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**In your message, please write to Sayo, my student, rather than Matthew (their teacher). Thank you!**

I'm in a postcard club at my school. Please read the information from my teacher below my message!

Hello! I'm Sayo. I'm a junior high school student in Yamanashi, Japan. In English, "Yama" means "mountain, and "nashi" means "pear". So, Yamanashi is famous for mountains and fresh fruit. I can see Mount Fuji from my town.

I like rugby. So, I often go to watch rugby. I like Disney too. I'd like to go to Disneyland.

I like postcards with famous characters. If I can see one from your country I'll be very happy, but I will be happy to receive any postcard from you. Please tell me about your hometown. Is it a big city, or is it a countryside town?

I'm looking forward to receiving your postcard. Thank you very much!
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Hi there! My name is Matthew and I teach English at a junior high school in rural Japan. I recently started a postcard club with about 20 of my students on Postcrossing. I manage their accounts, but they are free to write anything in their profile and on their postcards.

Their English level isn't very high, but I think Postcrossing is a great opportunity for them to try to use what they learned, learn about foreign cultures, and hopefully become more motivated to learn a foreign language. The address listed is mine, but I will give the cards to the students as soon as I receive them. If you don't mind, please try to make your postcard easy to read (cursive is very difficult for them, but I can help). Their English is very basic so there will probably be parts of your message that are difficult for them to understand, but I think they will feel motivated to understand your message and I hope it will be a fun challenge.

If you have any questions, please send me a message and I will try to reply as soon as I can. Thank you very much for giving my students a fun opportunity to learn!
--Matthew

P.S. -- We normally don't do direct swaps, but if you work with a school and are interested in organizing a direct swap with our students, please send me a message! I also teach at an elementary school. Most students in Japan don't start reading and writing English until junior high school, but my 5th and 6th graders are very motivated this year and might enjoy the challenge. Thanks!