It's always great to get a card from Japan that isn't from Tokyo (not that I don't like cards from Tokyo, it just seems like most of the cards come from there). I'm afraid the card is lost at the moment. I guess when you get a year and a half, and 250 cards behind on one's blog, it might happen. Hopefully it will still turn up. Asahikawa  旭川市  is found on Hokkaido  北海道 , which is the large island in Japan's north. The city has a population of about 320 000 people. It belongs to UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities as a Design City in 2019. The Creative Cities Network was launched in 2004 by UNESCO to promote cooperation among cities which have recognized culture and creativity as strategic drivers of sustainable urban development. As of 2022, there are almost 300 cities on the list, from 90 countries.  

This card features a bamboo basket-wearing dog and it was created by Zaru-kaburi Inu. On the back of the card it says, In the same was as if the Japanese character for bamboo was placed on top of the character for dog is similar to the character for laugh, this is a typical Sukeroku toy made with the hope that children will grow up cheerful and always smiling. The sender is from Asahikawa  旭川市,  a city on Hokkaido in northern Japan, with about 320 000 people.