An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...

The Think Ink Pen is designed for people who fidget. It flexes with spring-like resistance, has a magnetic ball for sliding, and a spinner for your thumb to roll around. Think Ink was fully funded ...

It marks the origin of the pen knife. Before 1850, the process for vulcanization of rubber had not been discovered, and the only way to correct a writing mistake was to scratch the ink off the ...

She also said demand for glass pens took off again as items of cultural value featuring the beauty of Japanese traditional craftsmanship. The pens are made manually, one at a time.

TOTTORI--To order a custom-made fountain pen from Ryo Yamamoto ... Many of his clients are celebrities both in and outside Japan. One of them, a renowned author, expressed deep gratitude for ...

The dial has a uniquely Japanese color called “Ao-zumi” (literally blue-black). This shade is a deep-blue variant of the black sumi ink traditionally used in Japanese calligraphy and painting.

Japan’s new prime minister is declaring war, but there’s no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. It might seem ironic in a country ...