I don’t practice writing Japanese often, but when I do, i just use whatevers lying around…although I do have some 0.3mm pens i bought from a Daiso…
Oooo, I like these! I really want to try some if I ever get my hands on some! (Plus I’m also an artist so I want to draw with them too)
Totally agree with this. They’re a pleasure to write with both in Japanese and English! (┐「ε:)
The Uni-ball pens look nice, but I just don’t need ten pens. I wish they had a three pack or something.
I buy the pens individually from a local Japanese bookstore, if that helps.
Pilot G-Tec-C4 pens are possibly more common, and are available in packs of three. They’re also very similar to the Signo ones.
I’d even go as far as saying they are _pen_sational!
(See what I did there?)
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I will always like a pun.
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Okay, I had no idea there was a difference until now, and stationery with an e still looks wrong to me. It doesn’t help that if you look up “stationary” on google it has the automatic shopping tab and if you click it half of the results read stationary and are selling fancy paper and not things that stand still. I get the feeling it’s probably a word in transition and it’s quite possibly a regional thing.
(continues being really defensive about uneducated spelling) 
That said I will spell it as stationery from now on.
Try trusted dictionaries rather than random Google searches (although they have their place for grammar/usage). Of all internet users those on WK ought to be familiar with this.
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Hats off to you; that was a pen-tastic pun! ☚(*´∀｀☚)
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I’m going to put my hat in the ring and recommend the Zebra Sarasa Clips! They write super smoothly, I just love them to bits.
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I’ve tried many pens, and I mean many, many pens. I remember reading that the store Tokyo Hands has over 1,500 types of pens in stock. So when I was in Tokyo, I visited their pen room and tried a bunch of them.
Another important thing, to me, to consider about pens is how well they do on flights, since I travel a lot. Some pen models do not do well with the air pressure changes.
Also consider the width of the tip. I think finer is generally better, although if the tip gets too fine, and depending on the design of the pen and your hand size and writing style, there can be something such as too fine. In this case, you’ll have to awkwardly hold the pen a bit more vertically than is natural to get a line.
I leave it at that for now.
Sincerely,
pgoonghang (who could go on)
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I guess enough people don’t spell it properly that it became relevant to include it in search results (shame on Google though, they should say “Did you mean stationery because that’s the proper spelling, fool”) . It isn’t really a regional thing, it’s just a word that isn’t that commonly used and very easy to misspell.
Fine tips are an absolute must to annotate small things.
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Something else worth mentioning is using grid paper!! Sooo much easier as each character should take up a full “square”
PS: Hooray for finally posting on here after lurking the forum for weeks!
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I use the .38 pens from Muji. I guess they’re regular ballpoints, but they use watercolor based ink & are tiny.
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I love this topic! Here’s what I currently use, it makes me so happy :). Rhodia paper doesn’t bleed…
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Here’s some information about a variety of gel pens.
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@pgoonghang Have you seen much difference between 0.28 and 0.38 pens?
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Nothing regional about it, just an error from ignorance. No offence intended.
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