Japanese Stationery Awards 2026

Stationery Awards: How it Works

Stationery Awards: How it Works

An annual Japanese award where stationery store staff across Japan vote to choose the best new stationery products of the year. It’s special and highly anticipated because the winners are selected by real experts who work with customers every day, making it a trusted guide to the most innovative and exciting stationery releases.

Grand Award

Refined Design, for the Joy of Writing

Special Awards

The Big Three

Idea, Functionality & Design Awards

Category Awards

The Star Categories

Award-winning tools for writing, organising, communicating, and everyday desk tasks

Writing & Erasing Awards

Shop award winners for the ballpoint, multi, and color pens, as well as eraser and mechanical pencil categories.

Organization Category

Shop award winners for the pen case, pouch & bag, file, and tabletop storage categories.

Communicating & Archiving Category

Shop award winners for the sticky note, letter, stamp, notebook and card categories.

Fasten & Cut Category

Shop award winners for the cutter, scissor, tape, and sticker categories.

Honorable Mentions

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Great selection stationary products! Loved the packaging and nice care taken into consideration when shipping out items. It was a delightful experience opening my first order. I will be shopping again in the future.

Shawntil W.

January 27, 2026

Great product selection. The care that goes into packaging your items before shipping it out is wonderful. My items came in a beautiful blue furoshiki, which I can’t wait to reuse.

Jocelyn

January 22, 2026

Lovely products, beautiful packaging, arrived on time, got a free postcard with package which was very nice, would recommend for novelty and practical products.

Anna G.

January 20, 2026

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January 19, 2026

Handled everything with care, and the shipping updates were very consistent. I truly appreciate the amount of effort that goes into making the orders, and you can tell that the whole experience is made special for all customers. Thank you, Bungu!!

Adam N.

January 5, 2026

Packaging That Reflects Our Values

Every order is carefully packaged to reflect our commitment to quality, presentation, and sustainable choices. Complete with complimentary touches, orders also include custom-designed furoshiki and an original, seasonal postcard.

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