On this card are Daruma dolls  達磨.  They are modelled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism. Daruma dolls are seen as a symbol of perseverance, good luck, and encouragement.  Daruma dolls are hollow and round, usually red and depict the Indian monk Bodhidharma. They are popular gift to give to someone for encouragement. 

The sender lives in Bangkok, but sometimes lives in Ayutthaya. In Ayutthaya is Wat Chaiwatthanaram  วัดไชยวัฒนาราม  a Buddhist temple on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, and is depicted on this card. It is a major tourist attraction.  Wat Chaiwatthanaram was built in 1630 by King Prasat Thong, as a memorial to his mother. In English it translates to the temple of the long reign and glorious era.  It has a central prang, or spire, that is 35 meters high, with four smaller prangs. The Wat Chaiwatthanaram structure reflects the Buddhist world view, as it is described already in the Traiphum Phra Ruang, the "three worlds of the King Ruang", of the 14th century: t he big "Prang Prathan" that stands in the centre symbolizes the mountain Meru (Thai: เขาพระสุเมรุ - Khao Phra Sumen), which consists the central axis of the traditional world (Kamaphum - กามภูมิ). Around it lie the four continents (the four small Prangs) that swim in the four directions in the world sea

A lovely card of the Ninna-ji  仁和寺  Temple in Kyoto from an American ex-pat living with her husband in Tokyo. Ninna-ji is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (1994). The Ninna-ji Temple is the head temple for the Omura School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. It was first founded in 888 and reconstructed in the 17th century.  Emperor Kōkō  光孝天皇 ordered the construction of the temple in 886 to bless the nation and propogate Buddhist teachings. His successor, Emperor Uda, saw the construction to its completion.   From 888 to 1869, it was traditional for the reigning emperors to send a son to the temple to take over as head priest when a vacancy arose. Uda retired from the throne and became the first Monzeki  門跡 , or aristocratic priest, of Ninna-ji. The last Monzeki was Junnin Hosshinno, the 30th chief of the temple.  The temple was destroyed by fire and fighting in the  Ōnin War  応仁の乱, a civil war from 1467 to 1477. It was a dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto  細川 勝元, a high official, and  Yaman

Asakusa  浅草 is a district in Tokyo. Asakusa is home to one of three largest Shinto festivals in Tokyo, the Sanja Matsuri  三社祭, or the Three Shrine Festival. It is a weekend long religious celebration that is dedicated to the kami (spirits) of three men - Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari, two fishermen, and Hajino Nakatomo, a wealthy landlord. All three men devoted their lives to Buddhism after the fishermen caught a statuette of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Nakatomo convinced the fishermen to devote their lives to Buddhism. This apparently happened the morning of 18 Mar 628.