Japan stamps 2008

Japan, 2008: the 322 stamps issued that year, with photos, face values, catalogue values and details.

• Otoriosame-chogin & Peony — 80 ¥
• Kuniga Coast — 80 ¥
• Matsue Castle — 80 ¥
• Tsuwano City — 80 ¥
• Bell-shaped Bronze Vessel — 80 ¥
• "Santa Claus & Star" by Koide Masaki — 50 ¥
• "Stage" by Hoshiyama Ayaka — 50 ¥
• "Good Friends" by Kuroi Ken — 50 ¥
• "Dance" by Nagata Moe — 50 ¥
• "Chick" by Arai Sonoko — 50 ¥
• "Good Friends" by Kuroi Ken — 80 ¥
• "Gifts" by Nagata Moe — 80 ¥
• "Blue Birds" by Arai Sonoko — 80 ¥
• "Happy Tune" by Koide Masaki — 80 ¥
• "Fruit" by Arai Sonoko — 80 ¥
• Blast Furnace - 1 — 80 ¥
• Blast Furnace - 2 — 80 ¥
• AIRA 1 — 80 ¥
• AIRA 2 — 80 ¥
• Blast Furnace — 80 ¥
• Distant View of Blast Furnace — 80 ¥
• Narcissus - Fukui Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Pink Plum Blossom - Wakayama Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonica) - Akita Prefecture — 50 ¥
• White Plum Blossom - Fukuoka Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Weeping cherry blossom - Kyoto — 50 ¥
• Narcissus - Fukui Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Pink Plum Blossom - Wakayama Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonica) - Akita Prefecture — 80 ¥
• White Plum Blossom - Fukuoka Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Weeping cherry - Kyoto — 80 ¥
• Pictogram - Cow Head Drawn from Front — 80 ¥
• 牛 (ushi - ox) in Kinbun Style — 80 ¥
• 丑 (ushi - ox) in Standard Script — 80 ¥
• 丑 (ushi - ox) in Kinbun Style — 80 ¥
• 牛 (ushi - ox) in Reisho Style — 80 ¥
• 己丑 (tsuchinoto ushi) in Tensho Style — 80 ¥
• 牛 (ushi - ox) in Kinbun Style — 80 ¥
• 牛 (ushi - ox) in Oracle Bone Script Calligraphy — 80 ¥
• 己丑 (tsuchinoto ushi) in Reisho Style — 80 ¥
• うし (ushi - ox) in Hiragana Style — 80 ¥
• Fukuzawa Yukichi — 80 ¥
• Emblem of Mita Campus Library — 80 ¥
• Old Wing of Mita Campus Library - 1 — 80 ¥
• Old Wing of Mita Campus Library - 2 — 80 ¥
• Sokeisen - Rugby — 80 ¥
• Sokeisen - Baseball — 80 ¥
• Stained Glass - Old Wing of Mita Campus Library - 1 — 80 ¥
• Stained Glass - Old Wing of Mita Campus Library - 2 — 80 ¥
• Stained Glass - Old Wing of Mita Campus Library - 3 — 80 ¥
• Stained Glass - Old Wing of Mita Campus Library - 4 — 80 ¥
• Votive Cow, Folk Toy of Sasebo - Nagasaki Pref. — 50 ¥
• Clay Doll - Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture — 80 ¥
• '09 New Year — 50 ¥
• '09 New Year — 50 ¥
• Votive Cow, Folk Toy of Sasebo - Nagasaki Pref. — 50+3 ¥
• Clay Doll - Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture — 80+3 ¥
• Stove Train - Kitatsugaru, Aomori Prefecture — 80 ¥
• New Year - Nishimurayama, Yamagata Pref. — 80 ¥
• Seaside Station - Abashiri, Hōkkaido — 80 ¥
• Incense Mill - Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Leading a Working Horse - Kurayoshi, Tottori Pref. — 80 ¥
• Life in Snow Country - Waga, Iwate Pref. — 80 ¥
• Familiar Faces - Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Pref. — 80 ¥
• Stonewall Village - Minamiuwa, Ehime Pref. — 80 ¥
• Steep-sided Village - Miyoshi, Tokushima Pref. — 80 ¥
• Sugeboshi Hats - Nakauonuma, Niigata Pref. — 80 ¥
• Illustrated Handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Yadori Gi" — 80 ¥
• Weeping Cherry Tree - Kyoto Botanical Garden — 80 ¥
• Kayabuki no Sato - Miyama — 80 ¥
• Green Tea Fields of Wazuka & Pagoda of Kaijūsen-ji Temple — 80 ¥
• Amanohashidate Sandbar — 80 ¥
• Part of "Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni Typus" — 80 ¥
• Iwami Ginzan Mine Shaft — 80 ¥
• Ōmori Mine Smelter & Shimizudani Refinery Ruins — 80 ¥
• Kigami-jinja Ceiling Painting: "Crying Dragon" — 80 ¥
• Gohyaku Rakan-ji Temple — 80 ¥
• Ōmori Ginzan Mining Settlement — 80 ¥
• Silver Lion-Dog dedicated to Itsukushima Shrine — 80 ¥
• Tiger Screen - Residence of the Kumagai Family — 80 ¥
• Detail of Iwami-Ginzan Handscroll & Otoriosame-Chogin — 80 ¥
• House of Yunotsu Port Town — 80 ¥
• "3rd Station : Kanagawa" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 90 ¥
• "11th Station: Mishima" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 110 ¥
• "51st Station : Ishibe" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 130 ¥
• Kiyomizu-dera ("Pure Water Temple") - 1 — 80 ¥
• Kiyomizu-dera ("Pure Water Temple") - 2 — 80 ¥
• "Pine and Plum" Screen of Chishaku-in Temple - 1 — 80 ¥
• "Pine and Plum" Screen of Chishaku-in Temple - 2 — 80 ¥
• Kōdai-ji Temple — 80 ¥
• Kōdai-ji Temple Garden — 80 ¥
• Sannen-zaka Shopping Street — 80 ¥
• Yasaka-no-to Pagoda — 80 ¥
• Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) — 80 ¥
• Kamo River — 80 ¥
• Kyushu Oil Dome - Ōita Sports Park — 50 ¥
• Fencing — 50 ¥
• 400m Hurdles — 50 ¥
• Kayaker — 50 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Hashihime" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Suzumushi" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Yūgiri" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Kashiwagi" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Azuma Ya" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Yadori Gi" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Yadori Gi" — 80 ¥
• Illustrated handscroll of "Tale of Genji": "Sawarabi" — 80 ¥
• Matsudaira Clan Scroll of "The Diary of Lady Murasaki" — 80 ¥
• Former Morikawa edition of "The Diary of Lady Murasaki" — 80 ¥
• Golden village - Tonami, Toyama Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Celebration - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture — 80 ¥
• "Winter is near" - Kamiminochi, Nagano Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Konjac Field - Numata, Gunma Prefecture — 80 ¥
• "The Color of Evening Bell" - Nara, Nara Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Cosmos - Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture — 80 ¥
• "Playful voices" - Haga, Tochigi Prefecture — 80 ¥
• "At the Height of Autumn" - Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Little Supermarket - Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture — 80 ¥
• "Village of a Lullaby" - Kuma, Kumamoto Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Otagi Nembutsu Temple - Arashiyama — 80 ¥
• Saga-Toriimoto Preserved Street - Arashiyama — 80 ¥
• Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple - Arashiyama — 80 ¥
• Gio-ji Temple Garden - Arashiyama — 80 ¥
• Twin Buddha Statues of Nison-in Temple — 80 ¥
• Rakushisha, the "Hut of Fallen Persimmons" — 80 ¥
• Pagoda of the Jōjakkō-ji Temple — 80 ¥
• Sagano Scenic Railway — 80 ¥
• Hozugawa River Cruises — 80 ¥
• Togetsukyō Bridge — 80 ¥
• Ingram Model 1 Robot — 80 ¥
• Izumi Noa — 80 ¥
• Ōta Isao — 80 ¥
• Ingram Model 2 Robot — 80 ¥
• Nagumo Shinobu — 80 ¥
• Ingram Model 3 Robot — 80 ¥
• Type-Zero Robot — 80 ¥
• Shinohara Asuma — 80 ¥
• Ingram 1 Robot and Patlabor Characters — 80 ¥
• Ingram Model 2 Robot and Patlabor Characters — 80 ¥
• Temple of Heaven - Beijing, China — 80 ¥
• Mount Huangshan - Anhui Province, China — 80 ¥
• Mogao Caves - Gansu Province, China — 80 ¥
• Five-Story Pagoda of Hōryū-ji Temple - Nara, Japan — 80 ¥
• Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) - female, & Peony — 80 ¥
• Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) & Cherry Blossoms — 80 ¥
• The World of Fish & Water - Four seasons: Spring/Ume — 80 ¥
• The World of Fish & Water - Four seasons: Summer/Water Lily — 80 ¥
• The World of Fish & Water - Four seasons: Autumn/Maple — 80 ¥
• The World of Fish & Water - Four seasons: Winter/Narcissus — 80 ¥
• "Love that Meets Each Night" by Kitagawa Utamaro — 80 ¥
• "Yatsumi Bridge" by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) — 80 ¥
• "Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 80 ¥
• "Koshiro Matsumoto IV as Sakanaya Gorōbei" by Sharaku — 80 ¥
• "Hanazuma of the Hyogoya House" by Kitagawa Utamaro — 80 ¥
• "The Ayase River & Kanegafuchi" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 80 ¥
• "Teppōzu & Tsukiji Monzeki Temple" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 80 ¥
• "Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai" by Tōshūsai Sharaku — 80 ¥
• "Tatsumi Rokō" by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/96 — 80 ¥
• "Plum Park in Kameido" by Utagawa Hiroshige — 80 ¥
• Streamers for Sendai Tanabata Matsuri Festival (Miyagi) — 50 ¥
• Streamers for Sendai Tanabata Matsuri Festival (Miyagi) 2 — 50 ¥
• Portable Shrine for Kanda Matsuri Festival (Tokyo) — 50 ¥
• Portable Shrine for Kanda Matsuri Festival (Tokyo) 2 — 50 ¥
• Dancers from Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima) — 50 ¥
• Dancers from Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima) 2 — 50 ¥
• Lanterns for Hakata Gion Yamagasa Festival (Fukuoka) — 50 ¥
• Float for Hakata Gion Yamagasa Festival (Fukuoka) — 50 ¥
• Drummers for Eisa Festival (Okinawa) — 50 ¥
• Drummers for Eisa Festival (Okinawa) 2 — 50 ¥
• Murasaki Shikibu (English: Lady Murasaki; c.978–c.1031) — 50 ¥
• Fujiwara no Sadakata (873–932), Waka Poet — 50 ¥
• Sei Shōnagon (c. 966–c.1025), Poet — 50 ¥
• Fujiwara no Kintō (aka Dainagon Kintō; 966-1041), Poet — 50 ¥
• Izumi Shikibu (976-1030), Poet — 50 ¥
• Murasaki Shikibu - Lower Poem — 80 ¥
• Murasaki Shikibu - Upper Poem — 80 ¥
• Fujiwara no Sadakata - Lower Poem — 80 ¥
• Fujiwara no Sadakata - Upper Poem — 80 ¥
• Sei Shōnagon - Lower Poem — 80 ¥
• Sei Shōnagon - Upper Poem — 80 ¥
• Fujiwara no Kintō - Lower Poem — 80 ¥
• Fujiwara no Kintō - Upper Poem — 80 ¥
• Izumi Shikibu - Lower Poem — 80 ¥
• Izumi Shikibu - Upper Poem — 80 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 1 - 1/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 1 - 2/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 2 - 1/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 2 - 2/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 3 - 1/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 3 - 2/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 4 - 1/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 4 - 2/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 5 - 1/2 — 50 ¥
• Dear Daniel & Hello Kitty - 5 - 2/2 — 50 ¥
• Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel - 1 — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty -1 — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel - 2 — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty - 2 — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel - 3 — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty - A — 80 ¥
• Dear Daniel - A — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty - B — 80 ¥
• Dear Daniel - B — 80 ¥
• Hello Kitty - C — 80 ¥
• Mount Yōtei — 80 ¥
• Japanese Wood Poppy — 80 ¥
• Shōwa-shinzan — 80 ¥
• Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis) — 80 ¥
• Lake Tōya & Mount Yōtei — 80 ¥
• Penstemon Frutescens — 80 ¥
• Mount Yōtei & Fukidashi Park — 80 ¥
• Japanese Rowan — 80 ¥
• Lake Shikotsu & Mount Eniwa — 80 ¥
• Hokkaidō Red Fox — 80 ¥
• Lake Toya & Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) — 80 ¥
• Fort Goryōkaku - Hakodate — 80 ¥
• Landscape of Biei — 80 ¥
• Sea Angel (Clione Limacina) — 80 ¥
• Landscape of Otaru — 80 ¥
• Gold Band Lily - Kanagawa Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Rugosa Rose - Hokkaidō Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Rhododendron - Fukushima Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Safflower - Yamagata Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Japanese Gentian - Nagano Prefecture — 50 ¥
• Gold Band Lily - Kanagawa Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Rugosa Rose - Hokkaidō Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Rhododendron - Fukushima Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Safflower - Yamagata Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Japanese Gentian - Nagano Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Lake Kelimutu - Flores Island, Indonesia — 80 ¥
• Mount Fuji - Japan — 80 ¥
• Borobudur Temple - Java Island, Indonesia — 80 ¥
• Tō-ji Temple - Kyoto, Japan — 80 ¥
• Stinking Corpse Lily - Indonesia — 80 ¥
• Cherry Blossoms - Japan — 80 ¥
• Angklung (Indonesian Musical Instrument)- Indonesia — 80 ¥
• Gakubiwa (Japanese Musical Instrument) - Japan — 80 ¥
• Asian Arowana — 80 ¥
• Koi Carp - Japan — 80 ¥
• Anne of Green Gables — 80 ¥
• Anne's House — 80 ¥
• Matthew Cuthbert & Anne Shirley - 1 — 80 ¥
• Matthew Cuthbert & Anne Shirley - 2 — 80 ¥
• Anne Shirley & Diana Barry - 1 — 80 ¥
• Anne Shirley & Diana Barry - 2 — 80 ¥
• Anne Shirley & Gilbert Blythe - 1 — 80 ¥
• Anne Shirley & Gilbert Blythe - 2 — 80 ¥
• Matthew Cuthbert, Marilla Cuthbert & Anne Shirley - 1 — 80 ¥
• Matthew Cuthbert, Marilla Cuthbert & Anne Shirley - 2 — 80 ¥
• Coffee Beans & Kasato-maru - 1 — 80 ¥
• Coffee Beans & Kasato-maru - 2 — 80 ¥
• Statue of Christ & Rio Bay - 1 — 80 ¥
• Statue of Christ & Rio Bay - 2 — 80 ¥
• Iguazu Falls - 1 — 80 ¥
• Iguazu Falls - 2 — 80 ¥
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia - 1 — 80 ¥
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia - 2 — 80 ¥
• Morpho Butterflies — 80 ¥
• Toco Toucan — 80 ¥
• Geum pentapetalum & Mount Moriyoshi - 1 — 50 ¥
• Geum pentapetalum & Mount Moriyoshi - 2 — 50 ¥
• Schizocodon soldanelloides - 1 — 50 ¥
• Schizocodon soldanelloides - 2 — 50 ¥
• Autumn leaves - 1 — 50 ¥
• Autumn leaves - 2 — 50 ¥
• Yellow-tinged Beech Forest - 1 — 50 ¥
• Yellow-tinged Beech Forest - 2 — 50 ¥
• Sankai Falls & Weigela - 1 — 50 ¥
• Sankai Falls & Weigela - 2 — 50 ¥
• Portrait of Noguchi Hideyo — 80 ¥
• Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize — 80 ¥
• Water Shield - Yamamoto, Akita Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Bell Tower - Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Cooling off in the Evening - Gujō, Gifu Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Little Train - Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Sea of the Heart - Shōzu District, Kagawa Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Sunset at the Lake - Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Tanabata Dolls - Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Town of Storehouses - Ise, Mie Prefecture — 80 ¥
• The Nora Clock - Aki, Kōchi Prefecture — 80 ¥
• Town in Late Summer - Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture — 80 ¥
• "Cherry Blossoms and Bird" by Watanabe Shōtei — 80 ¥
• "Peony and Butterfly" by Watanabe Shōtei — 80 ¥
• "Willow and Egrets in the Rain" by Watanabe Shōtei — 80 ¥
• "Grapes and Mouse" by Watanabe Shōtei (1851–1918) — 80 ¥
• "Seabirds on a Rock" by Watanabe Shōtei — 80 ¥
• Jupiter — 80 ¥
• Saturn — 80 ¥
• Galaxy — 80 ¥
• X-ray Astronomy Satellite Suzaku — 80 ¥
• Asteroid Probe "Hayabusa", Asteroid & Earth - 1 — 80 ¥
• Asteroid Probe "Hayabusa", Asteroid & Earth - 2 — 80 ¥
• Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory  — 80 ¥
• The Galaxy and Celestial Bodies — 80 ¥
• Mars — 80 ¥
• Nobeyama 45m Radio Telescope — 80 ¥
• The Old Man Who Make the Tree Bloom - 1 — 80 ¥
• The Old Man Who Make the Tree Bloom - 2 — 80 ¥
• The Bamboo-cutter & The Moon-child - 1 — 80 ¥
• The Bamboo-cutter & The Moon-child - 2 — 80 ¥
• The Bamboo Hat Guardians - 1 — 80 ¥
• The Bamboo Hat Guardians - 2 — 80 ¥
• The Clam Peach Boy - 1 — 80 ¥
• The Clam Peach Boy - 2 — 80 ¥
• The Grateful Crane - 1 — 80 ¥
• The Grateful Crane - 2 — 80 ¥
• New Year 2008 (Year of the Rat) — 50 ¥
• Rat Key Chain — 80 ¥
• Mount Fuji - New Year — 80 ¥
• Mount Fuji - Spring — 80 ¥
• Mount Fuji - Summer — 80 ¥
• Mount Fuji - Autumn — 80 ¥
• Mount Fuji - Winter — 80 ¥
• Bamboo Grove — 80 ¥
• Yoshino Cherry — 80 ¥
• Japanese Hydrangea — 80 ¥
• Maple Leaves — 80 ¥
• Narcissus — 80 ¥
• Personalised Stamp — 80 ¥
• Personalised Stamp — 80 ¥
• Personalised Stamp — 80 ¥
• Personalised Stamp — 80 ¥