The luxurious fountain pen “Namiki” was made in the year 1930 in co-operation with Dunhill Co., as a product of “Dunhill-Namiki”. Even after long time, nowadays it is still highly…

    Makie is a traditional Japanese craft. We have re-created its beautiful patterns in the body. Please enjoy the special colorfulness and brightness of Makie.  The pen tip uses…

  The luxurious fountain pen “Namiki” was made in the year 1930 in co-operation with Dunhill Co., as a product of “Dunhill-Namiki”. Even after long time, nowadays it is still highly…

  The Nagasawa Stationery Center, which was established in 1882 in the port town of Kobe and since then has been selling various stationery goods, has developed an elegant, Kobe-like…

    Are you a fountain pen lover? Having in mind its Kobe origin, Nagasawa Stationery Center Co. based in Kobe started selling its fountain pen of an original design…

When you say ‘art collection’, it sounds great and even posh, but here is very unique and new type of art collection I’d like to introduce you today; collection of…

  Today I would like to share an epoch-making invention, just like a tool from Doraemon’s pocket! The product is called the “Smareco Pen” (¥650/US$8) produced by Nakabayashi, the Japanese…

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –     The king of stationery (Bungu-o), Masayuki Takabatake, obtained yet another interesting relic at an antique fair: A goody bag from the Japanese caramel maker…

    This is ‘fumibako’ which is traditionally used to store letters in Japan. Lacquer has been finely painted on the paper-made box, which gives this item unique and luxury…

  Have you ever used an abacus? It’s an old-fashioned calculator, really. There might be many types of abacuses in the world. In Japan, we call an abacus “soroban”. You…

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –     The king of stationery (Bungu-o), Masayuki Takabatake, obtained something interesting at an antique fair. A box full of cards. Looks really old. But what…