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Thanks to, I've caught the Nagasawa Kobe bug. Here's a short comparison of the Iroshizoku Kujaku ( look at the sample on the folded right sided page for a more accurate image ), the Sourakuen and Nuboniki I initially bought the Nuboniki looking for an alternatve to my Kujaku, which was as we all know pricey. Unfortunately I didn't end up going very far price wise. At 19 USD a bottle for 50 mls, it is only marginally cheaper. Secondly, also as an alternative to the now harder to find Caran d arache Carribean Sea which I do not have...but want! I would say the Kujaku is a predominantly turqoise ink with green shades. The Nuboniki, on the other hand, is predominantly an emerald colored ink. It has a good shading, which probably isn't best demonstrated here. The Ambition has a broad nib but I find it's not great at showing shades in certain colors, but I'm pretty sure it would show up on other pens. I've my other pens packed for moving houses so unfortunately it's all I have for testing now. The Sourakuen, is really as the name described. It truly is tea green in colour, very relaxing colour to write with which doesn't jump out at you, induce seizures or scream for attention. The words green tea and bamboo come to mind when describing this ink, due to the shading. I didn't test water resistance. Both inks are smooth flowing inks. It doesn't have the viscous feel you'd get in Noodler's or the thick saturated feel of Private Reserve inks. I'd say they are as smooth as Iroshizokus when it comes to flow. I shall let the small pictures do the talking...