Japan stamps 2002

Japan, 2002: the 147 stamps issued that year, with photos, face values, catalogue values and details.

• Stone lion of Tamaudun royal mausoleum - Shuri, Okinawa — 80 ¥
• Ishimon (Stone Gate) of Sonohyan Utaki Sanctuary — 80 ¥
• Ruins of Nakijin Castle & Hikan cherry blossoms — 80 ¥
• Stone gate of the ruins of Zakimi Castle — 80 ¥
• Ruins of Katsuren Castle walls — 80 ¥
• Ruins of Nakagusuku Castle — 80 ¥
• Kankaimon (Main Gate) of Shuri Castle — 80 ¥
• Seiden (Main Hall) of Shuri Castle — 80 ¥
• Shikinaen Royal Garden — 80 ¥
• Seifa Utaki Sanctuary — 80 ¥
• Sheep Clay Bell by Hashimoto Norihiko - Sapporo — 50 ¥
• Edo Small Toy: Sheep Carrying Jewel by Nakamise Sukeroku — 80 ¥
• Sheep Holding Fan (Clay Doll) by Aoyagi Morihiko — 50+3 ¥
• Oku Paper-mache Sheep by Takehisa Mamoru — 80+3 ¥
• 100th Anniversary of the Death of Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) — 80 ¥
• 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of the Death of Tanakadate Aikitu — 80 ¥
• Mount Iwaki & Apples — 80 ¥
• 10th Anniv. Asian & Pacific Conference of Disabled Persons — 80 ¥
• "16th station : Yui" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833–34 — 90 ¥
• "45th station : Shōno" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833–34 — 110 ¥
• "5th station : Totsuka" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833–34 — 130 ¥
• International Fleet Review 2002 - Tokyo — 80 ¥
• Ogimachi Village in Shirakawa-go in Autumn - 1 — 80 ¥
• Ogimachi Village in Shirakawa-go in Autumn - 2 — 80 ¥
• Ogimachi Village in Shirakawa-go in Summer — 80 ¥
• Ogimachi Village in Shirakawa-go: Myozenji Temple — 80 ¥
• Ogimachi village in Shirakawa-go at Winter Night — 80 ¥
• Ainokura Village in Taira in Early Summer — 80 ¥
• Ainokura Village in Taira: Sōnenji Temple — 80 ¥
• Ainokura Village in Taira in summer — 80 ¥
• Suganuma village in Kamitaira in summer — 80 ¥
• Suganuma Village in Kamitaira in Winter — 80 ¥
• "Purple Wisteria" ("Zi teng hua") — 80 ¥
• Goldfish & Cherry Blossoms — 80 ¥
• Matsuo Bashō & Iga Ueno Castle — 80 ¥
• Iga Ueno Castle & Haiseiden Hall — 80 ¥
• 57th National Sports Festival — 50 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of Civil Aviation — 80 ¥
• Azalea — 50 ¥
• Sakuyuri Lily — 50 ¥
• Crepe myrtle — 50 ¥
• Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) — 50 ¥
• Prunus & Iejima island — 50 ¥
• Hibiscus & Kaichū Dōro Highway — 50 ¥
• Bougainvillea & traditional house in Tsuboya — 50 ¥
• Easter lily & Higashi Hennazaki Cape — 50 ¥
• Seishika Flower & Seishika Bridge - Ishigaki Island — 50 ¥
• World Wheelchair Basketball Championships - Kitakyushu — 80 ¥
• 12th World Congress of Psychiatry, Yokohama — 80 ¥
• "My heart beats" — 50 ¥
• Monkey & Letter — 50 ¥
• Flowers & House — 50 ¥
• "Looking forward to hearing from you" — 50 ¥
• Magnifying glass — 80 ¥
• Sheep and Boy — 80 ¥
• Ox and Little bird — 80 ¥
• Girl wearing ribbons — 80 ¥
• Football player — 80 ¥
• Tennis player — 80 ¥
• "Letter for you" — 80 ¥
• "Hasn't it come yet" — 80 ¥
• "Let us read together" — 80 ¥
• Red mail truck — 80 ¥
• Kasuga Taisha Shrine: Cloister — 80 ¥
• Kasuga Taisha Shrine: Chumon (Middle Gate) — 80 ¥
• Kasugayama Primeval Forest, Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) — 80 ¥
• Gankoji Temple: zen room & main hall — 80 ¥
• Gankoji Temple: Five-storey Pagoda — 80 ¥
• Yakushi-ji Temple: East and West Pagodas — 80 ¥
• Yakushi-ji Temple: Yakushi Nyorai, "Buddha of Healing" — 80 ¥
• Tōshōdai-ji Temple: Kondō (Main Hall) — 80 ¥
• Tōshōdai-ji Temple: Senju Kannon Statue — 80 ¥
• Heijō Palace remains: Suzaku Gate (Suzakumon) — 80 ¥
• Letter Writing Day 2002 — 680 ¥
• Jamboree, Sun Tower & Osaka Castle — 50 ¥
• Yachiyoza Theatre & Advertisement — 80 ¥
• Hakusan-shajin and Mount Bessan — 50 ¥
• Fritillaria & Mount Bessan — 50 ¥
• Hakusan Fuuro & Mount Gozengamine — 50 ¥
• Hakusan Ichige & Mount Gozengamine — 50 ¥
• Gujō Odori dance — 50 ¥
• Osaka Dome & Lion of Naniwa Bridge — 80 ¥
• Oze Marshland; Japanese Swamp Lantern — 50 ¥
• Oze Shitsugen Bog; Daylily (Hemerocallis sp.) — 50 ¥
• Azuma rhododendron & Tanigawa Mountain range — 80 ¥
• Autumnal tints at Ichi-no kurasawa (Devil Mountain) — 80 ¥
• Morning glory fair — 80 ¥
• Hozuki Ichii or Ground Cherry Fair — 80 ¥
• Tōdai-ji Temple: Hall of the Great Buddha — 80 ¥
• Tōdai-ji Temple: Nandai-mon (Great South Gate) — 80 ¥
• Tōdai-ji Temple: Bodhisattva engraved on Buddha's throne — 80 ¥
• Tōdai-ji Temple: Kōmokuten, one of the 4 Heavenly Kings — 80 ¥
• Tōdai-ji Temple: Hokke-dō (Lotus Hall) — 80 ¥
• Kōfuku-ji Temple: Five Storey Pagoda — 80 ¥
• Kōfuku-ji Temple: Northern Round Hall — 80 ¥
• Kōfuku-ji Temple: 3-headed & 6-armed statue of Ashura — 80 ¥
• Kōfuku-ji Temple: head of Buddha — 80 ¥
• Kōfuku-ji Temple: Oni (ogre) with Dragon Lantern on its Head — 80 ¥
• Safflower, Mogami River & Mt. Gassan — 50 ¥
• Official Poster — 80 ¥
• World Cup Trophy — 80 ¥
• 30th Anniversary of the Return of Okinawa to Japan — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of Japan-US Fulbright Exchange Program — 80 ¥
• Yokohama Minato - 1 — 50 ¥
• Yokohama Minato - 2 — 50 ¥
• Winter Camellia & Kamoyama Park - Chūetsu area — 50 ¥
• Day Lily & Oonogame Rock - Sado Island — 50 ¥
• Iris & Ijimino Park - Kaetsu area — 50 ¥
• Iwakagami & Mount Myōkō - Jōetsu area — 50 ¥
• Hawthorn Bonsai — 80 ¥
• Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans) — 80 ¥
• Tulips & Wind Mill — 80 ¥
• Sunflowers & field showing the name of the town "Hokuryū" — 80 ¥
• Scenery of Shimonoseki & Blue Whale — 80 ¥
• "Horse race at Kamo shrine" by Morikage Kusumi - 1 — 80 ¥
• "Horse race at Kamo shrine" by Morikage Kusumi - 2 — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniv. of Diplomatic Relations between India & Japan — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniv. of Diplomatic Relations between Pakistan & Japan — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniv. Diplomatic Relations between Sri Lanka & Japan — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniv. of Dip. Relations between Bangladesh & Japan — 80 ¥
• Mikan (Mandarin Orange) & Cape Sata - Ehime Pref. — 50 ¥
• Sudachi (sour citrus) & Mt. Tsurugi - Tokushima Pref. — 50 ¥
• Yamamomo (Bayberry) & Tengu Highland - Kōchi Pref. — 50 ¥
• Olive & Shōdo Island - Kagawa Pref. — 50 ¥
• Cherry blossoms at the Hiikawa river bank — 50 ¥
• Five - storied pagoda of Bitchu Kokubunji Temple — 50 ¥
• Men's singles & gentians - Takeshi Honda — 80 ¥
• Pair skating Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Markuntsov, Japan — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of Lions Club in Japan — 80 ¥
• Azaleas, Wakayama Marina City & Wakaura Bay — 80 ¥
• Alt House with hydrangea & Ringer House with roses — 50 ¥
• Glover House with tulips — 50 ¥
• Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) in Winter — 80 ¥
• Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) — 80 ¥
• Ryōan-ji, Zen-style Rock Garden - 1 — 80 ¥
• Ryōan-ji, Zen-style Rock Garden - 2 — 80 ¥
• Nishi Hongan-ji (Western Temple): "Karamon" Gate — 80 ¥
• Nishi Hongan-ji (Western Temple): Hiunkaku (Tea Pavilion) — 80 ¥
• Nishi Hongan-ji (Western Temple): Shoin (Study Hall) — 80 ¥
• Nijō Castle: Ninomaru Palace — 80 ¥
• Nijō Castle: Birds and Giant Pines of the Ohiroma - 1 — 80 ¥
• Nijō Castle: Birds and Giant Pines of the Ohiroma - 2 — 80 ¥
• Nukui Dam — 80 ¥
• Onbashi Bridge — 80 ¥
• 30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Mongolia — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of Legal Aid System — 80 ¥