Lin Chia Ning (LCN) is a talented Taiwanese artist who loves stationery and who loves to hand craft beautiful stationery. Her stationery ranges from her early works of hand carved stamps, washi tapes, dioramas with mushrooms and gemstones, distressed papers, to the recent vintage labels and many of her iconic stamps. She draws inspirations from nature, vintage items and uses watercolor to create an unreal and magical world. On top of her busy life, she’s published a book in Taiwan too! Here are some of her recent designs. And just like her dioramas, each individual box feels like it’s frozen...

Kokuyo Surveying Field Books 60th Anniversary Editions. It became a standard item for construction site since the late 1950s in Japan. It's slim and compact and it fits to pocket on a working uniform, and its hard cover is great for writing outdoors. These features were popular among field workers and on-site professionals. For the 60th anniversary, Kokuyo releases limited-edition that has a motif of the animals with a pocket: Koala, Echidna, Wombat, Kangaroo, Sugar Glider, Numbat. The series was designed for field survey, so some come with a specific grid for its original purpose. Here’s how the animals like to...

50 years ago today on July 20, 1969, the crew of NASA’s Apollo 11 made history, becoming the first manned spaceflight to land on the moon. The Fisher Space Pen was first used on the Apollo 7 space mission in 1968 after 2 years of testing by NASA, and has been used on all manned space flights since then. The Space Pen refill is pressurized and designed to write under zero-gravity as well as extreme weather (Ink relies on gravity to come out. If it’s used upside-down for a long time, the ink stops flowing.) For the 50th anniversary, Fisher releases...

Traveler’s Company at Yoseka Stationery. We are excited to announce a few special events with Traveler’s Company for the upcoming month. They are sending over their Stamp Caravan along with some stickers and souvenirs from Japan to our store. The Stamp Caravan is a set of stamps designed by Traveler’s Company. It is usually found in their flagship store, the Traveler's Factory, in Nakameguro, Japan, and it’s for anyone to decorate their journals and write down special memories for each visit. This year, Traveler’s Company is sending their Stamp Caravan to different shops around the world for Traveler's fans to visit and use at their...

2019 SARASA Vintage colors are here! The new colors are just as beautiful and unique as the old ones. Here are the new 2019 colors:SARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Cameral YellowSARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Classis BlackSARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Bordeaux PurpleSARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Sepia BlackSARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Dark Grey Here are the older vintage colors:SARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Blue GreySARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Brown GreySARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Dark BlueSARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Green BlackSARASA Clip - 0.5mm - Red Black View all SARASA  

Four Seasons by Sailor. From left to right they are Camellia in Snow, Spring Sky, Full Autumn Moon and Summer Leaves. If you look closely, some of them have shiny finish that glitters under light. We’ve been waiting for them to arrive, and it took about 7 months for Sailor to have four of them together at the same time and ship to us. The pens are really pretty, and the 7 months wait is definitely adding to our excitement 😂😂. Come check them out in person next time you are here!

2019/09/01: Hobonichi 2020 collection is live here2019/08/27: They just arrived : ) We will open online order 9/1 as well as showing them in person at our shop. 2019/08/23 Update: They are currently being shipped to us right now. We've recently received many inquires for 2020 Hobonichi. For those who are interested in purchasing one, we will be carrying them again this year. Last year, we were one of the only stores to carry them in New York, and they arrived around the end of September. If you are interested, you can send us an email at support@yosekabox.com to receive Hobonichi updates.Daisy...

We spent the afternoon yesterday to make an ink guide for Iroshizuku. There are 24 colors, which means we have at least 24 fountain pens currently inked so that you can try them out in person too!  Shin-kai (Deep Sea) Tsuki-yo (Moonlight)Ajisai (Hydrangea) Tsuyu-kusa (Asiatic Dayflower)Kon-peki (Deep Blue)Ama-iro (Sky Blue)Ku-jaku (Peacock)Syo-ro (Dew on Pine Tree)Shin-ryoku (Forest Green) Chiku-rin (Bamboo Forest)Iha-ho (Rice Ear) Fuyu-gaki (Winter Persimmon) Yu-Yake (Sunset) Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Kosumosu (Cosmos) Tsutsuji (Azalea) Yama-budo (Crimson Glory Vine) Murasaki-Shikibu (Japanese Beautyberry) Tsukushi (Horsetail) Yama-guri (Wild Chestnut) Kiri-same (Scotch Mist) Fuyu-syogun (Rigor of Winter) Take-sumi (Bamboo Coal)

Can’t believe it’s already July! It’s almost a year since we opened last August. Not sure what we are doing for our anniversary yet but there will definitely be lots of drinks and food 😄 In June, we had lots of great additions, and two new workshops. The photos in the middle are from the three workshops we had this month: Writing Circle with Cori, Calligraphy Workshop with Becky @wellspringwrites and Drawing Night with Meagan @meaganillustrates Right next to the photos are two other memorable times we had this month: Our friend Lauren sketch a cute storefront of Yoseka, and a special Sailor pin...

We love demonstrator and brass at Yoseka : ) The Bronze Age series by Fine Writing International combines two our favorites. Recently we have more people asking about this series. Our take on this pen is really great. The pen has a comfortable size and a balanced weight. The brass adds a little more weight to the pen, and overall the pen is really comfortable to hold and easy to write. The ink capacity is a massive, so it's great for anyone who writes a lot.Here are some other reviews from the internet:Fine Writing Golden Amour Fountain Pen Review by ChrisGolden Armour:...