Japan Post and the operator of Tokyo Disney Resort said Wednesday they will launch a postal service shop for children in May.
The government-affiliated Japan Post hopes the tieup with Oriental Land Co. will attract children to a means of communication quickly becoming forgotten amid the popularity of electronic messaging. The shop will be the first of its kind in Japan, they said.
The new project has nothing to do with Disney, Oriental Land said.
Instead, the postal shop will feature a gang of original characters from a land called Nepos Napos.
The companies said the shop will open May 5 -- Children's Day -- in the Ikspiari shopping complex adjacent to Tokyo Disney Resort in Chiba Prefecture.
The shop will sell original stationery items and stamps featuring the characters, the officials said.
Japan Post will stock Ikspiari mail-order catalogs and take orders at its post offices nationwide.
Japan Post has been actively seeking alliances with other businesses.