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(Update: In hindsight, perhaps this should've been posted under "Clubs, Meetings and Events"? Can't seem to delete or move it though.)

 

There are lots of limited edition and store-exclusive inks in Japan. A few of them are easy to buy if you're in Tokyo: Maruzen, Bungbox, Kingdom Note, and so on. However, some of the most interesting ones are sold in small stationery stores in the middle of nowhere, or at least places far harder to reach.

This weekend, pretty much all of them were available in Tokyo. There was a big "ink expo" in Gotanda, called Bungujoshi-haku Inku-numa (文具女子博 #インク沼). Ishimaru, Usagiya, Joyful-2, Color Traveler, Pentonote, Kobayashi, and others were there. Lots of people there. Wonderful event.

 

The most sought-after inks seemed to be Usagiya's and Kobayashi's, and especially the smaller ones. Usagiya had Tamiya bottles that disappeared in seconds. Color Traveler's 10-bottle mini set was gone quickly too.

 

There were a few paper vendors too. Sakae had 68gsm Tomoe River notebooks, which I hadn't seen before, and Tsubame had neat little ink collection cards.

 

 

I did a more detailed write-up if anyone is interested:

https://www.fudefan.com/2019/08/inkunuma-expo/

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Japan pen show recaps and more on fudefan.com | photos on Instagram (@fudefan)

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Wow, so nice to see such strong stationary culture in Japan.

 

What brands are the two pens in your first photo? They look lovely!

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Wow, so nice to see such strong stationary culture in Japan.

 

What brands are the two pens in your first photo? They look lovely!

The red one is an Eboya Natsume (with a concord grind by Nagahara) and the brass one is a 3rd gen FWI Bronze Age (with a concord by Tokyo Station Pens).

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Posts like this only intensifies my envy towards members fortunate enough to live in Japan...

So many fountain pen related events and shows there

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