Aya Ueto appears on postage stamps

Tuesday 08th July, 02:24 PM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Aya Ueto, 22, this week released a set of original postage stamps with her photo on them. The stamps are available at her official website and post offices will sell them through catalog order from July 18.

Ueto, who appeared in yukata for the Tanabata festival, said “It’s an honor because I’m the first actress to appear on a stamp in Japan. I like letters because my emotions appear in the characters I write, which is good for conveying my feelings in a direct way.”

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Sarge at 11:39 PM JST - 8th July

"postage stamps"

Do people still buy and use them?
GUNOT at 12:33 AM JST - 9th July

yes they do
usaletterhead at 06:24 AM JST - 9th July

Out of many beautiful and adorable Japanese idols Aka Ueno is one of my least favorites.
usaletterhead at 06:24 AM JST - 9th July

excuse me not Aka Ueno... I simply meant... yeah... Aya Ueno.
rjd_jr at 07:15 AM JST - 9th July

I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers, therefore, she's alright in my book to appear on a stamp.
Kijimuna at 08:07 AM JST - 10th July

I have never understood what people adore about prebubescence.
TeruSensei at 09:06 AM JST - 10th July

I want to buy these stamps~
rjd_jr at 11:34 AM JST - 10th July

I have never understood what people adore about prebubescence. >

Huh? A 22 year old woman is hardly "prebubescent."
HonestDictator at 12:05 PM JST - 10th July

Nice Kimono, but I don't think I'll be licking those stamps. Hopefully they're the automatic sticky kind.
European1 at 01:20 PM JST - 10th July

posters! "I would lick it", "I wouldn`t allow her to get out of my bed" and so on, and so on...Common people...have seen her without make up and in real life? Too much imagination. Good, that these are only stamps.
European1 at 01:21 PM JST - 10th July

sorry, it supposed to be "Posters wrote !":
PrinceskaNo1 at 02:32 PM JST - 10th July

Her hair is not right for the kimono. Exquisite woman like me won't buy fashion challenged stamps.
JeromeInJapan at 03:24 AM JST - 11th July

About as usefull as a wasabi flavored water.
TeruSensei at 11:16 AM JST - 11th July

European1 - I'm Ueto Aya's fan. I never write anything derogatory or creepy when there's an Ueto Aya news story. Does it matter how she looks without makeup etc? There are people who are just her fans without being a pervert.
Kijimuna at 11:09 AM JST - 22nd July

rjd jr, her appeal to her fans has always been about kawaii. not using 'prepubescence' in the strictest sense.