Hello, I'm Annen from the techo team.

This series has techo team members introducing which stationery have been our favorites from ones we’ve started using for the first time this year.

I've got two pens I use lately that are my go-tos:
Style Fit and MATTEHOP.


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Go-to pen No. 1
Style Fit (Mitsubishi Pencil)


I assembled this pen by pairing my pen body of choice with some refills I picked out. It comes in lots of colors and has a slim pen body that looks stylish as the sparkling refill ink shines through the see-through window.


I waffled over which of the many colors to pick for the pen ink but settled on these four. The tip size is 0.38mm, which writes a perfect line weight for me, not too thick and not too thin.


The smooth way this gel ink ballpoint pen writes is already nice, but it’s even better in this color.

I like all of the colors, but I think this Golden Yellow is especially exquisite. It’s pretty hard to find yellow ink that shows up clearly on white paper, so I was excited to find one I could actually use.

I use this pen for my work techo all the time because it lets me organize my writing in different colors.
▼I use the four colors like this.


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Go-to pen No. 2
MATTEHOP (Pentel)



This pen also showed up in a Techo News article by. I tend to go for this one a lot, possibly because its unusually striking colors bring me cheer.

I have a total of seven colors. I’ve come to really love these a lot the more I use them, which is why I’ve accumulated so many.


It seems like the ink would come out in big globs and show through the other side of the page, but it was actually okay!
▼Not even the circled area has stained through.


I’m utterly in love with this pen and the way it has such beautiful colors without leaking through the other side.

Lately I’ve been really into pairing the MATTEHOP pen with cat-shaped sticky notes. (I bought the cat sticky notes at the 100 yen shop.)

I’ll draw the cat’s face on the note with a MATTEHOP pen and write a short message on the forehead, or

write some nice messages I can keep within eyeshot so I can read back on them.


This matchup with neon color sticky notes gives the whole look a lot of appeal.

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There are a ton more stationery products I want to share, but I’ll end this with a little section called .


Impulse Buy Stationery Part 1
Fuji Bread Mini Toaster Sticky Notes

These are actually sticky notes, but amazingly enough, they pop out like a piece of toast!




Impulse Buy Stationery Part 2
Sparkly Japanese Food Stickers


I don’t know why this food would be turned into a sparkly design, but I like it.

▼The glitter sparkles!
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Impulse Buy Stationery Part 3
Lenticular Ruler
(Sea creatures, various animals)


This ruler has animals moving on it through its 3D lenticular design.
▼You’ll definitely want to check out this amazing sense of movement.



The world of stationery is a deep and fun one, ranging from useful and practical items to useless ones that just make you happy.

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