The Lost Post Office in Japan

What do you do with a letter you can’t send?
A letter to a loved one who has passed away,
to the person you used to be,
someone you’ve never met…
The Lost Post Office collects them all.

This is the Lost Post Office welcome on their website.

Originally created as a work of art for the 2013 Setouchi Triennale International Art Festival , Japanese artist Saya Kubota was inspired by the different things that washed ashore on Awashima Island and thought of these unaddressed letters as “cards in a bottle” adrift across the sea.

The facility has also given a new purpose to the building that houses it, a post office that served the residents of the Island from 1964 to 1991.

On the second and fourth Saturday of each month, you can peruse the different letters and postcards or write your own. Letters to the past, present or future. To articles, emotions or individuals. Maybe even no one at all. These letters are in the Lost Post Office, waiting for the one who will know that their letter was meant for them.

To send your own letter you must take into account that:
１）Letters will not be returned
２）Copyright of your letter will be assigned to Lost Post Office
３）No return address needed
４）Letters and postcards are accepted.