5 Unique Stationary from Japan: Highlighters, Washi Tape, and More

Japan has plenty of smart pieces of stationery, when you have no idea what to bring back home from Japan, Japanese stationery might be a good idea. They are practical and have cute designed, which will certainly satisfy your demand and enrich your daily life.

#1 FriXion Ball Pens

FriXion Ball is a pen which ink can be erased, this makes you write smoothly with it and erase by heating with the FriXion eraser without damaging the paper, the special rubber eraser included on the end of the pen allows you to erase your mistake immediately and rewrite your text at the same spot. It is now comes in a growing variety of colors and types. But one important thing to keep in mind, as these pens’ ink can be erased through friction, it’s better not to be used for writing names or addresses and signing contracts with them which for the permanent nature.

#2 Highlighters

As you know, a highlighter is necessary for studying or working, they mark important information and point us in the right direction. But instead of same four or five fluorescent colors, why must we don’t use Japanese Highlighters which there are so many gorgeous colors than we used to have? And also, if you choose FRIXION light, it allows you to highlight your work or then erase the ink by friction rubber if you made any mistake.

#3 Japanese brush pen (Fude Pen)

Fude pens are a type of brush pen, generally used for calligraphy, lettering, sketching, outlining and inking illustrations. They have either real brush tips or fibre tips in a brush shape, and shaped like a fairly normal pen for writing, making it more convenient than art markers to use on the go. Although Japanese brush pens are used when you want to make your handwriting look really fancy or sincere, but there is no problem if you want to use it for everyday’s writing.

#4 Washi Tape

Can you believe that you can color your life with Japanese sellotape? Japanese washi tape is slightly transparent, especially for the lighter colors, it works well for layering effects and great for add some colorful touches to your work. Cute Japanese Washi Tape is ideally for packaging, crafts, and decor. Washi tape normally can be reused since it is removable and repositionable. And differ to general cellotape, Washi tape comes in lots of different colors and styles.

#5 Mechanical pencil

A mechanical pencil is always a solid choice whether you’re a student or a scientist in need of reliable precision tools. And each Japanese pencil has its unique and useful functions and mechanisms. For an instance, Kuru Toga, it is characterized by its self-rotating technology, to make sure that the lead is always at it’s sharpest angle.

After Word

Stationery is always one of our life essentials. Even with the growth of technology, we are still using some form of it everyday. Japan is known as their top quality stationery in the world. However, what makes the difference to a stationery is not only the great quality, but the also the range of seletion.

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