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{{Nihongo|Missing Post Office|漂流郵便局|hyouryuu-yuubinkyoku|lit. drifting post office}} |
{{Nihongo|'''Missing Post Office'''|漂流郵便局|hyouryuu-yuubinkyoku|lit. drifting post office}}<ref name="jpa">{{cite web|url=http://www.jparchitects.jp/Missing-Post-Office|title=Missing Post Office|work=JParchitects|publisher=松島潤平建築設計事務所|language=en, ja|accessdate=2015-02-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201084852/http://www.jparchitects.jp/Missing-Post-Office|archivedate=2015-02-01}}</ref> is an [[art work]] by Japanese artist Saya Kubota. It is a "[[post office]]" where letters with unknown addresses are collected, using the former Awashima Post Office building on [[Awashima Island, Kagawa|Awashima Island]] in Takuma-cho, Mitoyo City, [[Kagawa Prefecture]]. |
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Missing Post Office was created by Saya Kubota as one of the artworks for the Setouchi International Art Festival in 2013. Kubota serves as the "staff" of the Missing Post Office, and Katsuhisa Nakata, who used to be the actual director of the Awashima Post Office, is the "director" of the Missing Post Office. Although it is called a "post office," it is not affiliated with [[Japan Post]]. |
Missing Post Office was created by Saya Kubota as one of the artworks for the Setouchi International Art Festival in 2013. Kubota serves as the "staff" of the Missing Post Office, and Katsuhisa Nakata, who used to be the actual director of the Awashima Post Office, is the "director" of the Missing Post Office. Although it is called a "post office," it is not affiliated with [[Japan Post]]. |
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Revision as of 17:03, 7 July 2022
Missing Post Office (漂流郵便局, hyouryuu-yuubinkyoku, lit. drifting post office)[1] is an art work by Japanese artist Saya Kubota. It is a "post office" where letters with unknown addresses are collected, using the former Awashima Post Office building on Awashima Island in Takuma-cho, Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture.
Missing Post Office was created by Saya Kubota as one of the artworks for the Setouchi International Art Festival in 2013. Kubota serves as the "staff" of the Missing Post Office, and Katsuhisa Nakata, who used to be the actual director of the Awashima Post Office, is the "director" of the Missing Post Office. Although it is called a "post office," it is not affiliated with Japan Post.
Overview
The Missing Post Office was established in a renovated wooden old post office building[2]. The Missing Post Office receives letters from all over the world that it would like to deliver but cannot. The letters are addressed to a variety of people, such as the deceased, future descendants, first loves who were never able to express their feelings, themselves, and long-time favorite items[2]. Letters to the deceased are especially common[3]. The name of the sender does not need to be written, and the letter is sent as "Missing Post Office Mail". It is urged that letters be sent on postcards, not in envelopes[4].
Letters received at the post office are stored in a "Missing Post Office Box. The Missing P.O. Box was designed and constructed by Kosuke Nagata with the help of Junpei Matsushima[1]. There are 100 P.O. Boxes made of tinplate, connected by countless piano wires[5], drifting in the air. The concept of the P.O. Box is based on the idea that it cannot be stocked and held in place because the address is unknown[6]. The P.O. Box is designed to make the sound of waves when turned[3].
To get to Awashima, it takes 15 minutes by regular boat (eight times a day) from Suda Port in Takuma-cho, Mitoyo City[7]. There is no public transportation on the island[7], so walk or rent a bicycle. From Awashima Port, it takes 10 minutes on foot to reach the Missing Post Office[8].
The Missing Post Office is open from 13:00 to 16:00 on the second and fourth Saturday of every month. On regular days, only Director Nakata is present, and Kubota is not[9]. Letters received at the Missing Post Office are positioned as "works of art" and can be read by anyone[2][5]. However, the staff at the post office do not know which letter is in which P.O. Box[4]. Also, letters that have been read are basically returned to the P.O. Box, but there is no guarantee that they will return to the original P.O. Box and continue to "drift"[9]. If you feel that the letter is addressed to you, you can take it back[10].
The post office also sells "posting sets" addressed to the Missing Post Office[4], and some people write letters at the post office[9].
In the past, a variety of people, goods, and things have drifted to Awashima [4]. The Missing Post Office was opened there on October 5, 2013. When Kubota visited Awashima Island to seek inspiration for her work for the Setouchi International Art Festival, she saw her reflection in the window of the former Awashima Post Office, which was built in 1964 and used until 1991, and felt that he had "washed up here. 8] Kubota thought that this place "could be a place where people could experience the same sensation that I did," and created a piece of art called the Missing Post Office.
During the Setouchi International Art Festival, the post office was open from 10:00 to 17:00 with an entrance fee of 300 yen. The station was open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The number of letters collected during the Art Festival was about 400 [9]. Initially, the post office was only supposed to be open for one month during the festival, but the letters continued to come in at an average of 200 per month, and Kubota decided to continue the missing post office
On May 10, 2014, the project was introduced on NHK General Television's "NHK News Ohayo Nippon"[2]. At this point, more than 1,500 messages had been received[2]. On August 24 of the same year, a "Missing Post Office in Takamatsu Airport" was held at the airport, which was the first time for the post office to travel outside of the island.[12][13] From October 18 to October 20, the post office was specially opened as an "Autumn Opening," and a live concert was held by the "Monk Band," a band formed by active monks.
As of January 2015, the total number of letters received was 3,500,[11] and in February the number exceeded 3,800; in February, the book "Missing Post Office" was published, and a "Publication Commemorative Opening" was held on February 7 of the same year[11][14]. The book was inspired by a Shogakukan editor who visited the Missing Post Office in the summer of 2014 and saw visitors reading the letters[11].
The book appears at the end of the third episode of the January 24 broadcast of the 2022 Fuji TV drama series, "Don't Call It a Mystery,"
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References
- ^ a b "Missing Post Office". JParchitects (in English and Japanese). 松島潤平建築設計事務所. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ a b c "続々とハガキ届く"漂流郵便局"". 特集まるごと. 日本放送協会. 2014-05-10. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ a b モンブラン (2014-10-30). "届け先ない手紙受け付け!瀬戸内海小島の「漂流郵便局」亡くなった人への思い". JCASTテレビウォッチ>ワイドショー通信簿. ジェイ・キャスト. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ a b c "漂流郵便局からのお願い". エフエム香川. 2013-09-26. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ a b "漂流郵便局―届かぬ思い、受け付けます 亡き母へ「闘病つらかったね」 昔の恋人へ「なぜ一番好きと言えなかったか」（1/2ページ）". 産経WEST. 産業経済新聞社. 2014-12-06. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ "瀬戸芸秋会期☆アーティストご紹介！〜久保田沙耶さん その①〜". エフエム香川. 2013-09-22. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ a b "『漂流郵便局』☆粟島へ行こう☆". エフエム香川. 2014-02-06. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ 木脇みのり (2013-11-06). "漂流郵便局 久保田沙耶". 朝日新聞デジタル. 朝日新聞社. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ a b c 石川良二 (February 2015). "届かぬ思いを受け付けます 〜漂流郵便局 MISSING POST OFFICE（香川県三豊市）〜". 西日本レポート. 株式会社いよぎん地域経済研究センター. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ^ "漂流郵便局（ひょうりゅうゆうびんきょく）とは". コトバンク. 2014-02-05. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.