A Field Trip to Yoseka Stationery

How is it September already?

To ease into the new season (back to school, autumn, and eventually the start of the holidays), let's go on a field trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn! There's a cute little shop there that I've visited a few times this year.

It's called Yoseka Stationery, the US branch of Yoseka originally founded in Taoyuan, Taiwan. A young, kind-hearted, stationery-obsessed couple (Neil and Daisy) opened it in 2017, "As a way of introducing Asian stationery to the US."

Just as the sign outside announces, Yoseka Stationery promises everything a stationery lover desires! 

Look! Shelves and surfaces filled with notebooks, pens, stickers, washi tape, writing paper, and really lovely office supplies. 

They also have the highly coveted Traveler's Company notebooks and accessories, as well as the Hobonichi Planners (they even celebrated Hobonichi Day recently). 

I just love the shop decor -- a nod to the analog and old school way of life.

At the center is a long table where you can test all kinds of pens and notebooks to help you narrow down your choices (or encourage the attitude, "I'll buy it all!"). If there's one form of relaxation for me, it's testing out pens and pencils! 

Just by the entrance is a table where you can try out stamps and ink pads, as well as special self-inking stamps if you're into collecting them in a notebook (like they do in Japan).

Every so often, they offer special events like a stationery swap and classes (I'll tell you about the one I attended in a future post). 

This is one of my purchases, a Leuchtturm1917, which I'm using as my bullet journal for the last quarter of 2023...TADA!

If you are ever in New York City, make Yoseka Stationery one of your stops. It will turn your day from blah to TADA! You can also check out their on-line shop and fun YouTube Channel where they talk about stationery!

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