PLUS x Sailor: New B&M Shop "Ancora"

[Ronderick]

https://www.ancora-shop.jp/

 

So it looks like the partnership(?) between PLUS and Sailor is moving forward at a fairly rapid pace, with the first collaborative shop opening on March 26. Conveniently located in Ginza, this store seems to display a range of Sailor pens and inks - as well as the occasional ink workshop and product maintenance clinic event. Then there's the bunch of Sailor limited products such as the inks and birthstone gem pens (and I believe a PLUS stationary set as well). 

 

Hopefully someone in Japan will have a chance to stop by and provide a firsthand account. 

[stylophilly]

There's a review of this Ancora Shop on the Tokyo Inklings podcast, Episode 28: Build-a-Gear. The link to the podcast site is https://tokyostationpens.com/tokyo-inklings-podcast/

The shownotes to Episode 28 can be found here: https://tokyoinklings.com/episodes/028/ In the episode, hosts CY & Jacob, who both live in Tokyo and are totally plugged in the stationery scene over there, share their thoughts and what they learned having visited the store themselves. Along the way, they touch upon the larger issue of what such a store may mean about the future of the Japanese stationery industry.