What Are the Best Japanese Sakura Stationery Items in 2023?

Sakura fever doesn’t just mean a flood of cherry and strawberry flavored treats, or hanami parties, either. It extends to sakura themed clothing, makeup, merchandise, and yes, stationery! This month, the theme of our stationery box is Hanami Party, after all the wonderful Sakura-viewing events happening this spring. Some of the most renowned Japanese stationery brands are using this opportunity to create beautiful sakura-themed stationery.

To celebrate the Sakura season, we’re taking a look at some of the best Japanese Sakura stationery this year, some of which you might get if you’re looking at picking up our pack for April 2022. 

Sakura Spring Card from Sanrio

There are many kinds of postcards that come out during cherry blossom season, as it's usually one of the most popular times for tourists to visit. These can be given as presents to friends or family to help share the joy of spring, and the beautiful petals falling from the trees. In our current ZenPop box, we have a spring card from Sanrio that will be available for you to keep as a cute decoration, or share with a friend or family member who loves flowers or is excited for spring!

Shikiori Marker from Sailor

This Shikiori marker from Sailor is part of an amazing series with a total of 20 ink colors, five colors each for spring, summer, autumn and winter, with the image of the four seasons of Japan. For this pack, of course, we went for the yozakura and sakuramori colors to celebrate Spring!

The brush type has a moderate elasticity and is available on both twin markers, ideal for fine writing. You can enjoy your favorite ink color found in Sailor’s famous fountain pens with a new and different texture.

You can use it together with a fountain pen, or enjoy Japanese colors with a simpler water-based marker. The water-based dye ink used here reproduces the color of the fountain pen ink, but made from different ingredients. Suitable for many occasions!
 

Sakura 2 Colors Ballpoint Pen from Japanmug

If you love having cute and practical stationery, you’ll love this 2-color Sakura themed ballpoint pen from Japanmug. The pen has both black and red ink so that you can easily switch colors while note-taking or correcting, while still keeping its cute packaging for a little bit of spring inspiration. The ink of the pen is a nice and smooth ballpoint that won’t skip on you as you write, which is perfect for writing letters or journaling, too.

Sakura Stand Stick Marker from Mindwave

Mindwave makes great solutions for sticky notes and other kinds of reminder options for those who love to stay organized. Some of their most popular versions include cute animals like hamsters or seals! If you want to give your planner a cute spring theme, you can combine this with various markers and washi tapes to add cherry blossoms to your journal or crafts. You can also stick them around your workspace or schoolwork for cute reminders throughout the day. 

Sakura 2022 Limited Edition Planner from Moleskine

Moleskine released some limited edition notebooks and planners for 2022, one featuring a “hanami” theme with people sitting at a park under the cherry blossoms, and another featuring a pastel flower theme for those who want to keep it minimalistic. Moleskine notebooks and planners are cult favorites among people who love notebooks and planners. The paper is super smooth and doesn’t bleed through even with markers or fountain pens, and is perfect if you want to start a bullet journal or just need a practical notebook for the next year. 

Sakura Theme Kamoi Washi Tape from MT

MT washi tapes are fan favorites for bullet journalers and crafters. Their washi tapes stick on very well and come in many sizes and lots of unique designs that you might not see elsewhere. Among their new releases for their Kamoi washi tape ex line is a sakura themed tape that features adorable pastel flowers on a transparent background. This is perfect for collages or borders, and doesn’t leave marks on the paper if you need to reposition it later on.

Starbucks Sakura Notebook 2022

Of course, we still have to talk about the Starbucks exclusive collections. Along with their tumblers, mugs, and thermoses, Starbucks released a Campus (by Kokuyo) style notebook available in pink and blue. These are very limited edition and are selling out everywhere due to their adorable designs and the limited supply. Since it’s a Campus notebook, you can be sure that the paper quality of the 100-page notebook will be superb, and the best part is the notebook is completely made out of recycled milk cartons collected from Starbucks stores.

How will you be decorating your stationery for spring? Whether it’s colorful washi tape, fun stickers, or getting new notebooks altogether for the season, we’re just as excited as you are for the new stationery releases of 2022. If you’re interested in getting themed stationery every month, why not take a look at ZenPop’s stationery packs? We include some of the cutest stationery for your schoolwork, work-from-home setups, bullet journaling and crafting.