Crónicas Estilográficas

I am responsible for what I write, not for what others understand ( ::1:: ). Some months ago I wrote about how at certain stationery shop...

The name Nakabayashi is not new on these Chronicles. It is a Japanese company making stationeries and office supplies, and some months ago ...

Originally, a “yatate” (矢立) is a stand for the arrows in the old tradition of Japanese archery, “kyudô” (弓道) . But the word is better known ...

Contrary to how it used to be in Germany –but not anymore!—, oblique nibs are a rarity in Japan. Sure enough they exist, and I have shown an...

Itoya is one of the reference stationers in Tokyo, and it has already shown up on these Chronicles. Most of the times, these appearances wer...

On the previous text I spoke about a new arrival in the Tokyo pen scene. Hamamatsu’s shop Bung-Box has recently opened a branch in Tokyo. ...

More movements in the retailer scene in Tokyo re fountain pens . These changes are now related to two well known shops—Itoya and Bung-Box. ...

Itoya is a well-known stationery shop in Tokyo. I have mentioned it a number of time on these texts, not always in praising terms . However...