✏️stationery to bring home for a friend who's never been to Japan
for the person who wants a piece of the trip that fits in a tote bag.
Never miss an update
This list changes over time — get a short email when it does.
At most one short email a week — unfollow in one click.
1
The brown leather regular-size kit is about $45 and she can keep adding inserts forever. Gateway drug, basically.
2
Tsubame Note (W180, plain)
Under $3 and it's the paper fountain pen people fight over online. Buy five, they're light.
3
Kokuyo Jibun Techo
a planner system that basically bullies you into structure. ~$35 for the set.
4
Pilot Frixion pens (set of 3)
5
Uni Kuru Toga mechanical pencil
Lead rotates as you write so the tip never goes flat. Sounds gimmicky, isn't. ~$8
6
Maruman Mnemosyne notepad (N180A)
7
Midori MD Notebook, A5 blank
8
Hobonichi Techo (Original, A6)
she has to write in it daily for a year to get her money's worth. tell her anyway. ~$30 for cover plus book.
9
Kakimori, build-your-own notebook (Kuramae)
A shop in Kuramae, she picks cover and paper and they bind it while she waits. The one that actually says she went to Japan.
Or start a list of your own — free, it takes a minute.