Category Archives: Stationery

Make Your Personal Seals in Japan

  In Japan, we use personal seals instead of signing names. They are called inkan or hanklo in Japanese. Basically, we use seals in the situations where signatures are used…

Stationery Designing Toys for Schoolgirls “Orikeshi” and “Decoen”

Bandai’s Making Stationary series meets young girls’ wish to make cute, original stationary.     The series includes the eraser designing toy Orikeshi and the pencil decorating toy Decoen. The…

Stapler without Staples “Harinacs” by Kokuyo

Harinacs is a stapler that can bind papers without staples. It has been well received since the first model was released by a Japanese office products manufacture Kokuyo in December…

Let’s Renovate Walls Using a Stapler!

Let me introduce a blog post from one of my favorite entertainment blogs. It is about interior decoration.   First, get a stapler that stretched out 180 degrees (It is…

B-LABO: Shinken Shiraha-dori Card Stand

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Have you ever heard of the Japanese word “shinken shiraha-dori”? Shinken means “real sword”, shiraha-dori is a karate defense technique used to stop…

Unique and Useful Dice

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –     Should you buy this dice or not? That’s the problem… When you can’t make a decision, just throw the dice!    …

B-LABO: Unique Denture Strap

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Today, I’m going to introduce this unique denture-shaped strap from B-LABO.     The Bungu-o (stationery king) got this funny strap from his…

Cellophane Tape Art by Japanese Artist Ryo Sehata

You may sometimes use cellophane tape at home, work or school; it is part of our life. In Japan, there is an artist who creates 100% cellophane tape art. His…

B-LABO: Glowing Cube

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Look at this! Today’s product from B-LABO is this fantastic glowing cube.   A 2 cm acrylic cubic block with the special fluorescence paint….

B-LABO: Looks Like an AA Battery, But…?

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Check out today’s product from B-LABO. Taa-daaah(^o^)!   What (?_?) It’s an AA battery, isn’t it? But B-LABO should be concentrating on stationery….

B-LABO: Love Portion!?

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   The product I would like to introduce from B-LABO today is not Japanese, but a gift from Korea to Bungu-o.   A gift?…

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