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pen care room at Itoya

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2023.04.16

pen care booth at Itoya

This is the room where you can bring your sick or injured fountain pen on the 3rd floor of Itoya, a stationary store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza shopping district. The Girl got her first fountain pen on our visit.

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I feel fortunate that I enjoyed the blandishments of modernity. I had hip replacement and root canal. I was able to travel on airplanes. I was able to take cheap food for granted. I went to the movies. I enjoyed rock 'n' roll. And now I'm ready to move on.

—James Howard Kunstler