The question is, can the postie read English?  He could be confused by the constant supply of tea.   One day in particular, we received two different packages, from two different people, both with "tea" on the declaration form. 

So, why are we importing all this tea?  We're in Japan, the land of green tea.  

Anyone who has known us for a while will know that reformed coffee snobs - turned Dilmah Jasmine tea drinkers couldn't possibly survive on Japanese tea alone!  So, our very kind and sympathetic mothers have been diligently been posting tea bags over for us.  We have even been recycling our tea bags to get as much as we can out of them!  (Before you all start feeling sorry for us and reach for a tea bag, envelope and our address, I recently told mum that she didn't need to send any for a while - we're beginning to build up a stockpile - all that recycling and stuff!). 

Anyway, I really just wanted to say thanks.  Thanks everyone for the assorted packages, tea bags, and more recently Christmas cards.  We really appreciate it!