Over the years I have learned about where to find and buy fountain pens in this city. The summary of my findings is this report. But by no means is this list complete.
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Second hand shops:
1. Lemon
www.lemonsha.com
Photography and other “otaku” goods with a small section of pens. It offers discount prices for new goods. Smaller branch in Shinjuku (shop 1B).
Interesting shop with marked prices.
1A. Lemon - Ginza
Ginza Kyokaido Building 8th floor
4-2-1 Ginza (Sotobori Dori)
Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061
Phone: 03-3567-3131
See map.
Mo-Sa: 11:00-20:00
Su: 11:00-17:00
1B. Lemon - Shinjuku
1-15-4 Nishi Shinjuku, Seiko Building no. 2, 3rd floor
Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023
Phone: 03-5909-2333
See map.
Mo-Su: 10:30-20:00
2. Eurobox
www.euro-box.com
Vintage pen shop in Tokyo. Pelikan and Montblanc are the main brands on sale here. Japanese pens also available. Prices are not marked. The owner, Eizo Fujii, speaks excellent English.
Repair service available.
Okuno Building 4F
1-9-8 407 Ginza
Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061
Tel: 03-3538-8388
Fax: 03-3538-6313
See map.
Th: 11:30-19:00
Sa: 11:30-18:00
(These are just the usual opening days. Checking the website is a must in this case).
3. Pen Cluster
www.pencluster.com
Small shop dedicated, mostly, to foreign pens. This seems to be the place to go to buy Soennecken pen in Tokyo. The section on Japanese pens is very limited. Prices are not always marked and some unpleasant surprises have taken place.
Repair service available.
Wind Ginza 2 Building 3F
1-20-3 Ginza
Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061
Phone: 03-3564-6331
See map.
Tu-Fr: 12:30-19:00
Sa-Su: 12:30-18:00
4. Map Camera-Kingdom Note (Used pens. New pens at catalog prices).
www.kingdomnote.com
Very nice shop in the 6th floor of the Map Camera/GMT building. Excellent service. Montblanc and Pelikan pens take 30% of the space. Some Japanese pens also on display.
1-12-5 Nishi Shinjuku, 6F
Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023
Phone: 03-3342-7911
See map.
Mo-Su: 10:30-20:30
Discount shops:
5. Sekaido
www.sekaido.co.jp
Big art supply shop with a decent department of fountain pens and fine writing utensils. This shop has a 20% discount price on its products by default. With the membership card (JPY 500 for two years) the shop issues vouchers for a value of 7% of the total amount spent redeemable on the next purchase.
The main store is in Shinjuku (5A), and on the West side of the station there is a smaller branch (5B). Inks are more accessible on the later.
5A. Sekaido Head Office.
3-1-1 Shinjuku
Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-002
Phone: 03-5379-1111
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:30-21:00
1-11-11 Nishi Shinjuku
Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023
Phone: 03-3346-1515
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:30-20:00
6. Yodobashi Camera
www.yodobashi.com
Several branches. For fountain pens, check big stores. Pens are usually close to the watch section:
6A. Yodobashi Shinjuku Nishiguchi Honten (West side)
1-11-1 Nishi-Shinjuku
Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023
Phone: 03-3346-1010
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:30-22:00
6B. Yodobashi Akiba (Akihabara)
1-1 Kanda Hanaoka
Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0028
Phone: 03-5209-1010
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:30-22:00
6C. Yodobashi Ueno
4-10-10 Ueno
Taito, Tokyo 110-005
Phone: 03-3837-1010
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:30-22:00
6D. Yodobashi Yokohama
1-2-7 Kita Saiwai
Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0004
Phone: 045-313-1010
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:30-22:00
7. Mori-ichi
http://www.moriichi.net/index.html
This stationery shop has some pens at discount prices—about 30%. The selection has decreased in the last two years. It is located on Chuo Dori, almost in front of the Pilot Pen Station, further north towards Nihonbashi.
1-3-2 Kyobashi
Chuo, Tokyo 104-0031
Phone: 03-3281 3228
See map.
Mo-Fr: 9:00-18:00
8. Takeya
http://www.takeya.co.jp/english/index.html
Takeya General Discount Store, this is its full name, has a small stationery department, but its prices are very good--discounts over the catalog price of over 30%. These are some of the brands available in there: Parker, Pelikan, Montblanc, Lamy, Sailor, Platinum, Pilot. The stationery is on the ground floor of building 8.
4-33-2 Taito
Taito, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3835-7777
See map.
Mo-Su: 10:00-20:30
Shops in Ameyoko (Ueno-Okachimachi):
Under the tracks of Yamanote line between Okachimachi and Ueno stations there is this big market where you can find almost all kinds of goods. Among them, four shops where you can find pens with discounts between 30% and 40%. They are focused on imported pens, but in some of the shops (Ameyoko Mito, Marui, and Tachibana, at least) you can also find Japanese brands with discounts around 20 or 25%.
See map for the location of Ameyoko Market.
9. Ameyoko Mito
www.ameyokomito.com
6-10-7 Ueno
Taito, Tokyo 110-0005
Phone: 03-3833-5280
See map for the location of Ameyoko Market.
Location of Ameyoko Mito.
Mo-Su: 10:00-18:30
10. Daiya Sutoa
6-4-12 Ueno
Taito, Tokyo 110-0005
Phone: 03-3831-8092
See map for the location of Ameyoko Market.
See map under the tracks.
11. Tachibana Shokai
6-4-6 Ueno
Taito, Tokyo 110-0005
Phone: 03-3831-4800
See map for the location of Ameyoko Market.
See map under the tracks.
Mo-Su: 11:00-18:00
12. Marui
www.ameyokonet.jp/marui
6-4-4 Ueno
Taito, Tokyo 110-0005
Phone: 03-3831-7145
See map for the location of Ameyoko Market.
See map under the tracks.
Location of three of the four pen shops in Ameyoko Market.
Regular price shops:
Many shops, including most department stores carry fountain pens. Most of them at regular catalog prices. Eventually, it might be possible to find some “New Old Stock” (NOS) pens on them. Following there is a selection of some of these shops.
13. Maruzen
http://www.maruzen.co.jp/top/index.html
Maruzen is a bookshop with a large stationery section. It has a number of branches, most of which carry fountain pens at regular catalog prices. Among those, the head office in Nihonbashi, and that in Oazo Building in Marunouchi are the most interesting.
Maruzen carries its own brand of ink (Athena), and of pens (Century), and there are some special editions of pens by major companies for this shop alone.
13A. Maruzen Nihonbashi
3-10-2 Nihonbashi
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3272 7211
See map.
13B. Maruzen Oazo
1-6-4 Marunouchi
Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005
Phone: 03-5288-8881
See map.
Mo-Su: 9:00-21:00
14. Kyukyodo
http://www.kyukyodo.co.jp
Very traditional, and very old (founded in 1663), Japanese stationery. The main branch is located right on Ginza crossing. It has a small selection of Japanese and foreign pens.
5-7-4 Ginza
Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061
Phone: 03-3571 4429
See map.
Mo-Sa: 10:00-19:30
Su: 11:00-19:30
Location of pen shops in Ginza: Lemon, Kyukyodo, Itoya, Eurobox, and Pen Cluster.15. Itoya
http://www.ito-ya.co.jp/
Itoya is a large stationery and art supply shop. Romeo pens are the Itoya brand. They also have special editions for them only. Technical service available.
During 2013 and 2014, the main building in being refurbished and the shop has moved to a nearby locations, clearly signed on the original site. Fountain pens are now located at the K.Itoya 1904 building in the back alley from the original main building.
2-7-5 Ginza
Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061
Phone: 03-3561 8311
See map.
Mo-Sa: 10:30-20:00
Su: 10:30-19:00
16. Pilot Pen Station
http://www.pilot.co.jp
This is a museum and a café owned by the pen company Pilot. There are no sales in here, but they provide a repair service for their own brand.
2-6-21 Kyobashi
Chuo, Tokyo 104-8304
Phone: 03-3538 3700
See map.
Museum:
Mo-Fr: 9:30 - 17:00
Sa: 11:00-17:00
Café:
Mo-Fr: 8:00 - 19:00
Sa: 11:00 - 17:00
17. Shosaikan
http://www.shosaikan.co.jp/
Probably, the most beautiful pen shop in the world. And that makes a real experience to visit and, eventually, to buy a pen in here. Importers of Noodler's inks in Japan.
The website also includes a section on second hand pens. The very attentive clerks will take the used pens out if asked.
Shosaikan also has two branches in Haneda Airport, on terminals 1 and 2, not covered on this list.
5-13-11 Minami Aoyama
Minato, Tokyo 107-0062
Phone: 03-3400 3377
See map.
Mo-Su: 11:00-20:00
18. Fullhalter
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/fullhalter/
This is a very small shop run by a nibmeister who tunes and adjusts pens –smoothing the nibs, altering them in some special way, etc. The selling price is the same as in other shops.
Higashi Oi is near Oimachi station along the JR Keihin-Tohoku line.
5-26-20 Higashi Oi
Shinagawa, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3471-7378
See map.
Mo-Sa: 10:00-18:00
19. Kinpendo
Traditional pen shop located in bookshop-rich Kanda district. Mostly imported pens at regular catalog prices. The owner seems to tune the nibs of the expensive pens.
1-4 Jinbocho
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3293-8186
See map.
20. Tsutaya at Daikanyama T-Site
http://tsite.jp/daikanyama/store-service/tsutaya.html
Tsutaya is a big chain of bookshops, stationeries and, mostly, video and CD rental. This particular branch has a beautiful section of fountain pens.
17-5 Sagurakucho
Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0033
Phone: 03-3770-2525
See map.
Mo-Su: 7:00-2:00 (yes, from 7 AM to 2 AM).
21. Keio-Atman at Seisekisakuragaoka
http://www.keio-atman.co.jp/seiseki/index.html
Keio-Atman is a big store with a number of sections. At some of its centers,the stationery department is good, and in a number of cases they are Sailor Friendly Shops. Prices are MSRP.
1-11-1 Sekido (building A, 4F)
Tama, Tokyo 106-0011
Phone: 042-337-2555
See map.
Mo-Su: 10:00-20:00
22. B-Stock at Shin-Yurigaoka
http://www.stationers.co.jp/shinyuri/index.htm
B-Stock (also by the name of Nakajima) is a small chain shop with branches on the West side of Tokyo and in Kanagawa. Some of those branches are very good in terms of fountain pens, and some are Sailor Friendly Shop.
4-1-1 Kamiasao, MyLord Building, 3F
Asao, Kawasaki 215-0021
Phone: 044-959-5061
See map.
Mo-Su: 10:00-21-00
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Bruno Taut. 2010-2013
