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 ...

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.

When Kenji Yamamoto opened the first convenience store in Japan 50 years ago, he didn't even know what to stock on the shelves. “Back then, everything was challenging,” he said. The first ...

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 ...

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 Nuclear Regulation Authority has granted an operating licence for an off-site ... to the NRA in March 2016 and the regulator approved its safety plans for the facility on 11 November 2020. The ...

A new memorabilia shop promising a "slice of Japan in Norfolk" is opening in Norwich. Oshoppu, a Japanese collectables shop, is launching in the Royal Arcade at the start of December in the ...

NAGOYA -- Taking in a Meiji era (1868-1912) tower fountain in a park here, one can't help feel cooled at the sight of the cascading water as it creates a fine mist. The fountain comes into view as ...

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.