The bags made by 70-year-old Satoshi Kumano have an elegant yet playful spirit. Users will enjoy opening, closing and holding them.

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Nicknamed Jeans Station (the label is on the signage), Kojima Station also uses other means to reinforce that you are in the ...

Ebisu Life Store, a Japanese lifestyle store, opened on Hillsborough Street in June, drawing large lines and adding to the ...

In the stores I visited in Japan, you could buy umbrellas and underwear, stationery or sake. You could pay an electric bill, top up a metro card, make photocopies, buy tickets to events, use the ...

In today’s world of digital tools and online shopping, opening a brick-and-mortar stationery shop might seem wrongheaded. But that’s exactly what Japanese designer stationery brand Plotter is doing.

When Friedia Niimura moved to the U.S. from Japan in her mid-20s, she shared a dream with many Angelenos: acting, or maybe fashion. A TV and media personality in Japan, it seemed a natural fit, only ...

Tokyo is a true shopping haven, filled with amazing stores and speciality shops for whatever you want. But more than that, it is a stationery collector’s dream come true. Whether you’re after ...

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In this video, I test Japanese art supplies, including a pencil, eraser, and brush. I try each tool in drawing to see how they perform and show the results on paper. A simple overview of unique ...