Survey Results Announcement Drawer Pouch Storage and Usage Answers Large Drawer Pouch
Even A5-size notebooks fit into the accordion-style Large Drawer Pouch, and with the plentiful card pockets and the larger zippered pocket you can organize a variety of other everyday items, like stationery, cards, paperwork, your bank books, and more.
It can organize things in a larger bag, but it’s also a great way to organize things for your entire family, like medical records and supplies. We’ve seen many Drawer Pouchers take advantage of it on trips by keeping essential travel items on hand for easy access on the plane and at their destination.
We even heard from one poucher who really does take the Drawer Pouch name to heart, carrying the “drawer” around everywhere and storing it upright on a bookshelf at home when it’s not in use.
What do you keep in your Large Drawer Pouch?
- Reusable shopping bags (60%)
- Documents/paperwork (53%)
- Notebooks/memo pads (46%)
- Techo (45%)
- Games (40%)
*Multiple answers accepted.Most Drawer Pouchers store their Large Drawer Pouch in a larger carrying bag, so the top answer was reusable shopping bags. Japan will begin levying a fee for single-use bags on July 1, 2020, and it looks like people are already gearing up for the change. Other popular items were essentials for both work and school, like washi tape and stickers (33%), business cards (32%), chargers (31%), cables and power supplies (31%), and stationery accessories like scissors, glue, and rulers (30%). Expectant mothers often keep their maternity and children health handbooks in the pouch (38%), with families also using the Large Drawer Pouch to carry health information such as childhood vaccine documentation.
A Look at the Life of Some
Large Drawer Pouchers
Large Drawer Pouchers
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- 30’s, from Chibamakoyui
For work I use a big, empty backpack with no partitions, so the Drawer Pouch is great for helping me sort everything inside it. All the different kinds of pockets—broad, card, mesh, zippered—allow me to store anything from small objects to my Kindle safely inside. It’s fun comparing the storage areas and picking out which spots best fit certain items.
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- 40’s, from AichiChisato
I use it to store my reading glasses, painkillers, insect-bite cream, cotton swabs, nail clippers, personal seal, mouthwash, and olive oil. I keep all the things I’d find useful when I’m out and about, and it’s been a while since I’ve been troubled by leaving something at home. It makes me feel like I’ve become more responsible.
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- 30’s, from MieMii
I’ve begun using it as a case for my maternity- and children-health handbooks now that I’m expecting. I keep all the things I need for my check-ups in the pouch, like vouchers for ultrasound photographs and the paperwork I’ll need after I give birth. I keep small items on hand too, as well as things I don’t need often but need to keep safe. It’s easy to find everything when it’s stored in one place.
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- 20’s, from Tokyoaquamarine_723
Now that I’m expecting, I’ve got a lot more paperwork and things that I need to track. I keep it all in this pouch. I’ve got my maternity- and children-health handbooks, passport, my health-insurance card, my patient-registration card, receipts, vaccine information, and more. It has been really helpful to keep everything in a single place.
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- 30’s, from HokkaidoKanako
I use it to store my collection of decorative sticky notes at home.
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- 40’s, from KanagawaNikopu
I keep everything I want to use on the plane when traveling overseas, like guidebooks and my iPad.
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- 50’s, from YamaguchiKumatan
- I used to keep my important belongings in a drawer at home, where I would dig around for things I needed to find. I started using a Large Drawer Pouch to organize things in that drawer, but over time the pouch itself has become my drawer. I’ve got one for organizing my insurance, one for organizing my pension, and one for traveling. By keeping everything for my insurance together in one place, I never have to search for anything at the end of the year when I submit it to my company. And if there are any emergencies, I can just toss the pouch into my bag and I’m all set.
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- 50’s, SaitamaYae
My Large Drawer Pouch is almost exclusively for use at home. I carry it around from room to room (so it really does feel like just a portable drawer!)
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- 40’s, from Hong KongNaoko
I travel between Hong Kong and Japan once a month, and the Large Drawer Pouch is perfect for the plane. I keep everything I want to access in here and tuck it into the seat-back pocket. Then I don’t have to worry about forgetting anything.
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- 40’s, from KyotoChii-chan
I use it on trips. I keep my guidebooks and tickets in the pouch, and store point cards and flyers I get from shops I visit.
From the Drawer
Pouch Team
Pouch Team
The theme of the Drawer Pouch line is to carry a drawer with you wherever you go, but the Large Drawer Pouch in particular is popular as an organizer to keep at home or at work. Some users are even keenly aware of its function as a literal drawer, so as the creators, we couldn’t be happier!
It fits into a traveling lifestyle, too, tucking neatly into seat-back pockets on trains and planes and storing guidebooks, tablets, tickets, and other items you need on-hand during travel and don’t want to forget in your suitcase, or dig around for in the overhead compartments. We’d also like to try keeping point cards in here from the shops we visit out of town.