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Stationery from Japan is very close to my heart so I'm even more excited about the Pen Japan than Candy Japan. Just this spring I got a Hobonichi planner sent
by AhtiK 12y ago
Stationery from Japan is very close to my heart so I'm even more excited about the Pen Japan than Candy Japan.
Just this spring I got a Hobonichi planner sent from Japan to EU. It's not sold in Europe and in addition to great format it has unbelievable paper (Tomoe River) that is extremely thin yet opaque and works great with fountain pen.
Also Pilot (incl Namiki fp range) has always surprised me with the design, workability and ergonomics that has been put into each and every little writing instrument Pilot has manufactured, including even the very cheap low end.
Stationary geeks and students might find Pen Japan very attractive. There's unbelievable amount of people still into reviewing paper and fountain pens at The Fountain Pen Network forums. Pen Japan would definitely benefit from people having the real recurring need for new paper/notebooks etc.
Pro Tip: Get a cheap Lamy Safari fountain pen + notebooks with decent paper (Clairefontaine/Rhodia is great; Moleskine not that good) -- writing feels natural again even after all the digital pads and keyboards available.
- bemmu 12y agoThere do seem to be many "non-cute" but just cool / useful stationeries I could send, such as this eraser which is just a bunch of corners instead of being a cube so that you'll always have that best corner part of erasers to use: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A8-%E6%B6%88%E3%81%97%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A0-%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E7%B3%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E6%A8%B9%E8%84%82-20x50x20mm-%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B7-U700/dp/B000I3Y0I2 http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A8-%E6%B6%8...
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoMaybe you could have two plans: a "cute" and a "serious" one?
- bemmu 12y agoThat's the plan, but I want to have some more subscribers in the cute plan to feel validated to do this pen japan thing at all. Each plan adds 1-2 days of work to my months.
- eitally 12y agoI don't know where you live, but there is a pretty nice brick & mortar chain in several US cities that sells a good assortment of Japanese writing implements and paper products. http://www.mymaido.com/content/4-about-mymaido http://www.mymaido.com/content/4-about-mymaido They also sell online (convenient for things like pen refills).