Xmas postage times

[Shuko]

Was amazed this week by Japan Post and Australia Post. Bought a wakizashi on 14/12/23 and I had it in my hands on 19/12/23 so a total of 5 days from the seller in Tokyo to me here in Sydney ! 

[1kinko]

We mailed stuff back to the U.S. from a post office in Kyoto. The postal worker actually trotted to the back of the store and brought us a box. In the U.S. you're lucky if the postal worker doesn't go on break. I've received swords from Japan in less time than I have from Cincinnati.