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Most countries produce at least some truly great stationery, but Japan seems to excel at almost everything. With companies like Sailor, Pilot and Platinum for fountain pens; some lovely and distinctively Japanese-style paper products from Midori, Stalogy and TRAVELER'S COMPANY and kawaii erasers from Iwako. And that's skipping perhaps the most obvious ones, with the finest quality ballpoints, rollerballs and gel pens from Pilot, Uni-ball and Zebra; and art and drawing pens from Sakura and Copic.
What more could we want? Well, if it's mechanical pencils, some of the very best of those come from Japan too, especially from Pentel and Uni. There are even superb options for things like scissors, rulers and sticky notes, all from Japanese brands.