@bungustore: Most stationery is built down to a price. In Japan it competes on function, and there are national awards to prove it. Eight award winning essentials for the school year: a multi pen with three erasable inks, a pencil that keeps its own point, a highlighter six years in development, a notebook that opens flat from page one, a pen case that folds into a stand, an eraser that collects its own shavings, portable scissors with a three millimetre cutter, and a file that stands on its own.