Growing up in Taiwan in the 90s, Doraemon is among some of the most well-known series. Doraemon is a blue human-sized robotic cat manufactured in the future. He time-travels back to the the present time to meet with the main character of the series, the 10 year old Noby. The time traveling portal is the main drawer of Noby’s study desk, and one day, Doraemon time-travels from the future and emerges from the drawer. Noby is not the smartest kid at school, so Doraemon would help out using gadgets from the future, and they are all stored in his belly...

Catch up with me and Soraya with a surprise guest... : ) In this video, we discuss what we’ve been up in February, and we went over our favorite new stationery added in last month, and go over some fun moments we’ve had together at Yoseka!

We are very honored to see our names mentioned on two lists recently -- The Shopkeepers and Unsharpen. The Shopkeepers feature many shops around the world, and Unsharpen does amazing reviews in a wider range of different stationery. Check out their sites!  Best New Shops 2020  https://www.theshopkeepers.com/best-new-shops-2020/ Best Stationery Shops in New York City https://unsharpen.com/the-best-stationery-shops-in-new-york-city/ Check out this in depth Q&A we did with The Shopkeepers https://www.theshopkeepers.com/yoseka-stationery-shop-greenpoint-brooklyn/

Not February 29th 😀 It’s been a crazy 12 months since we first closed in-store. A lot has changed, and we are all adjusting and learning in the store and beyond. Personally, we’ve been trying to convince or sign up vaccine appointments for our parents, and thanks to the recent change in PPP loan rules, we can finally apply! This past month, we’ve worked on two big videos. One is on Sailor line width comparison and the other one is a feature on MU print-on stickers. We’ve been working on updating many color guides as well, and as always, we...

This week, we added a collection of stamps and stationery from Plain Stationery. On top of the cute cat stickers we all love, Plain Stationery makes notebooks and lots of stamps such as these Handy stamps, Today’s Stamp (for daily activities), and Ink Test Stamp (for documenting ink colors). Plain Stationery is a stationery shop/cafe in Taiwan, and the founder, Tiger, has been an inspiration for lots of stationery lovers like us. Before opening his shop, Tiger wrote about and reviewed various stationery on his blog. In our shop, among our stationery books for browsing, his is one of our...

Our new video is up! Dive into the wonderful world of Sailor fountain pens as Soraya and I give a tour of the different Sailor nibs! In this episode, Soraya gives a brief overview of the differences between Sailor 1911, Sailor Pro Gear, and Sailor King of Pen and I demonstrate some of the line width differences between 14k and 21k nibs, and Sailor Music and Zoom nibs. Which Sailor fountain pen and nib is your favorite? Behind making this video, we are learning a lot every time when we publish one. Since our first intro video in December, we are...

Raden/螺鈿. The making of Raden technique involves the placement of hand-carved and hand-laid abalone shells into carved materials. The earliest Raden technique was found around 1000 BC in China during the Western Zhou dynasty. Traditionally, pearl shells were used as currency in China. In many Chinese characters that represent money today such as “財”(money), “購”(buy), “貪” (greed), the common root is the word “貝” (shell). When using shells as currency became obsolete, the symbol of wealth still remained. Traditionally and even today, in China, Japan and across many East Asian cultures, Raden techniques have been applied to many objects such as furniture, plates, music...

In this video, we introduce one of our favorites: MU Print-On Stickers! Join us as we explain what print-on stickers are, why we love them and watch as Soraya shows you some tips and techniques for how we like to use MU stickers. We hope this video inspires you to create using these fun print-on stickers.  Recently, we've been experimenting with new formats, lighting, and editing techniques for our videos. We hope it shows through and you all enjoy!   MU Print-On Stickers: https://yosekastationery.com/search?q=MU+Print-On+Stickers MU Wooden Print-On Stick: https://yosekastationery.com/products...  

This past month, we took some time to reset, and plan for the year. We had some fun moments at the shop together taking down our Christmas tree, cleaning and reorganizing, and we celebrated Ashley’s birthday together. For February, we are already starting off busy by adding Hobonichi April Start planners to our site, and getting ourselves prepared for three upcoming projects we are putting together for March.

We also made two fun YouTube videos, and we plan to continue making more of these two types of videos throughout the year:
Catching Up With Yoseka: where we catch up on shop updates...

Catch up with me and Soraya as we discuss what we’ve been up to at Yoseka since the new year. In this episode, we talk about some of our favorite new stationery items that we’ve added, go over some fun moments we’ve had together at Yoseka in January and do our very own paper tasting inspired by Yamamoto Paper with new paper we’ve added and inks that you requested on Instagram! As we are learning how to make better YouTube videos, we are also trying out different formats of YouTube. We hope to make Catching Up with Yoseka Stationery a regular...