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Originally Posted by Maxful
Do people still use telegraph these days?
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No. Not for emergent message.
But, yes.
It is still used indeed, but just for ceremonial indication.
There are two type of telegraph, 祝電（syuku-den) and 弔電(cho-den).
When a person doesn't/can't attend a bridal reception party of his/her friend or co-worker, he/she would send syuku-den, usually in advance.
In the party, the announcer would read these telegrams.
If there are too many telegrams to be read, the announcer would read telegrams from socially high-rank persons or from very important persons.
The context is usually almost the same, for example;
ご結婚おめでとうございます。お二人で末永くお幸せに 。 XXX会社, 専務, XXX(name)
When a person can't attend a funeral of his/her friend or co-worker's parent, he/she would send cho-den.
ご尊父様のご逝去を悼み、謹んでお悔やみ申しあげます 。 ＸＸＸcompany, XXXX(name)
It is very important to send these kind of telegram for common cutesy.
It is one of Japanese culture, I think.
It costs about 4000yen to 9000yen.
I think it is rather expensive. And maybe it is great income for NTT.
I think NTT is Nippon Telephone and
Telegram company.
We can choose the number of letters. The longer the context is, the more expensive the cost would become.
And we can choose the mounting board, on which the telegram is mounted.
For example, the mounting board with pressed flowers is expensive.
Or, the mounting board with musical sound, when opened, is expensive.
We have to choose, not too cheap one nor too expensive one.
We have to decide according to the relation, according to social rank, etc.
I usually personally choose middle-class mounting board.
