Price Rise

It's a busy season for post office. In Japan, we send New Years postcard, rather than Christmas card. I went to a post office yesterday and bought stamps for new years cards. The staff was so kind and he made me feel happy. While I was in the UK, stamp for the postcard has increased in price from 50 to 52 yen! Actually, Japan's consumption tax has raised from 5 to 8% as well...