A Japanese soldier from World War II stationed in Burma (now Myanmar), sent a postcard to his friend was received after 64 years after it was sent. The postcard was kept by a former U.S. soldier and a Japanese exchange student.

According to Mukogawa Women's University, the card traveled in three different countries and one state, including Burma, Nagasaki, Arizona and Hawaii before reaching Shizuo Nagano, 80, in southern Kochi prefecture.

Nobuchika Yamashita wrote the postcard and sent it to Nagano when he was drafted for the war. Yamashita and Nagano used to work together in a neighborhood store.

In a statement, Yuko Kojima, a 20-year old exchange student in Hawaii, gave the postcard to Nagano, 64 years after it was written.

The story of the postcard began when Kojima met a local woman who brought the card to the U.S. after his tour as a member of the Allied Occupation.

The university said, the former U.S. soldier lived and died in Arizona 25 years ago, but his son still kept the card whenever he goes, even after moving to Hawaii from the U.S. mainland.

Nagano said after receiving the card, "I had never dreamed of meeting him again like this. It is like a dream."

The postcard showed color photo of farm with workers using horses to cultivate the land. Mountains with snow stand in the background. The card was dated February 16, 1943.

In a postcard, it said, "Mr. Nagano, it's been a long time. It must be still cold (in Japan). Over here, the climate is like July or August in Japan."

The university said, the writer died in November 1944 at age of 23, due to illness in Burma, which is now called Myanmar.