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Back In Tokyo (Long And Lots Of Pictures), Part 2


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Continuing from last post, I did pay a mandatory visit to Ginza Itoya. The fountain pen section is in the main building now and some had said it in the past, it is not as intimate as before when it was in the smaller building. Here's a tour of some of the pens and ink they had on display, enjoy:

 

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I enjoyed Tokyo very much and as stationary heaven, how can one resist buying pens. I will be back. Thanks for reading and tolerating such long post.

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Oh my what beautiful pens, pretty expensive! What a fun trip, I loved going pen shopping in Germany, now it looks like I need to put Japan on my list!

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Thanks for taking the time to post both of these threads, and for taking so many wonderful images. Looks like it was a spectacular trip with lots of highlights.

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Great posts! I too miss when the fountain pens were at Itoya K, but must grudgingly admit the build-your-own notebooks may make up for it...

Too many pens; too little writing.

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I am loving these photos. Having the price of the peb appear in the photo is very helpful. Thank you

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Sounds like a lot of fun! How I wish you had visited Maruzen Marunouchi too and took detailed photos of their LE pen selection. I’m still trying to figure out what a pen I saw there was, wish I’d taken a photograph.

“I admit it, I'm surprised that fountain pens are a hobby. ... it's a bit like stumbling into a fork convention - when you've used a fork all your life.” 

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So many lovely inks! Beautiful pens. Almost sensory overload but in a good way.

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The unlabeled Pilot maki-e pens about half way down. What are those? New Zodiac collection? Google did not turn up anything?

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Thank you @Penbeginner for the gorgeous eye feast of pens and inks.

 

It was a fun game of, "Hey Google, how much is XXX,XXX yen?" :lol:

 

I look forward to your future pen travels :D

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The unlabeled Pilot maki-e pens about half way down. What are those? New Zodiac collection? Google did not turn up anything?

 

According to Pilot's website, these are the Zodiac maki-e pens painted by Japanese artist Nakamachi Riki. They are made to order and is 200,000 yen + tax each.

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I shuddered when I saw the Namiki with the 700,000 Yen price tag. That's a piece of art, not an instrument for actual writing.

Doesn't mean to say I have the equivalent of over five thousand UK Pounds.

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Crazy. Lovely.

"If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live."

– Lin Yu-T'ang

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Can anyone tell me the tax situation in Tokyo? Unless I'm converting prices wrong, these are significantly less than retail in the US.

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Can anyone tell me the tax situation in Tokyo? Unless I'm converting prices wrong, these are significantly less than retail in the US.

If you're in Japan and your purchase is over ¥5000 ($50 US), you can get a refund with your passport. I think it's about 8%. Often prices are considerably less than US retail, but, you do have to get it back to the states. Unless someone is there purchasing and bringing goods back, shipping charges are usually significant.

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