The art of putting pen to paper has undeniably dwindled in the past few decades, but for a small number of dedicated enthusiasts, nothing beats traditional fountain pens. Elegant tools for creative ..

unlike their fountain pen counterparts, once the nib is washed in water. She also said demand for glass pens took off again as items of cultural value featuring the beauty of Japanese traditional ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

Its products are popular among stationery enthusiasts. Fountain pens are not in Mitsubishi Pencil’s product lineup. The company, which dates to 1887, is Japan’s first industrial pencil producer.

Or brainstorming novel ideas? Put pen to paper with a writing instrument to match the occasion. Using a fountain pen may take you back to your childhood and learning to write with ink for the ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain ... Indian pen, I look for individual craft instead of factory engineering perfection, as I would with German and Japanese pen ...

I go through phases where I’ll use a rollerball or a fountain pen for a while ... that I didn’t bring my own paper to the fancy pen store, which I would now recommend to anyone.

Take a stroll through any Japanese city—you'll be hard-pressed to go a few blocks without passing a convenience store. The one-stop shops dot streetscapes everywhere. So ubiquitous are konbini ...

Japan’s top female jockey has sensationally ... sight of her crying as she wrote (her retirement notice) with my fountain pen,” he said. He said that Fujita had declared her phone use to ...

The art of Collins, informed by Japanese aesthetics and philosophies, and the design innovation of pens by Tom are a ...

Hirotake Yano, the billionaire founder of Japanese discount retailer Daiso ... Daiso is a so-called 100 yen ($0.67; £0.53) store, similar to pound shops. Mr Yano opened his first discount ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Kamayakiyonaga is a confectionery shop in Kyoto, Japan, that has been making sweets since 1617. Today, it's run by 17th-generation owner Maegawa Kiyoaki.