In my haste to finish up this video, I completely failed to mention the name of the brown ink: it translates to something like: "Small Memories of an Ordinary Day", which I absolutely love. Usually I'd go for a warmer brown, but the combination of the color and flow along with the green sheen make it one of my favorites, now!
Hi Everyone! I've been sick for the past week, so I'm sorry about my voice in this video! I didn't want to put it off for another week and get further behind 🙂 I've re-posted the link to my ink-store map in the video description, so don't forget to check it out if you haven't already... especially if you're going to Japan!
I have certainly appreciated all the inks you have gotten. I personally would love to get a Sailor vase bottle, empty or full of ink. Do you think it would be available here or online?
@@paulmchugh1430 Thanks! I don't think that you'll find any Sailor vase bottles in the US, but you might be able to find a Japanese shop that is willing to ship them. Needless to say, it will not be cheap. There's a chance that the Stationery Station (from the previous video) will ship their vase bottles... they have a pretty solid website. Not sure about Ancora, but it might be worth a shot.
Absolutely love how you tell Traveling how you obtained all these inks, and them swatch them. It's like making memories with the ink with you, thank you so much.
Yes, that one was a little off the beaten path :-) The Navy is actually only the first of five or six bottles of ink with Fuji packaging that I ended up getting on this trip! I spent a good amount of time looking at Mt. Fuji, but didn't take the time to actually climb it... that will have to be a future trip, I guess 🙂
Yes, the paper does make a huge difference for sheen. Don't know if you saw the previous video in this series, but those inks were even more paper-dependent, but for their overall color!
Ah! So satisfying watching your videos and living vicariously through your purchases. Hope you feel better soon, and can't wait to see your next video in the series!! (Edit: that sepia brown is GORGEOUS, even prior to drying a sheeny green!)
Glad you're enjoying it! Japan is having trouble with excessive tourism in the golden triangle, so I'd recommend getting outside of it to help them out and for a better travel experience 🙂
Funny that you went to that place in Saitama! I live in the same city, and found that shop by accident one day on a long walk. It was a very pleasant surprise.
Yes, it was a bit of a long shot, but it worked out nicely 🙂 I had made a list of all of the Office Vendor locations and knew that some of them had exclusive inks, so it was worth a shot.
I enjoyed the harvest moon ink and a last “sepia” shade, but mostly influenced by the last two swatch cards, MD particularly. Paper influence on inks can’t be overstated. Great job again, looking forward to more.
I am planning my trip to Osaka looking to find exclusive fountain pen ink store in Japan, and found your channel exactly what I am looking for. Thank you so much for doing all the research and I am sure will visit as many as I can from your map :D
Thanks! I brought along a special recorder to capture the sound of this trip, and then completely failed to use it :-) I did get my normal camera sound, though, and of course added in the music and such afterward.
I'm loving this series so much! I already enjoy travel vlogs, so watching one that's presented so calmly and through the perspective of a niche hobby is really the icing on the cake. I've heard about the Ancora rainy weather exclusive ink, but I was kind of surprised it wasn't for sale after seeing the weather in the footage you shot. The full moon ink is such a treat, though!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos. I didn't know about the rainy-day ink at the time, but I assume that they only do one special ink at a time. I did ask about the "not for sale" inks, but no luck.
I love your videos so much! They are unique and so interesting. I do hope you make more of your ink. I was born in Washington state and it is dear to me. I would love to get a bottle of Deception Pass!
Thank you Shari :-) I have been making ink over the past few weeks, and it should be available soon. There are a couple of new colors that I'm trying to get right, so as soon as they're ready, I'll release them all together!
I love your series and definitely planned my Japan trip (I just got back a few days ago) around some of the stores you visited last time! When I went to Itoya they told me the Romeo cocktail inks are only at their Motomachi store in Yokohama now where they mix it for you when you order (unless I misunderstood them). I trekked there and grabbed a couple bottles :). I visited Ancōra and grabbed their rainy day ink!
Nice! I wish that I'd known about the Motomachi store and the cocktail inks... that's the second time I've heard about it in the comment section here, but I didn't take the time to check the store on this trip. I guess I did OK anyway :-) Is the rainy day ink the same one that was in the case in my video here (marked as "Not for Sale" at 2:40)? Or is it something else?
Yep, the one at 2:40 that they sell only on rainy days. There isn’t too much else that jumped out as being exclusive in the Motomachi store, but I do appreciate that it was a more peaceful shopping experience 😂
I appreciate all these videos about your ink hunt, loved the navy blue and that Iroful paper really brings the sheen out which I really love in inks. I might have to get some of that at the Dallas pen show. I am a Sheen Machine fan. Do you ever look and or buy pens over there? Japan is such a different world. Matthew, you sounded just fine in the video. I just subscribed, thought I did that earlier. I was the one making fun of the Fude nib. I did order a cheap Naginata Pen we will see where that goes.
@@thewetpen Lol! I could go broke on inks and paper too! I think I am closing a chapter this year with inks and paper though. I got some paper I was thoroughly disappointed in not too long ago!
I love these videos you make of your Japan ink hauls! I used the videos from your first trip to inform my own Japan trip last year, and watching you explore these different stores will definitely help me out on my next one. I’m not sure if you ever found these because in the first video you did mention you had business in Yokohama (and I’m sure they’re pretty similar to other colours found in other places) but if you do ever make another trip to Japan in the future, there’s 3 or 4 inks that are Yokohama Bay themed sold in the Yurindo in Yokohama station, and there’s an Itoya location in Motomachi that lets you order custom Romeo inks from a menu that are based on places around the city. I’ve found not a lot of people ever talk about these stores when they talk about exclusive inks, so I thought I’d let you and everyone else who might visit the area know. (ps Yokohama Station sucks to navigate, but this Yurindo was awful to find. The store itself takes up one corner of the station but is split into multiple different stores that cater to your specific needs. The specific Yurindo you’re looking for is one that sells just stationery I think, but my memory isn’t great and I just remember being really lost when I found it. Sorry these directions are really bad, and good luck to anyone who decides to try to look for them)
I never realised there is so much variation in inks not to mention the way the colour changes with different paper. Could be challenging finding exactly what you want.
True, although I actually enjoy variation... I enjoy seeing what my writing is going to look like every time I try a different paper. If you're very particular about what you want, though, yes!
Amazing about the Mishimiya inks. They make a great aonori seasoning. Great story about the full moon only offering. Japan is always amazing like that. Sometimes frustrating, but amazing. Radio program on stationery?! Only in Japan. 🇯🇵❤️ Are you ready for done gagaku music and gagakubu dancing and poetry writing? Thanks for the great video. Hope you feel better.
@@AndrewWertheimer It would be a toss-up between the purple and the yellow-orange... but I probably wouldn't really use any of them, so it's best that I don't indulge my desire to own every ink in the world. 🙂
The map is getting...big. Do you have any stores you recommend that have a good selection with websites for ordering (even if, maybe especially if, they only ship within Japan)?
Not really, sorry! For me, the fun is in the searching and exploring, so buying the stuff online would sorta defeat the purpose (I don't actually have any shortage of ink). A lot of the places that I mention in my videos do have websites, so maybe you'll run across something good.
I followed the Instagram pages of the major Tokyo stationery stores before our trip to Japan, and learned that Ancora has a few special inks that are only on sale during certain weather events... like their rainy day color. It also was what talked me out of going to Ancora, since all their special release pens end up being sold out in a a few days, so it just wasn't worth trying to cram it into our schedule. We didn't make it to Itoya, due to some health issues I hit at the end of our trip, so the 6 floors of stationery are still uncharted territory for me. 🙃
Oh... it was raining the day I was there, but they must stick to just one exclusive at a time or something. Health issues while traveling are no fun... I'm sorry to hear that. Hope you found some fun stuff, though!
Being a Japanese ink fan I greatly appreciate your videos. I have two questions , do you understand Japanese language ? Is there a simple way to know if an ink was produced by Sailor company ? Thanks again for your wonderful videos. All ink fans love them !
I don't understand Japanese, unfortunately. Generally, if you're in a shop that's selling an exclusive ink, it will say "Sailor" somewhere on the box... though there might also be a sticker on the box covering the main Sailor logo. You'll get to recognize the shape of the Sailor bottles and caps pretty quickly, too... but the box is always the giveaway.
1.5 months I have been in Japan, 2 full moons I have missed going to Ancora! Now I'm leaving and my bf will have to go for me 😭 I knew about it too, I just kept forgetting 🤦🏻♀️
I originally bought three Click Presidents, only one with an ultra-flex nib, and I gate that one away (to Chrisrap52 here on TH-cam), and he did a review. I like the pens, for the price.
In my haste to finish up this video, I completely failed to mention the name of the brown ink: it translates to something like: "Small Memories of an Ordinary Day", which I absolutely love. Usually I'd go for a warmer brown, but the combination of the color and flow along with the green sheen make it one of my favorites, now!
Hi Everyone! I've been sick for the past week, so I'm sorry about my voice in this video! I didn't want to put it off for another week and get further behind 🙂 I've re-posted the link to my ink-store map in the video description, so don't forget to check it out if you haven't already... especially if you're going to Japan!
I have certainly appreciated all the inks you have gotten. I personally would love to get a Sailor vase bottle, empty or full of ink. Do you think it would be available here or online?
@@paulmchugh1430 Thanks! I don't think that you'll find any Sailor vase bottles in the US, but you might be able to find a Japanese shop that is willing to ship them. Needless to say, it will not be cheap. There's a chance that the Stationery Station (from the previous video) will ship their vase bottles... they have a pretty solid website. Not sure about Ancora, but it might be worth a shot.
I hope you're feeling better soon!
Thanks for the great videos.😃
@@MariaRosseau Thanks Maria :-) I'm on the mend!
Thanks for these videos. Sending feel good vibes your way. I love all the Japan trip videos.
Absolutely love how you tell Traveling how you obtained all these inks, and them swatch them. It's like making memories with the ink with you, thank you so much.
Whoa, you traveled far for that brown ink! I also got that navy ink in ancora to commemorate hiking mt fuji - it’s so pretty ❤
Yes, that one was a little off the beaten path :-) The Navy is actually only the first of five or six bottles of ink with Fuji packaging that I ended up getting on this trip! I spent a good amount of time looking at Mt. Fuji, but didn't take the time to actually climb it... that will have to be a future trip, I guess 🙂
That green sheen on the Midori paper is awesome
Yes! It's a nice brown, but it's that green sheen that really makes it awesome.
We just came back, and your videos are nostalgic to the utmost. Thank you very much. We also used your map to find some stores in Osaka!
Glad you're enjoying the videos and that the map has actually been helpful! 🙂Hope you found some good stuff
Fascinating, how that last ink changed with different paper !
Yes, the paper does make a huge difference for sheen. Don't know if you saw the previous video in this series, but those inks were even more paper-dependent, but for their overall color!
Ah! So satisfying watching your videos and living vicariously through your purchases. Hope you feel better soon, and can't wait to see your next video in the series!! (Edit: that sepia brown is GORGEOUS, even prior to drying a sheeny green!)
I absolutely love this series; thank you so much for sharing. The “Small Memories of an Ordinary Day” is beautiful 🤎. Hope you’re feeling better.
So cool. Thank you for bringing us to Japan. Planning a trip in 2025 . Get well soon. Love these videos .
Glad you're enjoying it! Japan is having trouble with excessive tourism in the golden triangle, so I'd recommend getting outside of it to help them out and for a better travel experience 🙂
Funny that you went to that place in Saitama! I live in the same city, and found that shop by accident one day on a long walk. It was a very pleasant surprise.
Yes, it was a bit of a long shot, but it worked out nicely 🙂 I had made a list of all of the Office Vendor locations and knew that some of them had exclusive inks, so it was worth a shot.
Great finds! 🎉
I enjoyed the harvest moon ink and a last “sepia” shade, but mostly influenced by the last two swatch cards, MD particularly. Paper influence on inks can’t be overstated. Great job again, looking forward to more.
Even with the congestion in your voice, this was another great video Matt! I’m champing at the bit for the next installment! Soooo gooooood!
I am planning my trip to Osaka looking to find exclusive fountain pen ink store in Japan, and found your channel exactly what I am looking for. Thank you so much for doing all the research and I am sure will visit as many as I can from your map :D
Good luck! It's a wonderfully fun way to explore Japan.
I was just in Japan and loved looking for new types of pens and inks!! I miss it already haha
Me too :-)
I love this series!
Thanks 🙂
Fantastic video as usual! The new pen (tease) looks gorgeous. Looking forward to the next in the series!
Thanks Roxie 🙂 I'm glad to say that I'm feeling much better, and that pen video should be finished shortly!
The soundscape of you videos is so relaxing to listen to.
Thanks! I brought along a special recorder to capture the sound of this trip, and then completely failed to use it :-) I did get my normal camera sound, though, and of course added in the music and such afterward.
What a gorgeous video - and some amazing ink discoveries. I love the podcast ink.
Hi Matthew, liking your videos mate! Heading up there in November for a couple of weeks and will visit some of your store-finds. Cheers.
I'm loving this series so much! I already enjoy travel vlogs, so watching one that's presented so calmly and through the perspective of a niche hobby is really the icing on the cake.
I've heard about the Ancora rainy weather exclusive ink, but I was kind of surprised it wasn't for sale after seeing the weather in the footage you shot. The full moon ink is such a treat, though!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos. I didn't know about the rainy-day ink at the time, but I assume that they only do one special ink at a time. I did ask about the "not for sale" inks, but no luck.
I love your videos so much! They are unique and so interesting. I do hope you make more of your ink. I was born in Washington state and it is dear to me. I would love to get a bottle of Deception Pass!
Thank you Shari :-) I have been making ink over the past few weeks, and it should be available soon. There are a couple of new colors that I'm trying to get right, so as soon as they're ready, I'll release them all together!
Another fantastic video. Hope you are on the mend.
Definitely getting better! Hopefully I'll sound more normal in the next video :-)
I love your series and definitely planned my Japan trip (I just got back a few days ago) around some of the stores you visited last time! When I went to Itoya they told me the Romeo cocktail inks are only at their Motomachi store in Yokohama now where they mix it for you when you order (unless I misunderstood them). I trekked there and grabbed a couple bottles :). I visited Ancōra and grabbed their rainy day ink!
Nice! I wish that I'd known about the Motomachi store and the cocktail inks... that's the second time I've heard about it in the comment section here, but I didn't take the time to check the store on this trip. I guess I did OK anyway :-) Is the rainy day ink the same one that was in the case in my video here (marked as "Not for Sale" at 2:40)? Or is it something else?
Yep, the one at 2:40 that they sell only on rainy days. There isn’t too much else that jumped out as being exclusive in the Motomachi store, but I do appreciate that it was a more peaceful shopping experience 😂
How cool!! Love that lavender colored ink! And I sure wish I spoke Japanese because I would LOVE to listen to a stationery podcast!!!
Yes... every time I go to Japan I wish that I spoke Japanese, too :-)
I appreciate all these videos about your ink hunt, loved the navy blue and that Iroful paper really brings the sheen out which I really love in inks. I might have to get some of that at the Dallas pen show. I am a Sheen Machine fan.
Do you ever look and or buy pens over there? Japan is such a different world. Matthew, you sounded just fine in the video. I just subscribed, thought I did that earlier. I was the one making fun of the Fude nib. I did order a cheap Naginata Pen we will see where that goes.
I decided early on that if I let myself buy pens while in Japan, I'd go broke. So, I stick with ink. And a couple of glass pens. And paper. 😊
@@thewetpen Lol! I could go broke on inks and paper too! I think I am closing a chapter this year with inks and paper though. I got some paper I was thoroughly disappointed in not too long ago!
I eagerly wait for every video... you are doing amazing work
No apologies necessary ! Your content rocks …feel well🖖
Always love watching these Japanese inks videos. That pen is a Vazir celluloid isn't it? Eagerly waiting for that review as well!!
Yes it is :-) Hoping to make some time to work on that video this weekend!
I love these videos you make of your Japan ink hauls! I used the videos from your first trip to inform my own Japan trip last year, and watching you explore these different stores will definitely help me out on my next one.
I’m not sure if you ever found these because in the first video you did mention you had business in Yokohama (and I’m sure they’re pretty similar to other colours found in other places) but if you do ever make another trip to Japan in the future, there’s 3 or 4 inks that are Yokohama Bay themed sold in the Yurindo in Yokohama station, and there’s an Itoya location in Motomachi that lets you order custom Romeo inks from a menu that are based on places around the city. I’ve found not a lot of people ever talk about these stores when they talk about exclusive inks, so I thought I’d let you and everyone else who might visit the area know.
(ps Yokohama Station sucks to navigate, but this Yurindo was awful to find. The store itself takes up one corner of the station but is split into multiple different stores that cater to your specific needs. The specific Yurindo you’re looking for is one that sells just stationery I think, but my memory isn’t great and I just remember being really lost when I found it. Sorry these directions are really bad, and good luck to anyone who decides to try to look for them)
Oh, I did spend time in Yokohama, and I visited the Itoya there, but somehow missed the Yurindo. I've added it to my map for the next time.
I never realised there is so much variation in inks not to mention the way the colour changes with different paper. Could be challenging finding exactly what you want.
True, although I actually enjoy variation... I enjoy seeing what my writing is going to look like every time I try a different paper. If you're very particular about what you want, though, yes!
Love these Japan series videos! I’m curious how you’re cutting / making your swatches.
Thanks! As it happens, I have a video about how I make the swatch booklets.... th-cam.com/video/kH-D3n9kTc8/w-d-xo.html
@@thewetpen NICE, 😊 Thanks I missed this in your videos. Appreciate all your amazing work!
I need to visit Japan.
I would rove to just for stationary alone.
I ordered an exclusive sailor pen from ancora! The whole thing was easy and not too expensive. The pen even came with the store bag 😂
Amazing about the Mishimiya inks. They make a great aonori seasoning.
Great story about the full moon only offering. Japan is always amazing like that. Sometimes frustrating, but amazing.
Radio program on stationery?! Only in Japan. 🇯🇵❤️
Are you ready for done gagaku music and gagakubu dancing and poetry writing?
Thanks for the great video. Hope you feel better.
Thanks! Of course, now that I look back at the Mishima inks, I wish that I had gotten one. *sigh*
@@thewetpen maybe I can get one for you and swap for an Elliot Bay when you have a new brew. Which did you want ?
@@AndrewWertheimer It would be a toss-up between the purple and the yellow-orange... but I probably wouldn't really use any of them, so it's best that I don't indulge my desire to own every ink in the world. 🙂
you are quite the ink enabler, but I suppose we all might have some symptoms of Ink Acquisition Syndrome, Stage IV.
Nice 👌
The map is getting...big.
Do you have any stores you recommend that have a good selection with websites for ordering (even if, maybe especially if, they only ship within Japan)?
Not really, sorry! For me, the fun is in the searching and exploring, so buying the stuff online would sorta defeat the purpose (I don't actually have any shortage of ink). A lot of the places that I mention in my videos do have websites, so maybe you'll run across something good.
@@thewetpen I get that. I'm actually just looking for some non-ink to add to a package consolidation before it is forwarded to me.
I followed the Instagram pages of the major Tokyo stationery stores before our trip to Japan, and learned that Ancora has a few special inks that are only on sale during certain weather events... like their rainy day color. It also was what talked me out of going to Ancora, since all their special release pens end up being sold out in a a few days, so it just wasn't worth trying to cram it into our schedule.
We didn't make it to Itoya, due to some health issues I hit at the end of our trip, so the 6 floors of stationery are still uncharted territory for me. 🙃
Oh... it was raining the day I was there, but they must stick to just one exclusive at a time or something. Health issues while traveling are no fun... I'm sorry to hear that. Hope you found some fun stuff, though!
@@thewetpen I absolutely did! Maruzen was quite good for my newbie pen and ink collecting
Don’t forget the itoya annex behind the main store for at least two additional floors to explore ✌️
Being a Japanese ink fan I greatly appreciate your videos. I have two questions , do you understand Japanese language ? Is there a simple way to know if an ink was produced by Sailor company ? Thanks again for your wonderful videos. All ink fans love them !
I don't understand Japanese, unfortunately. Generally, if you're in a shop that's selling an exclusive ink, it will say "Sailor" somewhere on the box... though there might also be a sticker on the box covering the main Sailor logo. You'll get to recognize the shape of the Sailor bottles and caps pretty quickly, too... but the box is always the giveaway.
1.5 months I have been in Japan, 2 full moons I have missed going to Ancora! Now I'm leaving and my bf will have to go for me 😭 I knew about it too, I just kept forgetting 🤦🏻♀️
Even after spending months in Japan, there were still tons of things that I missed! Just one more good reason to visit again.
@@thewetpen very true! Gotta come back!
Sir have you tried click president ultra flex (indian pen) it also bave ebonite feed 😂❤, i am thinking of buying it 1000rs here in india
I originally bought three Click Presidents, only one with an ultra-flex nib, and I gate that one away (to Chrisrap52 here on TH-cam), and he did a review. I like the pens, for the price.
My daily bread.