Hi! This is Jane, and I'm here to talk about the mechanical drafting pencil! If you’re a designer, architect, engineer, or simply prefer the sharpest of writing instruments, you’re likely already familiar with this one, but I'll try to cover some tidbits you may not know yet. This tool was originally designed for analog technical drawing, but pencil users who prioritize precision, durability, and practicality have grown to love this type of mechanical pencil for everyday use. I was introduced to my first drafting pencil (a Pentel GraphGear 500 in 0.5mm) by a calculus professor in college, and I never looked back.  ...

Following our Sailor and Pilot Nib and Line Comparison videos, many of you asked for a Platinum Nib and Line Comparison as well! In this video, Soraya and I introduce the Platinum 3776 Century lineup of pens, explain how their nib differs from many other gold nib fountain pen nibs, show some of the different colors and pen bodies available, talk about our favorites and demonstrate line comparisons across 8 different Platinum 14k gold nibs. Hope you all enjoy this video :)Platinum 3776 Century Fountain Pens

Follow me, Ashley and Soraya as we take you on a tour of some of our favorite things to do all within the one block radius of our shop! We take a stroll through the weekend Greenpoint Terminal Market, point out some of our favorite places to stop for snacks and plants for the shop, walk along the water at Transmitter Park, and make a pit stop at our daily coffee shop! What are some of your favorite things to do after shopping for stationery at Yoseka?

The newest Sailor Shikiori series is inspired by the sounds of rain from the four seasons, and we are so excited to have them in the shop now! They feature Sailor Professional Gear Slim body with matte but translucent finish. The pens come in 21K with Medium Fine size. The top and bottom finials are transparent with subtle glitter detailing. From left to right in the photo, the pens correspond to winter, spring, summer and autumn.

Spring/Harusame 春雨/はるさめ - In Spring, the rain falls quietly, leaving shimmering droplets on flowers and fresh leaves.Summer/Suiu 翠雨/すいう - In Summer, the rains shines on flourishing...

It's been a joy seeing so many familiar faces here at the store again and we want to extend that same in-store magic to all of you here on the *interweb* with a video shop tour! Soraya, Ashley, and Christine join me in showing the store layout with special interactive stops at the Stamp Station, Main Table, and Ink Bar along the way. We hope this shop tour gives you a little happy glimpse into what shopping here at Yoseka Stationery is like!

Happy June! This past month, we released our long awaited Origin Series and focused all our time on setting up our shop for in-store browsing. 
In preparing for in-store browsing again, we feel like we have been given another chance to re-think our shop logistics and improve upon our existing workflow. The Yoseka shop is about user experience. And at the center of our shop is the main testing table filled with pens, pencils, fountain pens, and all kinds of testers. It’s been the same setup we’ve had for years going back to when we were just doing pop-ups except now...

We’re so thrilled to tell everyone that we’ve added a new Yoseka team member in the past couple of weeks! With the baby coming and the shop re-opening, Neil and I have been thinking about expanding our team, but hadn’t gotten around to making the “we’re hiring” announcement yet. We were so lucky that Jane applied by chance and over our first video chat, I immediately fell in love with her sweet personality and incredible patience as Ester interrupted our video chat numerous times by strolling in front of my computer at the most inopportune times, as a cat will...

We are so so happy to finally be back for in-store shopping!  Going forward, our shop hours will be Wednesday to Sunday from 1-7pm. Local pickups will continue to be an option for anyone looking to place an order online and pick up in person. Orders will be prepared within 30 minutes as before but pickup days will now be limited to our shop days/hours of Wednesday to Sunday from 1-7pm. Can't wait for you guys to check out Yoseka in person!  *1/14/22 Update for Local Pickups: Since we've moved our storage, local pickups will now be ready to be...

Hi everyone, Ashley here! After making countless Sailor Ink Studio ink samples, I began to notice a pattern in the numbers that Sailor used to name their inks. With a bit of research I learned about this intricate and well-organized system, and hope that I can shed a bit of light on what may seem like a daunting amount of numbers. Sailor first released the set of Ink Studio's 100 inks in 2018. The developer decided on naming each ink with numbers to prevent the ink user from being biased by more descriptive names. The numbers are meant to give...

Happy May! A little late to our monthly summary : ) We’ve been busy with our Origin Series last week. Thank you all again for the amazing response! For this coming month, we are focusing on setting up our shop and have everything ready for in store browse. It’s been a long time, and it feels like opening a new shop again! June 2nd will be our re-opening day. Right before then, everyone will take some days off and we will delay online shipping from Saturday 5/22 and resume 5/29 
The last two weeks of April were mostly dedicated to...