After visiting Tokyo, I headed down to Nagoya, where I had a couple of leads on some store-exclusive inks. I quickly found 25 Sailor store exclusive inks in vase bottles at the Penland Cafe, and somehow, left the city with only one bottle.
While in Tokyo, searching online for store exclusive inks, I ran across the Mitasanshodo inks in their gorgeous cut-glass bottles. I was hoping that I’d be able to find them in Tokyo, but they were only available at a Mita-Sanshodo shop about a two hour train ride north of the city (maybe next time), so I ordered two bottles from their Rakuten shop.
As usual, in this video, I swatch the inks and provide some modest writing samples.
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And the sumi ink is licorice-scented, I'm sure.
Impressed with your travels. Nakasendo must have been a beautiful slice of history. It’s also fun to do a bit of exploring and find out of the way places like pen shops in Japan. That’s how you can find good food along the way and see the real country. Aloha
Nice video
Those Mita-Sanshodo inks are GORGEOUS. The sumi inks have so much art potential. Thanks for taking us on this trip.
I have been meaning to order some ink from Mitasanshodo for a while now but I keep forgetting. Thanks for the reminder!
How did you travel with ink? Did you ship it back, or did you just put it into luggage?
EDIT: Forgot to add, love the series!
I am not a fan of light blue ink. I am sure there were many other choices. I really like the vase bottles. Wish these bottles were available here.
Whoa. That last ink was amazing!
My goodness Matthew! Some of those shots you took were stunning! I really want to go to Japan after seeing your videos!
How do I go about ordering ink from mitasanshodo?
Another well made video ❤
Great video and gorgeous inks.
I'm heading to Tokyo and Osaka at the end of the summer and have really been enjoying this series of videos! Can't wait to check out some of the shops you went to.
I can't wait for the next one!
Did you face any fading issues with the scented inks?
When do you think you will release the Osaka video? My husband is there, now and for a couple more days, and I’m hoping to send him hunting for some!