Special and Handy Stationeries in Japan

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Stationeries has been evolved to seek a handiness. Every year, stationery companies compete and invent new ingenious stationeries which beyond last year’s best goods. I‘d like to share unique and cool stationeries that not only will blow your mind, but also very handy for your desk works. Not to mention these goods are great as souvenirs.

1.  Del Guard from ZEBRA



I bet 90% of people who are reading this article have had experience breaking lead with writing with a mechanical pencil. Over years of painful and horrifying moments lead break, mechanical pencils with Del Guard was invent. When too much force is applied to the lead, pencil tip will come out and protect a lead! So, we no longer get frustrated by fear of the lead breaking and broken lead clogs!

Price: 450 Yen



2.  FRIXION POINT  from PILOT

When writing a resume  or  test sheet or memo, you pay close attention not to misspell, because writings with ballpoint pen cannot be erased. Frixion Point  removes the problem! By using frictional heat, you can erase your wrong spellings! Various ink color and pen thickness! 

Price: 3 color / 660 Yen

3.  TSUNAGO from Nakajima Jukyudo





This goods were invented by Japan’s long-established stationery company ‘Nakajima Jukyudo’ mainly selling a pencil sharpener. TSUNAGO means ‘to connect’ in Japanese. And this gadget can literally connect pencil stumps. Therefore, you can reuse an unusable pencils and maximize its use. This wonderful idea shows how serious the inventor is dedicated to make stationeries with a strong passion!

Not only can you reuse pencil stumps, but also you can enjoy the jointing process itself!

Price: 1620 Yen

4.  Line handy paper cutter from HARAC



This mouse shaped good is a cutter which allows you to easily trace drawing lines and cut out the most intricate shapes with minimal force. This breakthrough idea is from a company HARAC which is selling a cutlery. Check the above handy goods too!

HARAC Products List http://www.harac.jp/en/products/index.html

YouTube Handy Paper Cutter Demonstration ↓ 

Price: 1500Yen

5.  Harinacs from KOKUYO 



This is not an usual stapler but a needle less stapler. In fact, this revolutionary idea was invented more than 100 years ago in USA, but since that was expensive, it didn’t prevail so much. And nowadays, Japanese Stationery Company re-invented and commercialized it in 2009.

There are two types of products with a different needleless stapling approach.

The first approach is the ‘tuck in method’. If you close papers with the stapler, paper get punched and tangled with papers. The problem is that people cannot staple in a case of serious paper, because of a need to make a hole on paper.

In order to deal with the problem, KOKUYO come up with new way to staple that is ‘clinch method’. You can clinch papers just by pressing, without punching! It solves the above problem, furthermore, that is eco-friendly.

Price: 1100 Yen

We only introduced 5 unique stationeries here in this article but there are also tons of special and fun to use tool available here in Japan. Remember to check out different department stores or shops specializing in stationery and you will be surprised by how creative and revolutionary these stationeries could be. Don’t forget to let us know which of the above 5 you like the most!