Los Angeles

Stop 1: Kinokuniya Los Angeles

A fourteen-thousand-square-foot flagship with the Japanese stationery floor to match — Pilot, Sailor and Platinum at domestic breadth.

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Stop 2: HIGHTIDE STORE DTLA

Hightide's own Penco and NÄHE lines beside Kaweco in the brand's first US shop, with maker pop-ups — Kakimori have brought their ink-blending bar here.

Stop 3: Shorthand

A dedicated fountain pen and bottled ink section, and an 1880 letterpress running behind glass on site — you watch the cards being printed in the room you are buying them in.

Stop 4: Flax Pen to Paper

The only real pen counter in the city — Pelikan, Sailor, Visconti and Namiki in glass cases, a pre-loved section, in-house cleaning, and visiting nibmeister days.