Innovative Japanese Stationeries:
What you should get now
As spring heralds new beginnings in Japan, stationery becomes a cherished gift during graduation and admission season. Celebrated for its quality and creativity, Japanese stationery is increasingly popular both domestically and globally, thanks to its practical designs and anime-themed collaborations. Amidst this bustling period, events like the "Stationery Expo" highlight the industry's vitality, showcasing Japan's prowess as a manufacturing leader and cultural icon.
The graduation/admission season has arrived again this year, and manypeople are probably busy preparing for their new lives, including graduationceremonies, entrance ceremonies, job hunting, and job transfers just now.During this period in Japan, stationery is often given as a gift as part of theevents such as celebrations and farewell parties for new departures, and I amremembering that stationery manufacturers are all busy promoting their newproducts which fill all the shelves at the stores so beautifully, and everybodyseemed to be excited and be happy getting their newest stationeries.In recent years, we see Japanese products and services seem to be cheap fromoverseas prospective due to the continuing depreciation of the Japanese yenwhich tends to have led Japanese stationery to gain attention and popularityso well among inbound visitors to Japan.
Currently, Japanese stationery seems to be highly regarded not only for itspracticality but also for its design and creativity and is now recognized on aglobal level with some Japanese stationery manufacturers having expandedoverseas already. In Japan, the stationery industry is so thriving that stationeryevents such as the “Stationery Expo” and “Stationery Festival” are still held,and stationery is still evolving in this modern society.Japan's quality as a manufacturing powerhouse is also reflected in itsstationery, and one of its characteristics is that it has a wide variety of designswhich we want to stick with. Additionally, Japan has produced many animeand characters that are popular around the world, and if you are a big fan ofthe Japanese anime and characters, you can easily get something withstationery items, because there are many of them that collaborate with thesecharacters.
Here, I got the lineup of the hottest Japanese stationery in 2024 so that youcan check how specialized they are.
- Recommended Top 15 stationeries -
1. Uni-ball Kurutoga 0.5mm
Kurutoga is a product equipped with the "Kurutoga Engine"mechanism that keeps the lead always sharp. With this Kurutogamechanism, the lead rotates each time you write allowing you tocontinue writing thinly and clearly. The tip of the lead is less likelyto get caught on the paper which results in a stable writingcondition as well as the lead does not produce powder and doesnot stain the paper.
2. Zebra ClickArt
Clickart is a product called “Moist Keep Ink” that contains a lot ofingredients that absorb moisture from the air, so the pen tip willnot dry out. This is truly the product born from Zebra's inkresearch. 48 colors in total.
3. Sun-Star Metacil
A metal pencil with metal to the core. You can continue writingfor 16 km without sharpening. It's made of metal, but you canwrite on it and erase it. This April, upcycled plastic (a newenvironmentally friendly material that reduces the amount ofconventional plastic used) made from crushed and recycledwaste such as cinder blocks, oysters, scallops and eggshellsproduced in Japan as the material for the shaft just arrived onsale.
4. Zebra Blen 2+S 0.5
This is a ballpoint pen that controls the vibrations that occurwhen writing to prevent blurring. It is multi-functional penequipped with the "Blen System" with a slim body that allows youto use two colors and a mechanical pencil in one.
5. Sun-Star Ninipie
This is a new pen with a single tip that has both a pen and amarker, so you can use it in two ways just by flipping it around.
6. Pentel Orenznero
A mechanical pencil whose lead keeps coming out with just oneknock. Equipped with a mechanism that automatically pops outthe lead each time when the pen tip pipe leaves the papersurface. With one knock, you can continue writing until one wickruns out.
7. KUTSUWA Zi Keshi
Erased scraps are collected with a magnet and thrown into thetrash can with just one touch!The pen cap has a built-in neodymium magnet that allows you tocollect eraser scraps, and with one touch, the magnetism isreleased and the eraser scraps are thrown away.
8. SEED Sticker peel off eraser
This remover can remove hard-to-remove stickers and stickyadhesive residue. This is a “sticker-removable eraser” that allowsyou to use an eraser to remove items that previously had to beremoved using a solvent-based spray.
9. Sun-star ZIGZAG
Inspired by Japanese origami, this is a new polygonal eraser withmany edges, and new edges will come out even after you eraseone edge. The biggest feature of this eraser is its 45 corners whichis said to be the largest number so far.
10. PLUS Roller Keshipon
There is no need to tear up important documents by hand orshred them, just roll them one by one according to the place youwant to hide so that you can easily hide your personalinformation. Ink cartridges can be easily replaced by simplytaking them out and inserting them.
11. Wemo
This is a "wearable memo" that can be worn around your arm, withthe concept of "writing/remembering anytime/anywhere". Byusing silicone as the material and applying a unique coating, youcan write with an oil-based ballpoint pen which can be erasedwith an eraser or your finger and can be used over and over again.
12. CANSAY nu board
nu board is a ring notebook style whiteboard that is easy to carry.The board surface uses "erasable paper" which is popular as apaper whiteboard making it ideal for considering ideas, meetings,and presentations.
13. Sun-Star Ukanmuriclip
Ukanmuri clip that allows you to open and keep the page youwant to see. This is an excellent item that can be used to fastenthick books as it fastens avoiding the spine. Light force is OK, and itopens securely up to 3.2 inches.
14. PILOT Frixion Waai
Waai is a very popular item as an erasable writing utensil.Even if you make a mistake, the Frixion ink can erase cleanly andallows you to rewrite it. The nib is an ultra-fine 0.5mm type makingit easy to write on documents. Available in 8 colors, including 7colors in addition to blacks, and other erasable ballpoint pens andcolored pencils are also on sale.
15. KINGJIM JILITZ Clear File
Jilitz Clear File stands on its own with a stand built into the cover.It can be easily assembled in 3 steps: pull out the stand attachedto the back of the file, open the file, and then push in the stopperattached to the stand.
Whether it's for work, school, home work or hobbies, these stationery items aresure to help you study and work better. So if you are interested in these Japanesestationery, this is a good time to get them, and let’s stand out from the crowd!