What is it about Japanese paper that makes fountain pen users giddy with delight? Consider that Japan is a country that embraces the art of the pen like no other. Kids use fountain pens in school. So paper is also a revered product and papers friendly to fountain pen inks are held in high regard.
I've not used these 100 sheet notebooks by Tsubame, but I have some on order. Below are a link and the vendor's description...and a photo or two.
http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/tsubame-japanese-college-composition-notebooks.html
If ever there was an "iconic" notebook of Japan, the Tsubame Note would be it. Its smooth laid-finish paper, soft gray cover flecked with money-paper-like threads, black spine and yellow thumb tape no doubt bring back warm memories to every student that attended college in Japan since the 1940s. In fact, it is still widely in use and has hardly changed in 60 years; basically, it is to Japan what the "composition notebook" is to the United States, except that it comes in multiple page counts, patterns and sizes...and has superior quality paper.
It is so ubiquitous that the are frequently featured in Japanese "goods" magazines, in movies, on TV and basically everywhere.
This listing is for the "B5" size, which measures approximately 7x10 inches....each varies slightly depending on the page count, so here are the exact dimensions:
100 sheets, 200 pages - 178x247mm (11mm thick), four signatures
(BY THE WAY...if you've never used a B5 size before...it's cool. Feels very "custom". Half way between the very personal A5 and the USA standard 8 1/2 x 11. Try it you'll like it.)
Price: $8.00 plus shipping.
(I found these in A5 on Rakutan for direct purchase from a Japanese vendor in a 5 pack for about $20 but the required EMS shipping put the tag at over $60. Ouch!)
All notebooks have lines spaced 7.5mm apart.
I've not used these 100 sheet notebooks by Tsubame, but I have some on order. Below are a link and the vendor's description...and a photo or two.
http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/tsubame-japanese-college-composition-notebooks.html
If ever there was an "iconic" notebook of Japan, the Tsubame Note would be it. Its smooth laid-finish paper, soft gray cover flecked with money-paper-like threads, black spine and yellow thumb tape no doubt bring back warm memories to every student that attended college in Japan since the 1940s. In fact, it is still widely in use and has hardly changed in 60 years; basically, it is to Japan what the "composition notebook" is to the United States, except that it comes in multiple page counts, patterns and sizes...and has superior quality paper.
It is so ubiquitous that the are frequently featured in Japanese "goods" magazines, in movies, on TV and basically everywhere.
This listing is for the "B5" size, which measures approximately 7x10 inches....each varies slightly depending on the page count, so here are the exact dimensions:
100 sheets, 200 pages - 178x247mm (11mm thick), four signatures
(BY THE WAY...if you've never used a B5 size before...it's cool. Feels very "custom". Half way between the very personal A5 and the USA standard 8 1/2 x 11. Try it you'll like it.)
Price: $8.00 plus shipping.
(I found these in A5 on Rakutan for direct purchase from a Japanese vendor in a 5 pack for about $20 but the required EMS shipping put the tag at over $60. Ouch!)
All notebooks have lines spaced 7.5mm apart.