Catch up with me and Ashley as we rejoice over the warm spring weather! Jane also makes a special guest appearance as she returns from her trip to Portugal and gives everyone a first look at her special project that we've been working on this year with Lucky Risograph. This past week, we added some new notebooks to our shop, Pentel mechanical pencils in colors perfect for spring, the new Hobby Stationery Box magazine and TWSBI SWIPE in Pear Green. Learn more about them and find out what our favorites are!

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This year, one of our goals for Yoseka is to create more stationery that we love for everyone. In January, we started this by working on projects with each person on our team. It’s been really fascinating to see everyone’s projects progress and I love how each project really highlights the individual talents and creativity of each person. The first one that we’d like to share with you is Jane’s and we couldn’t be happier about how it turned out.This postcard-slash-pencil board is a collaboration with @luckyrisograph, a New York City-based printing press with roots in Taiwan, just like Yoseka! It...

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Catch up with me and Neil as we review all the new stationery Yoseka added this week. We're seeing a lot of bright spring colors in our New Arrivals page from the collector's edition Kaweco Liliput fountain pen to the new spring edition of the beloved Mt. Fuji Eraser by PLUS. We are also expecting some exciting new products from Traveler's and Sailor in our Coming Soon page! Lastly, TWSBI made an announcement this week that might affect some of their future retailers. Thanks for watching and hope everyone is enjoying the longer days :)

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Hi everyone! In this episode of Catching Up Casually, Ashley and I chat about all of the new stationery that arrived last week and unbox the adorable bonus stickers for Midori's 70th anniversary. What is your favorite Midori stationery item that you use?

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Happy March everyone! Are you all as ready for spring as we are? We've been busy running between our storage in Ridgewood and the shop in Greenpoint, and missed last month's flat lay photo! It's a tradition we've kept going ever since we first opened in Sunnyside and we were a little shook when we realized we let last month go by without the new additions monthly photo so sorry if you missed that last month 😅  This past month, we continued to film lots of unboxing videos and Catching Up episodes for our YouTube, and added a lot of...

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Catch up with me and Ashley as we chat about our favorite new additions this past week! From adorable new Furukawa Paper stickers to bande restock and new Dominant Industry inks, find out what our picks are for this week's newly added. This week at Yoseka, we also have two amazing Customer-Friends of the Week and a very special TikTok to share with everyone :)

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In this episode of Catching Up, Neil is back and we talk about what our team has been up to all week! Kaweco Iridescent Pearl, Sailor Gin-Based Cocktail Series and Hobonichi Planners are on our minds this week and they’ve been keeping us very busy with pre-orders. We have so many people to shout out for Customer-Friend of the Week—slow down, guys! We can’t keep up with how awesome you all are :) Thanks for watching!!

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This is Jane with a quick breakdown of the April-start versions of the ever-popular Hobonichi planners. To those who are unfamiliar, the world of Hobonichi may seem chaotic and abstruse. Before I experienced “Hobonichi season” firsthand for the first time last fall, I know that’s how I felt. One of the questions we hear often is about the second release date of Hobonichi planners, just in time for April – a quarter of the way into the new year. What is the purpose of the April start, and who is it designed for? Hobonichi designed the April-start version of their...

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In this episode of Casually Catching Up, Ashley and I talk about Valentine's Day plans and discuss our new favorite stationery, but mostly just swoon over Ashley's favorite birds, the Japanese Shima Enaga. Never seen one before? They are one of Midori's favorite motifs to use on their stationery!

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Please join us in welcoming May to Team Yoseka, everyone! Artist and Jill of All Trades, May’s favorite mediums are acrylic and watercolor, but she also dabbles in 3D modeling and video editing. Check out her work on her IG @bulgogi_princess In her short time at Yoseka, May has already graced many of our testing pads with beautiful sketches, which I like to call “casual masterpieces” since she manages to draw them in a matter of minutes! Next time you’re here, try flipping through our testing pads and finding one of them with her signature on them!Outside of Yoseka, May also works...

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