At the present time, when communication methods via the internet have become a very normal thing in our lives, sending letters has probably gradually been forgotten.
We have all heard of hotels or restaurants at the bottom of the sea, but who would bring a mailbox to the bottom of the sea?
Below are 5 locations around the world that offer this unique mail service.
Visitors can dive down and put letters into the box themselves
The underwater post office off Hideaway Island in the island nation of Vanuatu is one of the most famous post offices in the world.
At a certain time of day, a postal worker wearing an oxygen tank dives into the mailbox, retrieves postcards from the mailbox, stamps them with a special embossing device while still underwater, and mails them
Created in 1999 as part of a fair promoting the Kumano Kodo road and surrounding areas on the southern side of Wakayama’s Kii Peninsula, the box has not received much attention.
After Toshihiko Matsumoto, then the town’s postmaster, came up with the idea of a mailbox 10 meters deep under the sea, the new Susami mailbox officially attracted the attention of many people.
The Susami fourth box has a distinctive red color
At this mailbox, divers will buy waterproof postcards at a local store, write messages on them with oil paint brushes and drop them into a red mailbox located underwater.
Every year, the mailbox receives between 1,000 and 1,500 pieces of mail, and 32,000 pieces of mail have been sent in the underwater mailbox since it was created.
Located underwater 40 meters above sea level, the mailbox in Pulau Layang-Layang, Malaysia holds the record for being the deepest mailbox in the world.
Inaugurated on May 4, 2018 off the coast of Green Island in Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan (China), this mailbox was built with the purpose of promoting marine conservation and attracting more tourists.
Located 11 meters below sea level, this 1.8 meter high mailbox has the shape of a rare small seahorse that often lives off the coast of this island.
Unique seahorse-shaped mailbox
Located under the southern coast of Norway, this mailbox is made of oxygen bells for divers and is the only underwater dry post office in the world.
Source: Amusing Planet
