As the sun rises in the east of this new land, the land of PftLotRS, four riders slowly appear out of the bright light…

Each armed with katanas, shurikens and a powerful new secret weapon only known as mannenhitsus, these riders roam the lands freely and stealthily. They say these four move as fast as lightning… they say these four cannot be defeated … they say these four have infinite knowledge of this new land…

Whatever it is they say, the Wise Ones always say that when one enters this beautiful land filled with cherry blossoms, heavenly gardens and majestic cuisine, one must always show utmost respect – that is, if one wishes to live happily.

For the Wise Ones also say that it only takes one wrong move and you may find yourself face to face with… Stan the Slayer … or Winedoc the Wicked… or Taki the Tyrant… or Phthalo the Fearless… and if that were to befall, may they have mercy on your soul.

Mwaahahahahahahahahaha!!!


The FPN Admin Team.

P.S.: Let's please all welcome Winedoc, Taki, Stan and Phthalo, our new
moderators for yet another new forum, dedicated to Japanese pens: Pens
from the Land of the Rising Sun, PftLotRS for short .

Congratulations guys. Hope we don't work you too hard.

Congratulations Taki, Pthalo, Winedoc, & Stan!

Congratulations to the four riders!

Congratulations to all

Very visual. Congrats to all.

Ohayo gozaimasu

Domo arigato gozaimasu. Suki desu. Kirei desu!



Translation- Good Morning
Thank you very much. I like it. It's beautiful!

Hallelujah, it finally happened! YES!!

Tremendous!!!!! Delighted!!!!!!

Jim

Yay! Another regional forum full of beautiful pens and classy mods. Or is that classy pens and beautiful mods?

VERY COOL!!!! Congrats ya'll! I can hardly wait to learn new and interesting ways to spend my hard earned greenbacks!

Excellent! I dig the drama in the announcement, too.

(Although I know Taki personally, and I really can't imagine her astride a horse with a katana in her scabbard.)

Fantastic news, truly. Man, it's been a great month for forums that we've all been waiting for. First Italy comes through in the clutch, and now Japan!

Well done, Admin team.

I am so happy to hear FPN finally has a Japanese pen forum. I don't think I can yell THANK YOU loud enough to mods and anyone else who made this forum happen.

/Woody

All Thumbs up for the both regional fora and their mods

Well done on becoming the mods on this new, exciting forum everyone.

Tears of joy...

Yay! Congratulations and welcome to our Moderators. I am enjoying this forum already!

Lisa

Yay! Thank you very much for the welcome!

I am thrilled to see this new forum. Thank you in advance, Mods, for your service and time.

Lisa

a mini-review...

the introduction: 5/5 - visual, dramatic, well written

the choices: 5/5 - well respected, expert level knowledge, yet humble servant mindset

the region: 5/5 - known for high quality, exquisitely decorated, amazingly detailed fountain pens

the decision: 5/5 - 'bout time! well done!

overall: 5/5 - Thank you!!!

John

Excellent !

Congrats to Winedoc, Taki, Stan and Phthalo.

Hey hey hey! We likey. Thank you, admin and mods.

Thank you all!!

You saw me in one of my disguises. This is me as a moderator or PftLotRS:



(Actually the photo is Youka Wao and the photo borrowed from cinemacafe.net)

Long overdue! But, well worth the wait, especially with a stellar foursome like this!

Especially those mannenhitsus are very powerful weapons, even mightier than the sword. Ph33r!

An overjoyed welcome to four wonderful people.

As I said with the announcement of the Italian forum, thank you for all the hard work that went in to making this happen. I am quite pleased with this newest offering, and thankful for the leadership of the moderators!

Many thanks in advance to Phthalo, Taki, Stan and Winedoc for volunteering to be moderators of this great new FPN forum!

Wow I totally did not see that coming. Congratulations to the four.

This is a cool move! Congratulations Admins! Congratulations new appointees! Hope to get fun!
abhik.

This is a good thing for sure. Congtats to the Moderators. I'm sure we can test your patience with no problem.

Thank you to the admins for the new forum, and to the moderators for volunteering!

"Stan the Slayer … or Winedoc the Wicked… or Taki the Tyrant… or Phthalo the Fearless"

Oh, boy, better live up to this expectations. LOL.

Thanks for all the warm welcome.

Best,

Kevin

Eh, me thinks that the names should be more like: "Stan the Stalwart, Taki the Tenacious, Phthalo the Finest, and Winedoc the Wondrous".

Oooh, I like these too!

Kevin

This ranks right up there with creating an Italian pen forum as an idea whose time has come. Bring on the discussions of Japanese pens!

I LOVE Japanese pens. My assortment of Pilots and Sailors (the pens, not the people), as well as the Namikis are overjoed.

I am all in favor of a forum on Japanese fountain pens!!!

Thanks for opening a Japanese Pen Forum. I am glad to see it and plan to visit as often as I can.
Best regards,
drew49

Great move!!! And given the good people chosen to be moderators, Kevin, Pthalo, Stan and Taki, only good stuff can happen on this new sub-forum!!!