Released last year in Japan, the newest Shikiori Sound of Rain Series is now available in the US! This series is available in the Professional Gear Slim size, each with a 21K gold bi-color nib. Spring Rain and Winter Rain are translucent, while Summer Rain and Autumn Drizzle are opaque. They are available in Medium Fine nib with matte finish on the pen body. Spring 春雨/はるさめ - In Spring, the rain falls quietly, leaving shimmering droplets on flowers and fresh leaves.Summer 翠雨/すいう - In Summer, the rains shines on flourishing green leaves and trees. Autumn 霧雨/きりさめ - In Autumn, the foggy and misty drizzles moisten...

New this past week to our New Arrivals page are some NJK pencil sharpeners!  NJK, or Nakajima Jukyudo, is a Japanese pencil sharpener company that values the “spirit of waste.” NJK originally began as a manufacturer of pen shafts and tobacco pipes in 1933 but shifted to producing high quality pencil sharpeners after they developed their own plastic molding machine. During WWII, there was a shortage of petrochemical materials and they could no longer produce the pen shafts and tobacco pipes they were previously making. After the war, however, they shifted to mass production of plastic pencil sharpeners. Over the...

Starting 5/1, all ystudio products will have a 10% price increase. This is the decision from the ystudio distributor, which reflects the overall cost due to COVID-19. Over the years, we've seen many price increase from ystudio. The most recent price increase was last March, during the change in ystudio's distributor, and a 10% increase was to reflect the marketing cost.

LCN 2021 Spring releases include 16 new stamp sets, 8 stickers/print-on stickers and 2 washi tapes. We have just placed an order with LCN, and will be posting them online as soon as we confirm all quantity and actually receive them!In addition to the new releases, many of older releases will be discontinued after current inventory is sold out.

New TWSBI limited pen Draco is coming end of this month. There are 3000 total of this edition made, half of that is allocated for the North, South Americas. Yoseka will be able to receive some based on the final allocation. Currently we are waiting on the final count. They will come in EF, F, M, B nib sizes. Stub1.1 is not available on this pen. The price for them will be $150.The nib is #5 sized nib, same as Diamond 580 series.Once we confirm the quantity, we will post them to our site! 

This week, we are working on adding lots of new things. The two new brands we are introducing are Plain Stationery and Tools to Liveby. Both of them are from Taiwan, and are makers of lots of fun stationery.In the past week, we received a new Kaweco Collector series in Lavender, and in next few days, lots of Bande are getting restocked and we will be adding some new designs as well. Plain StationeryTools to LivebyKaweco Collector LavenderBande

Recently, we added some new Papier Platz Artist Collaboration Washi tapes, the Pilot Petit1, fun stickers, and "penmanship" pencils from MONO and Uni. Papier Platz x kurogoma - Flower Masking Tape  Kurogoma is a Japanese artist from Aichi, Japan who specializes in creating adorable accessories and homeware based on Scandinavian and Nordic motifs. Papier Platz x SUNNY SUNDAY - Collage No. 1 Masking Tape SUNNY SUNDAY is both an artistic brand and a charming general store located in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The owner, Koizumi Masahito, uses his love of collage and vintage art to create memorable and beautiful stationery...

Shachihata 95th Anniversary Memo Tin, Pad and Washi.   The 95th Anniversary Memo Tin mimics the design of their original Mannen Stamp Pad from 1925. Back in those days, ink pads had to be inked each time they were used. Shachihata developed the Mannen Stamp Pad, a groundbreaking product which didn’t have to be re-inked. It wasn’t well received by the public at the time, so Shachihata gave them out as gifts to local law enforcement, government offices, and other public institutions until they caught on. This memo tin also features the original Shachihata logo (the flag with the carp...

Sailor North America's first North American exclusive has just been announced. They are currently on the way to us, and as the name suggests, they will be limited only for 2021. They are featured with translucent dark red body with glitter and rhodium trim. The nib is bi-color with 14k and 21k gold on 1911 Standard and 1911 Large respectively. In 2020, Sailor has gone through a management change, and production changes have been reflected in reduction of available models in Japan. This new pen shows a new pricing update that will only be reflected going forward with limited production...

The latest in Sailor North America News, Sailor announced that some of their North America Exclusive fountain pens are no longer being made. "As you may have heard, Sailor 1911 Anchor Gray, 1911 Key Lime, and Professional Gear Graphite Lighthouse are being discontinued - all three have already had their last production run." ~Sailor Pen North America We're so sad to see these lovely colors go, and only have a few left in stock of the 1911 Key Lime, Pro Gear Graphite Lighthouse, and Pro Gear Slim Graphite Lighthouse .  1911 Anchor Gray  1911 Key Lime Pro Gear / Pro Gear Slim Graphite...