4052 - Narushima, Japan

The sender lives on Naru Island 奈留島 part time, while their other home is in Tokyo. Naru Island is a part of the Gotō Islands 五島列島. Gotō Islands literally translates to "five-island archipelago." There are actually 140 islands, and five are considered the main ones:

Fukue Island 福江島
Hisaka Island 久賀島
Naru Island 奈留島
Wakamatsu Island 若松島
Nakadōri Island 中通島

There are about 77 000 people that live on the Gotō Islands. Fishing is the main economic activity. This includes oysters and sea urchins.

After World War II, on 1 April 1946, the United States Navy scuttled 24 Imperial Japanese Navy submarines off the islands. They included first, second, and third class submarines. On 3 February 1948, The Japanese destroyer Hanazuki was sunk as target practices for the United States Navy.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

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