022%2C303\" data-orig-size=\"1022,303\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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Send customizable postcards (the first one is free!) with Posto.jp when you visit any of the locations above on the Three-star Route (a.k.a. Mitsuboshi-Kaido). Choose your favorite design, add your own fun travel snapshot, write a personal message, and get it sent to a loved one anywhere in the world! Note that you actually have to be at the location in order to send a postcard, so no cheating \ud83d\ude09 Get more details and see the different kinds of postcards you can send on Posto.jp.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/send-a-free-customized-postcard-from-matsumoto-and-the-three-star-route\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/send-a-free-customized-postcard-from-matsumoto-and-the-three-star-route\/\" data-text=\"Send a free, customized postcard from Matsumoto and the Three-star Route!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":176355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2369],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/posto1.jpg?fit=768%2C390","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Send a free, customized postcard from Matsumoto and the Three-star Route! | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you traveling along Japan&#039;s Three-star Road, that is, Matsumoto, Kanazawa, Gokayama, Shirakawa-go, or Takayama? 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