PikaKiraKuzu’s Favorite Japanese Stationery Picks | ZenPop Japan
Meet pikakirakuzu, a stationery lover who shares colorful, kawaii and playful ways to make everyday writing feel a little more fun.
Through journaling, planning, and clever stationery discoveries, she highlights the small details that make Japanese stationery so enjoyable to use — tools that are practical, charming, and thoughtfully designed at the same time.
From dual-color highlighters to smart clips and planner stamps, her favorite items reflect a love for stationery that blends creativity with everyday usefulness.
Meet pikakirakuzu
- Name: pikakirakuzu
- Instagram: @pikakirakuzu
- Website: pikakirakuzu.com
- Style: Colorful, practical, kawaii and playful stationery
- Themes: Journaling, planning, clever stationery tools, daily creativity
pikakirakuzu’s Favorite Stationery Picks
1. MILDLINER Mix Highlighter by Zebra
How I use it:
I use these highlighters to brighten up paperwork, notes, and documents during work.
Why it’s special:
“At my job, I often have to highlight paperwork, and I love using these to bring a little fun and personality into an otherwise plain business setting. My customers seem to enjoy them too!
Each side of the nib has its own color, so you can use the edge of the chisel tip for a single color or the full tip for both colors at once. The only downside is that if you store it at an angle, you may need to prime it the next day to get both colors flowing clearly again. That said, priming it can create a really pretty ombré effect, so even that has its charm!”
2. Clear Smart Clip by TOHKIN CORPORATION
How I use it:
I use these clips to organize loose notes and small stacks of paper.
Why it’s special:
“This is actually an item I received from ZenPop, and I really love the design. It is simple, effective, and genuinely clever, which is something I have always admired about Japanese stationery.
The grip is strong enough to keep everything in place, but gentle enough to avoid creasing or damaging the paper, which I found especially impressive.”
3. Paintable Planner Stamps by Midori
How I use it:
I use these stamps for planners, journals, sticky notes, and small decorations.
Why it’s special:
“These stamps are oil-based, which makes them smudge-resistant and lets you color them in with translucent inks without worrying about the stamped lines running.
I also really appreciate how Midori designed these to interlock vertically, making them easy to stack and store neatly. They are the perfect size for stamping onto sticky notes too, which is great if you want to decorate or plan without risking a mistake directly on your journal page.”
Reflections from pikakirakuzu’s Desk
Looking across pikakirakuzu’s stationery choices, a clear theme appears: bringing personality into everyday tasks. Whether it’s paperwork at work, organizing loose notes, or decorating journal pages, her favorite tools all add a little creativity to otherwise ordinary moments.
From dual-color highlighters that create soft ombré effects to planner stamps designed for flexible journaling, each item reflects the thoughtful functionality that makes Japanese stationery so satisfying to use.
What stationery tools make your daily routines feel a little more fun?
Maybe it’s a colorful highlighter, a clever desk tool, or a stamp that turns planning into something creative.
If you’d like to explore tools like the ones pikakirakuzu uses, discover more in our collection of Japanese stationery designed for joyful everyday creativity.
