Here is the info (if available) on the different companies in order of their appearance: AHNITOL: www.ahnitol.com SCHON DESIGN: www.schondsgn.com SKB: www.skb.com.tw NAGAHARA NIB SHAPER: www.thenibshaper.com EBOYA: www.eboyashop.com BUNGUBOX: www.bun-box.com KAMITERIOR: www.kamiterior.jp STYLO ART KARUIZAWA: www.stylo-art.com TOKYO INKLINGS: www.tokyoinklings.com TUDURIYA: www.tuduriya.jp WATANABE BOOKBINDING: www.watanabeseihon.com WRAPALLET: www.wrapallet.com HIMEKURI: www.himekuri.info BUNGUKAN KOBAYASHI: www.kobabun.net YAMAMOTO PAPER: www.shigureinks.com yamamotopaper.shop TOYOOKA: www.toyocraft.com KAWANISHI GLASS: www.kawanishiglass.com TAG STATIONERY: www.store.tagstationery.jp KOBEHA: www.kobeha.com MITA SANSHODO: www.mitaclub.co.jp
@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf all I have is an email that's on his business card--I think he is fairly new and has no social media presence. His stuff is really nice!
Thank you for the trip! I really appreciate the beginning of the video with the sightseens of Japan. I've never been there and I felt like I was travelling.
Excellent video. Enjoyable from end to end. Learned a lot, saw a lot, and was entertained. Thanks for sharing. Maybe someday I'll attend the Tokyo Pen Show. Hope you are safe & healthy. Happy Holidays & a Joyous New Year.
Thank you so much Chris! You'll love it if you come out to Tokyo--fun city and lots to do! Hope you and your family (and dogs!) have an enjoyable holiday season and a great New Year!
You consistently produce engaging, high quality videos, and this one is one of my favorites. Thank you for doing all this work so we can experience Tokyo through your eyes. I would be a pauper for sure if I went to that show. That bring said, I will be checking Shigure Inks (one of my favorite retailers) and Jet Pens for some of these papers. And I plan to watch this video three or four more times! I'm also eager to see your video on the Drillog pen. It looks amazing.
Thank you so much for your very kind comment. Sometimes doing these longer complicated videos (this one had over 200 clips) is a real slog but feedback like yours makes it worthwhile. I make videos on what I'm interested in so there is no set "theme"--just what I enjoy! The Drillog will be in the video after next and it's really neat!
Oh my goodness, another GREAT video! I will watch this 3-4 more times and set in my mind that I want to go to this show in 2021. The trip to the show reminds me of taking BART from the Colma Station to San Francisco. I was happy to see I need not hope to buy that gorgeous Chrysanthemum 3776 - a little pricey! 😂 I want some printed vellum, an Ink Log, Yamamoto Paper Cosmo Note, and anything Bungakan Kobayashi! Now I need to see if I can find Tag Stationery somewhere. Thanks so much, Alesa. My absolute favorite UA-cam videos are your show and shop videos. Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much! I so hope you can make it out here one day! The Yamamoto papers, you should be able to get from Shigure Inks. They are also maybe in talks to carry some of the Kamiterior (the vellum). I'm not sure if TAG will ship overseas. So you can solve all your problems by coming out for the show hahaha! And Happy Holidays to you too!
Thank you so much! Really enjoyed everything, it is just mind blowing to see what is available. Your hard work is very much appreciated and I love seeing your rocks - they are works of art in themselves.
Your videos are always so well done and informative. I loved seeing bits of Tokoyo along with the fabulous offerings at the pen show. I'm glad they are still able to have such events there. I think my favorite of the show was the "drill bit" pen and those beautiful glass pens. Maybe the drill bit pen will be a bit more affordable once it's been out a while and becomes popular.
Thank you so much Jackie! This video just took too long!! I kept crashing my computer hahaha! I broke down and emailed the company and got one after all--it will be in a video at the end of the month.
Hi Alesa, thank you for this fascinating tour of the TIPS. Of course I would never be allowed entry. My temperature reading would be too high with the excitement of so many pens. This show seems a world apart from pens I am used to seeing in Europe. I love all of the small specialised Japanese manufacturers. Excellent video!
hahaha! Thanks! I'm glad you had a chance to see it. It is so late as I had so many clips to handle and crashed the computer several times. Hope to see you in "real life" next year!
I hope to visit Japan one day. The stationary cult is just amazing. I don’t know why, but it seems that we always want that, which is not easily obtainable. I live in Europe and we have pen and stationary heritage, but that of other cultures is always more fascinating to me. Thanks for the video, so many neat things, I‘m in awe!
This is only the third year for this one, but it is so well organized and there is such an appetite for stationery/pens that it is such a great show! Thank you!
Amazing show. Wish to visit Tokyo someday and also visit the show! The rocks you showed look like phyllite for my geological eye. It's smells metamorphic.
YT didn't put this video into my feed even though I'm subscribed and I've watched all of your other videos. Boo on YT. Good thing I remembered to manually check.
I'm new to the world of fountain pens but discovered that I will coincidentally be in Tokyo in time for the 2023 TIPS. This video was so helpful for me in deciding how much time I think I want to devote to the show and letting me know what I can expect to find there. Thank you!
Thank you for showing uns the TIPS. A great video. I hope I can someday visit the TIPS. I have to say I'm feeling a bit sad viewing this, as both fairs I normally go to where now cancelled/postponed. SO long without such a nice inspiration. So it is a bittersweet viewing. Sweet, because it is really nice to see all this. Would be great to talk to some of the manufacturers directly. :) So, thanks again. Oh. And the ink seems nice. :)
THank you so much for watching. We are in a bit of a better situation here in Japan, but I don't know for how much longer. Hopefully we get through this virus soon and can start having more shows in the future. Hope to see you out here one day!
Thanks for a very interesting video. How lucky you were to be able to have a pen show. Here in London, where I live, the October pen show was cancelled due to COVID but I am hoping that the spring pen show will happen. The range of inks was particularly interesting- including the SKB from Taiwan. I still have two from a visit to Taipei, one of which is a fabulous "Coffee" colour ink, which has gorgeous dark red hues. And all that wonderful paper...! I am looking forward to your next video of the TIPS 2020!
Thanks so much! The Covid numbers are better here than most other places but are starting to climb. What may help Tokyo is that it clears out during the New Year's holidays. I would love to go to Taipei and hoping to go to next year's Tainen Pen Show!
Hi Alesa, just seen your presentation on Applebloom with your three favourite pens. You are a very impressive young lady, I will be enjoying your channel even more from now on. Cheers from Australia.
Thanks for this tour of the pen show! I enjoy hearing about how the show is set up and seeing the unique products, especially the Drillog dip pens and and the ink books. I think Drillog should manufacture their nibs so that you could use a 3776 or a Pro Gear Slim /1911 or some other popular pen as the nib holder. I don't know if that would provide much of a cost savings or if it's even practical, but it seems cool.
Thank you! I think the Drillog's parent company does a bunch of stainless steel curios and that is probably why the whole pen is stainless. I lost my will (and wallet) and emailed them and got one...
I think this video is a strong incentive for taking the COVID-19 vaccine when it comes around; a great video but I can only imagine how much greater it would be in person!
It really is a fun show! The crowd, vendors and volunteers are very friendly and there is always someone who can speak English. It's very well run and Tokyo is fun to visit too! (Do I sound like a tour guide hahaha!)
Thank you so much! This was a complicated one and as you can tell, I'm behind--will get the package out soon (mainly because I need to get the candy OUT of my house now! hahaha!)
Ooh I’ve never tried vellum paper before (I’m a FP noob) so that really got me excited! Well honestly everything did, but I’m glad Shigure Inks is looking out for us stationery nerds lol all these products are so innovative and cool!! I hope I can go to this show someday! Maybe I’ll buy a rock LOL
Thank you Chris! I broke down and emailed the guy and managed to get one (I guess that's my Christmas gift to me hahaha!) It will be in a video soon. Hope you are doing/feeling better--take care!
Alesa, you've outdone yourself! What a great video. I didn't notice that Furuta table and had never heard about them, so I just did a little bit of research now. Furuta was started this year, by a retired JSDF service member. He's been taught by legendary nibmeister Kubo! Very interesting.
Long time no comment here. As always great content and I still dream the day I would be able to visit Japan to attend these pen shows and go to the pen shops.
*Pining Intensifies* One of these days, a pen show to physically visit is in order. It's just not now anytime soon. This also made me realize that while I'm pretty stacked right now, being around other stationery people is probably a want/ need to fill somehow. Thanks for the vid.
Oh awesome! Did you go to the show?! Bungukan Kobayashi carries some weight to get the SM nib from Platinum--probably the most coveted nib. Thanks so much!!
Thank you so much for all your work and showing us peak into the Tokyo pen show, enjoyed it very much, kind regards Chaim (founder and former organisation Dutch pen show)
You would really like this one as Tokyo is so much fun and clean and safe. The show organizers are very helpful and have English speaking staff. If you do come one day, let me know!
Thank you so much for the callout! What a fantastically informative video, I always learn a ton from your videos about the goings-on in Japanese stationery: new brands, new products, and new trends :D. I think you might have linked our store website instead of Yamamoto Paper's website, which is either www.yama-kami.com/ or yamamotopaper.shop/. Also, the I think the inks at 28:32 might be Lennon Tool Bar instead of iPaper. Those Shokido books look amazing!
You are absolutely right--it's Lennon Tool Bar! I've been working on this video for so long I'm a bit cross-eyed! I listed your shop because I felt it was the easiest for people out side of the country to get it from you. I'll add the other websites. You are so on top of it! I had a long discussion with the Kamiterior guy about you hahaha (all good things!)
@@InkyRocks Oh, no worries, just wanted to make sure the link wasn't an accident or something :). And I'm glad to hear that, I enthusiastically messaged Kamiterior immediately after watching your Bungu Joshi Inku Numa video with the Kamiterior Sheer memo pads, haha!
hmm... "Let me check if this is a REAL seal" (flips ink bottle upside down). Meanwhile, I gasped. Jokes aside, I absolutely love how the pen show is organized. Thank you for showing us the behind the scenes in how this is so well coordinated. I love the bento meals. So much beauty in the setup. I have seen a lot of the crab pen holders (copies from the original). But now that my eyes have seen cute little kitties... makes me wanna have one. Is there a link to order from them?
hahaha! I live dangerously! Try the website I listed on the pinned comment under Ahnitol. They are also on IG as ahnitol or Minoru Tanaka. I don't know where to get them other than the show. I didn't get one last year and I was so busy filming that I didn't get one this year either!
Oh how I love your videos - as you know, I'm especially fond of the ones that show life in Tokyo. I'm struck by how empty it feels in this video. Is it always like this, or is it due to COVID, or the fact that you may be filming during non-rush hours? For whatever reason, I've always pictured Tokyo as a busy, bustling city with people shoulder to shoulder! Fantastic job of covering the pen show! So many "wants!"
Thank you so much for your kind comment! It is partly the Covid thing, partly that I went out during a non-rush hour time to film and partly because they limited the number of people. Tokyo is pretty crowded except for certain places on the weekend (every one is at home in the suburbs) and especially around New Year's Day--it is so empty then!
@@InkyRocks I appreciated your advice to visit in November! I want to get out there next year, I was thinking in the springtime, but with COVID who knows. Now that you've mentioned November, it may be better to let the rush of travelers have the springtime and I'll just wait and come later in the year. Hopefully COVID vaccines will be widespread by then and it will be a lot safer to travel. Thank you again for the awesome video. So many cool things keep coming out, it's hard to stay abreast of all the latest!
I love Japan. It's products.She is exploring the beauty of her word the most beautiful dream than the writing Japanis PEN.I have discoverd;What Japan makes an unique products...Jagan Beri
Another awesome video! It looks like the show was great :). I definitely hope Shigure starts carrying Kameterior, but in the meantime at least some of their products are available in the US through niconeco. I’ve ordered a few things and love it all!
This video is painstaking work. So many beautiful and attractive things! By the way, what's the name of the fountain pen at 12:37? Thank you for the video.
Interesting to hear about Kamiterior and Shigure Inks at 13:25 since there's already an authorized US distributor. Would there be something unique about their relationship? The Drillog looks insanely modern and cool, wow. SO much great stuff in this vid, thank you for taking us along.
Thank you--glad you enjoyed it! Who is Kamiterior's US distributor? The only other site I see that carries it is Niconeco and I only just learned of it today! I got weak and got a Drillog hahaha! Will put it in a video later.
@@InkyRocks Congrats on the Drillog! Can't wait to see your video for more info/details. The US distributor for Kamiterior is Elite Accessories, who is also the US distributor for Yamamoto (pads and bulk of included paper types), Ro-Biki, Waldmann, Kaweco, El Casco and other fantastic writing/stationery/desk products.
@@touchnova Thanks, I couldn't find them--all I got was jewelry companies. Shigure is a retail point. I don't know where they source their products from. I like them because they get the new stuff out to people outside of Japan as I'm always being asked where people can get the things I show. My Drillog is insane...
@@InkyRocks Elite Accessories is very old school - no website, just some folks in Cincinnati, Ohio, who you'd never know exist unless you go to trade shows. I'd say finding them on the internet is about as easy as finding Drillog on the internet!! :) I run a small stationery store here in the States and sell Kamiterior, which I source from Elite. Vanness has them also, JetPens has a few options, but it looks like not too many places. Didn't realize that! Guess I'll have to get these added to our website very soon, lol. Agreed on Shigure, their popularity is rising fast in the States for a good reason. My thanks again for your great video, best from Montana!
@@touchnova That is so cool! If you pass along your website, I'll add it. So many people want to be able to buy Japanese products. My husband is from near Cody WY and I watched your Buffalo Bill video---I love that place! We've done some traveling around Montana. Video out about the Drillog near the end of the month. Take care!
There is nothing out there. I took all her promotional material and there wasn't even an email. I'll specifically ask for some contact point if they are at TIPS next year.
Woo hoo - great video, with an amazing surprise ending (for me at least!). Thanks for the call-out - have sent you an email and an Instagram message for good measure.
So much vicarious fun, thank you Inky.Rocks for the the comprehensive tour!! ua-cam.com/video/VL_eSgrfteY/v-deo.html One way to flummox Inky.Rocks: "What kind of rocks are they?" Uh, rocks?! hee hee ;-P We missed momiji last year but maybe 2021 will be better travel, Tokyo Pen Show or bust
I've been on that monorail, between Haneda airport and the other end (Hamamatsucho). Anyway, I've been wanting to ask someone in Japan about some face masks I've seen a lot on Japanese TV, they are sort of half-masks that hang off the ears, rest between mouth and chin, and curve up to just above the nose. Are those in common use in real life? They look like they wouldn't do anything at all to protect the wearer, and very little to protect other people.
The monorail you took to Haneda is the one I take for next week's video--Tokyo Stationery Show. I show some clips of it on last year's video. I've never seen that mask on anyone here hahaha! The most common "brand" mask is the one Uniqlo makes.
Actually it has changed! I don't think I have seen a person without a mask anywhere, and that includes kids, for months now. But I think the Covid cases are starting to get worse, like everywhere else, now.
Thank you! They were selling it only for the show and I think they may have sold out. If there are any leftover bottles, you can ask BunguBox (link is in the pinned comment).
It's the Kawasemi C--the Kingfisher from Bungukan Kobayashi that has the fude nib that I showed writing samples of. The block of paper is from Wrapallet and I list the website on the pinned comment on the top of all the comments.
Here is the info (if available) on the different companies in order of their appearance:
AHNITOL: www.ahnitol.com
SCHON DESIGN: www.schondsgn.com
SKB: www.skb.com.tw
NAGAHARA NIB SHAPER: www.thenibshaper.com
EBOYA: www.eboyashop.com
BUNGUBOX: www.bun-box.com
KAMITERIOR: www.kamiterior.jp
STYLO ART KARUIZAWA: www.stylo-art.com
TOKYO INKLINGS: www.tokyoinklings.com
TUDURIYA: www.tuduriya.jp
WATANABE BOOKBINDING: www.watanabeseihon.com
WRAPALLET: www.wrapallet.com
HIMEKURI: www.himekuri.info
BUNGUKAN KOBAYASHI: www.kobabun.net
YAMAMOTO PAPER: www.shigureinks.com yamamotopaper.shop
TOYOOKA: www.toyocraft.com
KAWANISHI GLASS: www.kawanishiglass.com
TAG STATIONERY: www.store.tagstationery.jp
KOBEHA: www.kobeha.com
MITA SANSHODO: www.mitaclub.co.jp
Any info on FURUTA....? Loving those leather pen cases....🔥
@@TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf all I have is an email that's on his business card--I think he is fairly new and has no social media presence. His stuff is really nice!
Do you have a link for Matsuda Maki-e? I cannot afford anything they sell but I would like to drool some more.
@@sahizzurp hahaha! I hear you! Their card does not even show an email--just the physical address in Fukui prefecture.
Thanks so much for showing the Tokeo show. So many beautiful pens and paper we would have missed otherwise. Much appreciated!
Thank you for the trip! I really appreciate the beginning of the video with the sightseens of Japan. I've never been there and I felt like I was travelling.
That's awesome! I figured I may as well show stuff while I was talking! Thank you!
Excellent video. Enjoyable from end to end. Learned a lot, saw a lot, and was entertained. Thanks for sharing. Maybe someday I'll attend the Tokyo Pen Show. Hope you are safe & healthy. Happy Holidays & a Joyous New Year.
Thank you so much Chris! You'll love it if you come out to Tokyo--fun city and lots to do! Hope you and your family (and dogs!) have an enjoyable holiday season and a great New Year!
Excellent, as usual! I love attending these shows vicariously, through you!
hahaha! Thank you! That means I need to go to more shows!! Yayy!
You consistently produce engaging, high quality videos, and this one is one of my favorites. Thank you for doing all this work so we can experience Tokyo through your eyes. I would be a pauper for sure if I went to that show. That bring said, I will be checking Shigure Inks (one of my favorite retailers) and Jet Pens for some of these papers. And I plan to watch this video three or four more times! I'm also eager to see your video on the Drillog pen. It looks amazing.
Thank you so much for your very kind comment. Sometimes doing these longer complicated videos (this one had over 200 clips) is a real slog but feedback like yours makes it worthwhile. I make videos on what I'm interested in so there is no set "theme"--just what I enjoy! The Drillog will be in the video after next and it's really neat!
Thank you for the hard work put into this video! I appreciated you showing us the parts outside the pen show, including the journey!
Thank you so much and thanks for the feedback! I always wonder if people want to see that stuff!
This video contains such high quality information. I am so blown away. Thank you for the incredible effort you put in to make this!
Oh thank you so much! Comments like yours make is seem worthwhile hahaha! 💞
You know how many times I said WOW out loud whilst watching this? Very cool 3776 your friend made. Thanks for taking us along. 😘
hahaha! I'm so happy you were doing the "Wow" thing! This video was SO much work! Thank you!
Oh my goodness, another GREAT video! I will watch this 3-4 more times and set in my mind that I want to go to this show in 2021. The trip to the show reminds me of taking BART from the Colma Station to San Francisco. I was happy to see I need not hope to buy that gorgeous Chrysanthemum 3776 - a little pricey! 😂 I want some printed vellum, an Ink Log, Yamamoto Paper Cosmo Note, and anything Bungakan Kobayashi! Now I need to see if I can find Tag Stationery somewhere. Thanks so much, Alesa. My absolute favorite UA-cam videos are your show and shop videos. Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much! I so hope you can make it out here one day! The Yamamoto papers, you should be able to get from Shigure Inks. They are also maybe in talks to carry some of the Kamiterior (the vellum). I'm not sure if TAG will ship overseas. So you can solve all your problems by coming out for the show hahaha! And Happy Holidays to you too!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video! If everything back to normal soon I wish I could visit the show next year!
Thank you! I hope you make it out next year! Let me know if you do!
Thank you so much! Really enjoyed everything, it is just mind blowing to see what is available. Your hard work is very much appreciated and I love seeing your rocks - they are works of art in themselves.
Thank you so much! I'm glad to be done with this one--it got a little intense hahaha!
Your videos are always so well done and informative. I loved seeing bits of Tokoyo along with the fabulous offerings at the pen show. I'm glad they are still able to have such events there. I think my favorite of the show was the "drill bit" pen and those beautiful glass pens. Maybe the drill bit pen will be a bit more affordable once it's been out a while and becomes popular.
Thank you so much Jackie! This video just took too long!! I kept crashing my computer hahaha! I broke down and emailed the company and got one after all--it will be in a video at the end of the month.
I almost had a heartattack at the Pilot booth. Had to pause the video and look at all my dream pens. Thank you so much for sharing this experience.
hahaha! Glad you didn't! I wish I took more video but with Covid precautions I had limited time! Hopefully next year will be better! Thank you!
Hi Alesa, thank you for this fascinating tour of the TIPS. Of course I would never be allowed entry. My temperature reading would be too high with the excitement of so many pens. This show seems a world apart from pens I am used to seeing in Europe. I love all of the small specialised Japanese manufacturers. Excellent video!
THank you so much! I actually had too LOW of a temperature when I first showed up and they had to take it like 5 times!
Wow, what a great recap of the show. You should be getting a commission from the organizers 🙄
hahaha! Thanks! I'm glad you had a chance to see it. It is so late as I had so many clips to handle and crashed the computer several times. Hope to see you in "real life" next year!
I hope to visit Japan one day. The stationary cult is just amazing. I don’t know why, but it seems that we always want that, which is not easily obtainable. I live in Europe and we have pen and stationary heritage, but that of other cultures is always more fascinating to me. Thanks for the video, so many neat things, I‘m in awe!
I agree! I’m going to the Dutch Pen show in 2025 to get “Europe stuff!” Hope you can make it out to here!
Wow & i thought penshows in the UK were good.Thank you for the chance to look round this one virtually.
This is only the third year for this one, but it is so well organized and there is such an appetite for stationery/pens that it is such a great show! Thank you!
Amazing show. Wish to visit Tokyo someday and also visit the show! The rocks you showed look like phyllite for my geological eye. It's smells metamorphic.
The makie ones? I figured they were just river rocks or something. You definitely need to come--Tokyo is so fun and so is the show! Thank you!
YT didn't put this video into my feed even though I'm subscribed and I've watched all of your other videos. Boo on YT. Good thing I remembered to manually check.
hahaha! Thank you for being such a persistent subscriber! Hope you enjoyed it!
@@InkyRocks Oh I did. I watch these when I feed my daughter in the mornings. Never too early to start them on pens.
I'm new to the world of fountain pens but discovered that I will coincidentally be in Tokyo in time for the 2023 TIPS. This video was so helpful for me in deciding how much time I think I want to devote to the show and letting me know what I can expect to find there. Thank you!
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful! See you soon (I'm volunteering all three days...)
@@InkyRocks Very exciting! I'll keep an eye out for you there.
Another great video on TIPS. Thank you for all the hard work getting it posted. And thank you for the travel tips too!
Thank you so much! I hope you can make it out here (especially during the show hahaha!)
Thank you for showing uns the TIPS. A great video.
I hope I can someday visit the TIPS. I have to say I'm feeling a bit sad viewing this, as both fairs I normally go to where now cancelled/postponed. SO long without such a nice inspiration. So it is a bittersweet viewing. Sweet, because it is really nice to see all this. Would be great to talk to some of the manufacturers directly. :) So, thanks again.
Oh. And the ink seems nice. :)
THank you so much for watching. We are in a bit of a better situation here in Japan, but I don't know for how much longer. Hopefully we get through this virus soon and can start having more shows in the future. Hope to see you out here one day!
@@InkyRocks Yes, let's hope it will end soon.
Fascinating glympse into Japanese culture via pens etc. Very enjoyable tour. Thank you so much.
I'm glad you liked it! Thank you!
Love these videos. Tokyo is the paradise for the fountain pen fans
Thank you so much! It really is! It makes it fun to live here but very hard on the wallet!
Thanks for a very interesting video. How lucky you were to be able to have a pen show. Here in London, where I live, the October pen show was cancelled due to COVID but I am hoping that the spring pen show will happen.
The range of inks was particularly interesting- including the SKB from Taiwan. I still have two from a visit to Taipei, one of which is a fabulous "Coffee" colour ink, which has gorgeous dark red hues.
And all that wonderful paper...!
I am looking forward to your next video of the TIPS 2020!
Thanks so much! The Covid numbers are better here than most other places but are starting to climb. What may help Tokyo is that it clears out during the New Year's holidays. I would love to go to Taipei and hoping to go to next year's Tainen Pen Show!
Fun video! And congrats to the new winner.
@14:15 Those Drillog pens look super fascinating!
Thank you! I broke down and got one--it will be in a video later this month!
@@InkyRocks Oh exciting!! I will keep an eye out.
This is wonderful...the US needs to step up their stationary game.
hahaha! I think with more Japanese companies FINALLY selling more on-line, a lot of this will be available. Thank you!
Great review。 Thank you very, very much! Hopefully next year I would be able to visit!
Thank you! I hope you can make it out here! Let us know if you do--we always try to get together with the "out-of-towners"!
@@InkyRocks Thank you! Will be glad to meet you in person. Keep it up! All the best from Seoul (right now)...
Your report is wonderful for those fans who can not be there.
Thank you so much! It's fun sharing!
Hi Alesa, just seen your presentation on Applebloom with your three favourite pens. You are a very impressive young lady, I will be enjoying your channel even more from now on. Cheers from Australia.
Oh Awesome! Thanks so much! (Especially for calling me a young lady hahaha!)
Thanks for this tour of the pen show! I enjoy hearing about how the show is set up and seeing the unique products, especially the Drillog dip pens and and the ink books. I think Drillog should manufacture their nibs so that you could use a 3776 or a Pro Gear Slim /1911 or some other popular pen as the nib holder. I don't know if that would provide much of a cost savings or if it's even practical, but it seems cool.
Thank you! I think the Drillog's parent company does a bunch of stainless steel curios and that is probably why the whole pen is stainless. I lost my will (and wallet) and emailed them and got one...
@@InkyRocks That's cool! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
I think this video is a strong incentive for taking the COVID-19 vaccine when it comes around; a great video but I can only imagine how much greater it would be in person!
It really is a fun show! The crowd, vendors and volunteers are very friendly and there is always someone who can speak English. It's very well run and Tokyo is fun to visit too! (Do I sound like a tour guide hahaha!)
How beautiful ! Thank you for sharing !
Thank you so much for watching and your kind comment!
Che bellissimo evento. Spero si possa vedere anche a Roma una fiera così. Saluti dall Italia
grazie! Mi piacerebbe molto andare a un evento come questo in Italia. Saluti dal Giappone!
Thanks for all your hard work on this video. What a pleasure to see Japan as well as all the amazing items at the show. 🥰
Oh thank you so much for your feedback! I always wonder if people want to see some "Japan stuff"!
Loved it! So many amazing and beautiful items.. the ink books, the metal dip pens, glass dip pens .. just wow! 💙
Thank you so much! This was a complicated one and as you can tell, I'm behind--will get the package out soon (mainly because I need to get the candy OUT of my house now! hahaha!)
I am seriously in love with Cosmo air light paper. Love how it show cases the ink. I'm so glad I found your Chanel. Thank u 🌺
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found me too! I love that paper. If you get a chance, you will love the new premium bank paper too!
Hi hi! Im re-watching and loving this so much :) Just preparing myself as I will be visiting today ;) Thank you for the video!
Hi Mitsuko! Hope I see you there-I’m working the afternoon shift. I’ll try to come early. There is so much good stuff!!
@@InkyRocks oh nooooo I’m reading this now 😭on my way home.. next time I’ll be sure to message you!! (But I hope we meet up soon!!)
Ooh I’ve never tried vellum paper before (I’m a FP noob) so that really got me excited! Well honestly everything did, but I’m glad Shigure Inks is looking out for us stationery nerds lol all these products are so innovative and cool!! I hope I can go to this show someday! Maybe I’ll buy a rock LOL
hahaha! Glad you enjoyed it. I would have bought a rock, but there were out of my budget!
@@InkyRocks oof then it would probably be the same in my case as well lol. But I bet it would look great on your jade slab!
Very nice video! Appreciate the detailed reviews.
Thank you so much! I hope it was helpful!
What a FANTASTIC video!!! I absolutely LOVED it! The video and narration was excellent!!! Thank you from another pen fanatic! I want to go to TIPS. 🌷
Oh that's awesome! I hope you make it out here one day! Thank you!
Wow those metal dip pens are phenomenal!!! Hopefully they will eventually become easier to purchase. This video was just such a treat- thank you!!!!
Thank you Chris! I broke down and emailed the guy and managed to get one (I guess that's my Christmas gift to me hahaha!) It will be in a video soon. Hope you are doing/feeling better--take care!
I was so sad to not be able to attend a pen show this year due to lockdowns. This was exciting and more than appreciated, thank you. Good job!
I know! But pen shows are in your future! They are so much fun and I'm glad this could be a little "tide me by" for you! Thank you so much!
@@InkyRocks thank you. From our lips to God's ears;)
Oh my God I love your videos so much 😍 I'm binging some of them while wasting my pen ink on bad paper
Hahaha! I’ll have to remember that line for a vid! Thank you!💖
@@InkyRocks 😁❤️
Congratulations on the new winner🎉. I love watching your pen show videos, you give us such detail, thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate your always kind comments!
Thank you Alesa for "bringing" us there! Hopefully Manila Pen Show 2021 can push through next year. crossing our fingers!
I know! This year was such a wreck--I sure hope I can return next year!
@@InkyRocks yes we'd be super happy to have you over again!
Realy nice presentation. And a very nice voice. Thank You
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!
Great review on that 2020 nov. pen show in Tokyo... Thanks :) Just drooling on ebonite and wood pens of Furuta...
Thank you! Fudefan just told me that they guy learned nib making from Kubo Kohei, a famous nib maker!
Very entertaining! I may well consider the paper evaluations.Would love to attend some day.
Thank you! I hope you can make it out some day!
Alesa, you've outdone yourself! What a great video. I didn't notice that Furuta table and had never heard about them, so I just did a little bit of research now. Furuta was started this year, by a retired JSDF service member. He's been taught by legendary nibmeister Kubo! Very interesting.
Oh wow! He seemed so excited to explain all the stuff to me. He was very enthusiastic. I hope he comes next year! Thanks Jacob!
Long time no comment here. As always great content and I still dream the day I would be able to visit Japan to attend these pen shows and go to the pen shops.
I hope you make it out here one day! Tokyo is so much fun and the show is awesome!
*Pining Intensifies*
One of these days, a pen show to physically visit is in order. It's just not now anytime soon.
This also made me realize that while I'm pretty stacked right now, being around other stationery people is probably a want/ need to fill somehow.
Thanks for the vid.
hahaha! Pen meet ups are so much fun--you feel "normal" because when you talk about pens, you get recognition in someone's eyes--not boredom!
@@InkyRocks Or even outright questioning/derision/something else to let you know *that weird why*. Thankfully, it's super rare. XD
Thank you again for the amount of details you put in these videos! ✨🖋✒ I hope to be able to go in 2021!
Oh that would be awesome! If you make it out here, let us know! Thank you!
I have the same Platinum #3776 Century Kawasemi with a SM nib. So far, it's my favorite nib. Great work as always Alessa!!!
Oh awesome! Did you go to the show?! Bungukan Kobayashi carries some weight to get the SM nib from Platinum--probably the most coveted nib. Thanks so much!!
Thank you very much. 😊😊
I saw it many times.✒✒
Your pens are so beautiful! Thank you for watching!
Just excited! I would spend all my money there)) So many options there!)
Oh! I always spend all my money here and go broke with all the stationery options!
Thank you so much for all your work and showing us peak into the Tokyo pen show, enjoyed it very much, kind regards Chaim (founder and former organisation Dutch pen show)
Hi Chaim! Thank you so much! The Dutch Pen Show is on my bucket list after this pandemic is over! I can't wait!
Lovely video! Thanks for taking us along for the journey and the show!
Thank you so much for coming along!
Really appreciated this video!
Thank you so much! It was a lot of work!
Great show. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very very interesting! Thanks!
Thank you!😊
On my Bucket list to attend a pen show like this. Thanks for all your info on when to attend.
You would really like this one as Tokyo is so much fun and clean and safe. The show organizers are very helpful and have English speaking staff. If you do come one day, let me know!
Thank you so much for the callout! What a fantastically informative video, I always learn a ton from your videos about the goings-on in Japanese stationery: new brands, new products, and new trends :D.
I think you might have linked our store website instead of Yamamoto Paper's website, which is either www.yama-kami.com/ or yamamotopaper.shop/. Also, the I think the inks at 28:32 might be Lennon Tool Bar instead of iPaper. Those Shokido books look amazing!
You are absolutely right--it's Lennon Tool Bar! I've been working on this video for so long I'm a bit cross-eyed! I listed your shop because I felt it was the easiest for people out side of the country to get it from you. I'll add the other websites. You are so on top of it! I had a long discussion with the Kamiterior guy about you hahaha (all good things!)
@@InkyRocks Oh, no worries, just wanted to make sure the link wasn't an accident or something :). And I'm glad to hear that, I enthusiastically messaged Kamiterior immediately after watching your Bungu Joshi Inku Numa video with the Kamiterior Sheer memo pads, haha!
I enjoyed this so much. Thank you! BLESSINGS
I’m so glad! Thank you so much!
hmm... "Let me check if this is a REAL seal" (flips ink bottle upside down). Meanwhile, I gasped. Jokes aside, I absolutely love how the pen show is organized. Thank you for showing us the behind the scenes in how this is so well coordinated. I love the bento meals. So much beauty in the setup. I have seen a lot of the crab pen holders (copies from the original). But now that my eyes have seen cute little kitties... makes me wanna have one. Is there a link to order from them?
hahaha! I live dangerously! Try the website I listed on the pinned comment under Ahnitol. They are also on IG as ahnitol or Minoru Tanaka. I don't know where to get them other than the show. I didn't get one last year and I was so busy filming that I didn't get one this year either!
Oh how I love your videos - as you know, I'm especially fond of the ones that show life in Tokyo. I'm struck by how empty it feels in this video. Is it always like this, or is it due to COVID, or the fact that you may be filming during non-rush hours? For whatever reason, I've always pictured Tokyo as a busy, bustling city with people shoulder to shoulder! Fantastic job of covering the pen show! So many "wants!"
Thank you so much for your kind comment! It is partly the Covid thing, partly that I went out during a non-rush hour time to film and partly because they limited the number of people. Tokyo is pretty crowded except for certain places on the weekend (every one is at home in the suburbs) and especially around New Year's Day--it is so empty then!
@@InkyRocks I appreciated your advice to visit in November! I want to get out there next year, I was thinking in the springtime, but with COVID who knows. Now that you've mentioned November, it may be better to let the rush of travelers have the springtime and I'll just wait and come later in the year. Hopefully COVID vaccines will be widespread by then and it will be a lot safer to travel. Thank you again for the awesome video. So many cool things keep coming out, it's hard to stay abreast of all the latest!
Definitely going to visit next year, if the pandemic is sorted out. Let's catch up again and grab some lunch then.
That sounds awesome! Hopefully we can get this all sorted. Looking forward to meeting up!
Hi Alesa.....How long have you lived in Japan? Some really beautiful things, thanks for sharing. 🖋🕊
The Drillog pen is very interesting to me.
This latest stint, about 5 years. I managed to get the Drillog pen--I'll show it in another video! Thank you!
I love Japan. It's products.She is exploring the beauty of her word the most beautiful dream than the writing Japanis PEN.I have discoverd;What Japan makes an unique products...Jagan Beri
I love Japan too! I really enjoy all the cool stationery things and pens!
Very interesting. Thanks!
Thank you--glad you found it so!🌸
Another awesome video! It looks like the show was great :). I definitely hope Shigure starts carrying Kameterior, but in the meantime at least some of their products are available in the US through niconeco. I’ve ordered a few things and love it all!
Thank you so much! That is a new company to me! I'll have to check them out!
Your videos are fascinating.
Thank you so much--glad you find them so!
Very nice >>>> Thank you
It was a fun show-hope you enjoyed the video!
Beautiful...something we won't have in the US ever again.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! Yes, eventually we will. I seriously plan on going to the SF and DC one soon!
Wonderful! I am so happy to see a new video this morning. (Jet Pens, here I come). What nib did you choose for your Drillog?
Hope you enjoy it! I got a .5. It is supposed to be here today!
@@InkyRocks I am really excited to see it!
This video is painstaking work. So many beautiful and attractive things! By the way, what's the name of the fountain pen at 12:37? Thank you for the video.
Thank you so much--this one was a lot of work! It is a straight up Delta Dolce Vita with an M nib.
Tq for this cool video!
Thanks! Glad you thought it was cool!
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Excellent review.
Thank you!
Interesting to hear about Kamiterior and Shigure Inks at 13:25 since there's already an authorized US distributor. Would there be something unique about their relationship? The Drillog looks insanely modern and cool, wow. SO much great stuff in this vid, thank you for taking us along.
Thank you--glad you enjoyed it! Who is Kamiterior's US distributor? The only other site I see that carries it is Niconeco and I only just learned of it today! I got weak and got a Drillog hahaha! Will put it in a video later.
@@InkyRocks Congrats on the Drillog! Can't wait to see your video for more info/details. The US distributor for Kamiterior is Elite Accessories, who is also the US distributor for Yamamoto (pads and bulk of included paper types), Ro-Biki, Waldmann, Kaweco, El Casco and other fantastic writing/stationery/desk products.
@@touchnova Thanks, I couldn't find them--all I got was jewelry companies. Shigure is a retail point. I don't know where they source their products from. I like them because they get the new stuff out to people outside of Japan as I'm always being asked where people can get the things I show. My Drillog is insane...
@@InkyRocks Elite Accessories is very old school - no website, just some folks in Cincinnati, Ohio, who you'd never know exist unless you go to trade shows. I'd say finding them on the internet is about as easy as finding Drillog on the internet!! :) I run a small stationery store here in the States and sell Kamiterior, which I source from Elite. Vanness has them also, JetPens has a few options, but it looks like not too many places. Didn't realize that! Guess I'll have to get these added to our website very soon, lol. Agreed on Shigure, their popularity is rising fast in the States for a good reason. My thanks again for your great video, best from Montana!
@@touchnova That is so cool! If you pass along your website, I'll add it. So many people want to be able to buy Japanese products. My husband is from near Cody WY and I watched your Buffalo Bill video---I love that place! We've done some traveling around Montana. Video out about the Drillog near the end of the month. Take care!
Fantastic video. Amazing place. Will the rest of the world ever catch up with Japan.
Thank you so much! I think Taiwan is definitely up there. I'm hoping to go to next year's Tainen Pen Show if they have it (also around November).
Heaven....
haha!
Do you have any links to the Matsuda maki-e company? I can find nothing on the English internet except for Pilot's Namiki line
There is nothing out there. I took all her promotional material and there wasn't even an email. I'll specifically ask for some contact point if they are at TIPS next year.
I’d love to come🌍
It looks like they are planning on keeping this a yearly thing sometimes in the month of November--a good reason to someday visit Japan!
Love this. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much Jeff!
Thank you for doing this! Loved watching every second of it. Much, much appreciated! 😀
Oh! Thank you so much! It was a complicated one and at times a slog--so this makes me so happy!
Envy!! Thank you for sharing with us!!
hhaha! thank you!
That was Fun! Thank you
Thank you so much--I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Very interesting. Thank you very much.
Thanks so much for watching!!
Woo hoo - great video, with an amazing surprise ending (for me at least!). Thanks for the call-out - have sent you an email and an Instagram message for good measure.
AWESOME! I bet that was pretty weird--seeing your name up there hahaha! I'll get back to you tomorrow as it's after 1:00 in the morning here in Tokyo!
@@InkyRocks Thanks @Inky.Rocks - yep, it was a bit of a shock to the system, but very welcome nonetheless!
OOoooh congrats!!
Do you have any links for more information about the Furuta fountain pens?
He's very new. I don't think he has any social media presence but here is the email on his business card: furuta311sf@ aol.com
@@InkyRocks I didn't expect an AOL email. wow🙏
Thank you! a very good inspiring video..
I'm so glad you liked it ! Thank you!
So much vicarious fun, thank you Inky.Rocks for the the comprehensive tour!! ua-cam.com/video/VL_eSgrfteY/v-deo.html One way to flummox Inky.Rocks: "What kind of rocks are they?" Uh, rocks?! hee hee ;-P We missed momiji last year but maybe 2021 will be better travel, Tokyo Pen Show or bust
Glad you liked it! Hopefully you can come out next year--let me know if you do!
Sooooo jealous
hahaha! But no of my wallet!! (soooo empty...)
I've been on that monorail, between Haneda airport and the other end (Hamamatsucho). Anyway, I've been wanting to ask someone in Japan about some face masks I've seen a lot on Japanese TV, they are sort of half-masks that hang off the ears, rest between mouth and chin, and curve up to just above the nose. Are those in common use in real life? They look like they wouldn't do anything at all to protect the wearer, and very little to protect other people.
The monorail you took to Haneda is the one I take for next week's video--Tokyo Stationery Show. I show some clips of it on last year's video. I've never seen that mask on anyone here hahaha! The most common "brand" mask is the one Uniqlo makes.
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed it. I’d love to be able to order an few items from Watanabe Bookbinding.
Thank you--glad you enjoyed it! If you are looking for Tomoe River, you can order from Nanami.
all those covid precautions yet you can be sardined on a train without any masks 😂 (at least when I was there a little earlier this year)
Actually it has changed! I don't think I have seen a person without a mask anywhere, and that includes kids, for months now. But I think the Covid cases are starting to get worse, like everywhere else, now.
I don’t think I can afford to go to TIPS. Between buying things at the show and shipping it all back to the U.S. I’m afraid I’d go bankrupt.
Oh gosh! I'm ALWAYS broke living over here hahaha!
Nice video, would you know or have a link showing where I can purchase a bottle of A Christmas Carol ink for the show?
Thank you
Thank you! They were selling it only for the show and I think they may have sold out. If there are any leftover bottles, you can ask BunguBox (link is in the pinned comment).
@@InkyRocks thank you very much
13:15 what green pen was that?
what is the brand of the block of pallet paper?
It's the Kawasemi C--the Kingfisher from Bungukan Kobayashi that has the fude nib that I showed writing samples of. The block of paper is from Wrapallet and I list the website on the pinned comment on the top of all the comments.