suikatou

About Natsuka...

I'm a 29 year-old Japanese DTP operator.

I love walking, traveling, study of foreign language, letter-writing, collecting stamps, pottery, chocolate, movie (Wim Wenders/"Der Himmel über Berlin," Disney/"Alice in wonderland," Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Hayao MIYAZAKI, François Ozon, etc.), music (The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Radiohead, Bjork, Coldplay, etc.), modern and contemporary art (Georgia O'Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, Frida Kahlo, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Nicholas Roerich, Lawren Stewart Harris, etc.), photography (William Eggleston, etc.), museum (MIMOCA and The Contemporary Museum Honolulu are my favorites!), reading (Haruki MURAKAMI, Gabriel García Márquez, etc.), architectural structure (shrine and temple, church, museum, old&new architectural masterpieces), and all the beautiful things.

Especially I collect;

-airplane and airport (of course include AD card)
-museum architecture
-image of the Virgin Mary, the Virgin and Child
(Pietà, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fátima, Lourdes, etc. )
-exterior or interior of the chapel, church, cathedral, basilica or monastery
-all about Christianity
(cross, altar, rose window, stained glass, saint, festival, skeleton, the Bible, art, etc.)
-butterfly
-mushroom
-little bird
-sea shell and sea star
-Georgia O'Keeffe
-Nicholas Roerich
-Lawren Stewart Harris
-Angry Birds
-my favorite cards on my postcard wall
(Except for the Virgin Mary, these are cards I don't have yet.
If you have my favorite postcards in postcard wall, private swaps are very welcome!!)
http://www.postcrossing.com/user/suikatou/gallery/favourites

And I'm also glad to receive the card about listed below;

-character, cartoon, illustration to children book
(Moomins, Krtek, Dick Bruna, Alice, Tinkerbell, Choo Choo Cat, Kaj Stenvall, Kiroileva siili, etc.)
-art
-map
-bird's eye view
-alphabet
-recipe
-transportation (train, car, ship, etc.)
-post service (stamp, post-box, post office goods, etc.)
-religious architecture (pagoda, temple, mosque, etc.)
-UNESCO world heritage site
-Hawaii (I love Hawaii!)
-watermelon
(My first name "Natsuka," meaning "summer fruits." My mom told me that it meant "Watermelon."
And, "suikatou" is Japanese for "Watermelon Sugar.")
-season's greetings (new year's card, christmas card, etc.)
-handmade and collage (If you like)

But, please feel free to send me any kind of postcard!
Your kindly postcard always makes me so happy:)
I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

P.S.
If you tell me your favorite brand(or name) of chocolate(chocolate snack), I will be glad:)