[split] Mechanical Pencils and High Quality Lead

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(10-10-2024 12:37 AM)Jase Wrote:  You got me thinking... my wife and daughter are going to Japan in Nov. Maybe I can research between now and then and give them a short-list to be on the look-out for

Hands (Formerly Tokyu Hands) has huge stores in Shinjuku & Shibuya. These are a great place for Stationery.

The big department stores (Bic Camera & Yodabashi Camera) also have a lot of stationery. I think the Akihabara locations might be the biggest but the Shinjuku ones are big too.

https://hands.net/goods/4902506280480/
https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/3285968/
https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001001567013/

These shops don't typically carry hand-crafted or ultra-premium pens. But the selections are just staggering in number and quality.

If you want to buy from a US shop, I think Jet Pens has a nice site to rummage through (I have never purchased anything there). There is a lot more stuff in Japan, however.

https://www.jetpens.com/Pentel-Ain-Erase...ll/pd/6018

There are higher-end stationery stores littered all over Tokyo. But I don't remember the names.

Finally, 0.5 is the popular size in Japan; there are some 0.7 items but they are "uncommon" IME.