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Postcard: Otaru Steam Clock, Hokkaido
[Posted: 2026-07-17 14-04 UTC±0] 

Square painting in watercolour with ink lines of a steam clock in Otaru, with a person standing to the right of the clock and waving. The clock is about three person heights tall, with a circular dial on top, the internal mechanism seen in the middle through the glass. In the background is a brick building, the lines of which are painted in diluted ink. The painting is signed Michael Vokabre Hokkaido, Otaru Tel Aviv Jaffa 2025 5785.

The scan of the whole back of the postcard, with the painting described before on the left. On the right, superimposed above where the address goes is the front of the postcard, Goryokaku fortress in Hakodate during spring, with sakura blooming. Above it is a 100 yen stamp.

Postcard: Otaru Steam Clock, Hokkaido
ポストカード：北海道、小樽蒸気からくり時計

Painted in ink and watercolours on a postcard from Hakodate in Hokkaido, with a photo of Goryokaku fortress during sakura bloom. Sent as a gift to Canada from Japan.

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