While most nengajoo today are either printed or produced on word processors, if they include messages written by hand with pen or brush, they can more effectively communicate genuine feeling and warmth. Statistics show that each household sends an average of 100 nengajoo to relatives and friends. People also send nengajoo at their workplaces as greetings to clients, regular customers, and business associates. It was once the custom for people to pay formal visits directly at the homes of relatives, friends, and neighbors to present their greetings and wishes for the New Year. From the end of World War II, however, this practice rapidly went out of fashion, and the sending of nengajoo came along as a widely favored substitute.
People still make a point of visiting their parents and grandparents.
Sometimes company employees go to the homes of their superiors and students present themselves at their professor's homes even today. This must be added to the name of the addressee of any postal item. Address and name of sender should be written in smaller letters than that of addressee. If the address and name of sender appear on the other side of the card, it may be omitted on the front. The present emperor came to the throne in 1989 and the reign name is Heisei, so year 1999 is the 11th year of Heisei.