Mechanical Pencil Museum
I love this story. This university student has turned his passion since childhood into a museum so he can share this interest with others.
Since he was a young elementary school student, Kengo Hirose asked his father to take him to stationery stores. Kengo was fascinated by mechanical pencils. He is now 20 years old and a university student, majoring in architecture. And, he still loves mechanical pencils.
In June, he opened the Museum of Mechanical Pencils in Kyoto’s Nakagyo Ward. He has thousands mechanical pencils from Japan and abroad, many of them from the 1980’s, and no longer being made. Visitors are allowed to try out many of the pencils and he also has some pencils for sale. The museum is open from 1 pm to 7 pm on Sundays, with reservations in advance. Visit https://hiroseteppitudo.stores.jp/reserve/kyoto-512
(Text in Japanese only) for reservations.
3 comments:
That is a very niche museum! Good for him, I hope his museum is a great success.
Interesting museum to set up.
Many Japanese people are crazy about collecting things and showing their collections.
There are many types of mechanical pencils in Japan, although they were not used to be allowed in schools. Elementary school children had to learn how to sharpen their pencils with a small knife. I would say this is a daily habit with a Zen connection.
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