. >> reporter: the author of these lines is yoshinori ouchi from northeastern japan. >> translator: we were such good buddies. we visited each other and played baseball together. we had so much fun, didn't we? i think about you every time i drive past your place, but i never stop, because i can't sort out my feelings. >> reporter: the intended recipient is shinichi saijo. he worked for a seafood processing company. his truck was swallowed by the tsunami of march 11, 2011. >> translator: at first, i thought it was a bad joke. i told myself it was a pack of lies. i just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: when he learned about the missing post office, he decided to put together all the feelings that had remained unsaid. it took him two days to complete the message. >> translator: shin, i want you to know that you remain my true friend. may this message find its way over to you. writing this letter helped me sort out the unbearable emotions that had accumulated inside me. now, i think i may be able to start moving on. >> reporter: every day brings a new load of special postcards, messages t