New Year's card in Japan

In Japan, New Year's card of the exchange has become a courtesy. Because of The spread of e-mail, than before New Year's card has been reduced. 

However, there are still deep-rooted habit of sending greeting cards. Typically, a lot of people buy a New Year's card which post office sells , and post in December. 
I also bought a New Year's card at the post office. 
Zodiac new year has been printed on the New Year's card. 
Zodiac is respected in East Asia. 
Zodiac 2016 is the monkey(^_^)