A couple of weeks ago, Neil and I were interviewed by April @penguinscreative on The Stationery Cafe podcast! For those who don't know, The Stationery Cafe podcast was first started in October of last year and it is a weekly podcast, where April and Phyllis @misslingbloom talk about all things stationery. April and Phyllis are big journalers, planners, watercolor artists and creatives, and we are always amazed at how well informed they are about the newest stationery, trends and news in the stationery world. On the podcast, they also interview many people in the stationery community and that is where we came in! ...

Feels good to be back with curbside pickup and very happy to see many familiar faces 😊 Starting this week, you will be able to place your order through our online store and pick up your stationery the following day we are open. Our store hours for curbside will be Thursday, Friday, Saturday 2-5pm!We are so excited to be able to take our first steps towards reopening and looking forward to seeing many of you who we have not seen in months! Of course, things are not going to be the same and we want to ensure everyone’s health and safety...

Hi everyone! Soraya here. I've been spending so much time decorating letters and packing orders with washi tape these last few weeks. There's something so peaceful about picking a washi, ripping a piece off, and gently setting (and resetting!) it onto a surface. I'm surrounded by so much washi tape, both here at home and at Yoseka, that I wanted to learn all about its origins. I hope that this brief and fun history of washi makes you love and appreciate your rolls of washi tape just a little extra! Washi tape is a durable, tearable, waterproof, biodegradable, reusable, and colorful type...

Shachihata Iromoyo/Traditional Japanese Colors series. Shachihata started making stamp pad since 1925. These 24 colors feature traditional Japanese colors and they debuted in 2019 December at the Bungu Joshi Haku. The lid of this series is not hinged so it could completely detached and you could use the stamp base more freely with greater precision. The base of the pad is also designed to be stackable for easy storage. The oil-based pigment ink, and the surface of the pad is designed to make full contact with a stamp. It produces a sharper and brighter result than a standard ink pad....

As June 1st approached last week, at one point I looked up from my planner at Neil and said to him, incredulously, "just like that, we are halfway through 2020." I'm sure many of us had this thought. It is really hard to believe that we have spent so much of this year locked away, not seeing our families, not catching up with neighbors and friends in the shop, not eating at our favorite restaurants and not living our normal lives.Beginning tomorrow, June 8th, the city begins to take its first steps into reopening with resumption of construction, manufacturing and...

In May, we were busy adding lots of new stationery to the online shop and working on some new exciting projects. We added new fountain pens and inks from Platinum, a brand we have been waiting a long time to work with. They are one of Japan's "big 3" fountain pen makers along with Sailor and Pilot, and we are proud to say you can now find them all at Yoseka! We also finally added Sailor Pro Gear Slim Mini fountain pens and worked on an exciting collaboration with Google NY to curate Pen Pal Kits for their employees.  Items in the...

"Factory Green" is a Traveler's Company limited edition collection of some of their favorite brass writing instruments redesigned with a light teal green brassing coating. This series was inspired by a shade of green paint that is commonly used in manufacturing plants, on industrial printing presses and along the floors, doors and shelves in many factories in Japan. One example in particular comes from a well-used shelf in the Traveler's affiliated Designphil Nagareyama Plant that has been used to store a large number of printing ink cans; over the years, the paint has faded, chipped and stained in certain spots and just...

Over the weekend we prepared many of these fun packages for Google NY. It’s part of a program they are doing to keep their employees engaged while staying at home and we love how they are finding ways to support local businesses like us. We are happy to see that people are excited about letter writing and that we can help encourage this activity that we love very much.  Many of you have been asking us to share what products we've included in these letter writing kits so we thought we might share with you a list of what put inside: ...

Happy Memorial Weekend everyone! We went out for a short walk yesterday in our neighborhood. Next to the park, a few blocks are dedicated for pedestrians. Since quarantine, other than stopping by the shop in the morning, most of the time we stay in door. It’s nice to be out and even though it was a normal walk, it turned out to be very memorable during this time. Hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend too!

Starting Monday with pretty colors : ) These are Pentel Touch Brush Sign in Nuance Color series. The pen has a flexible felt tip that allows a variety of controllable line width. The tip is slightly stiff but so elastic that it takes much less time to get used to. They are perfect for beginners who'd like to start practicing brush calligraphy and we actually use them for our calligraphy workshops. These 12 colors will be regular colors in addition to the original 12 colors 🌈