Ito-ya

Ito-ya is a Japanese stationery specialty store founded in 1904 (Meiji 37). According to its official site, the founder was Katsutaro Ito, whose encounter with stationery led him to open a shop in the then-emerging Ginza district. The company describes itself as a stationery specialty store that has continued to offer 'new value one step ahead' in every era, and it operates three business areas: retail, food, and space-related businesses. Its product categories span writing instruments, pencils and markers, office supplies, files, notebooks and memo pads, art supplies, paper, cards, letter paper and envelopes, seals and stamps, albums and frames, planners, calendars, Japanese stationery, leather goods and bags, watches and loupes, globes and interior goods, party and home items, and books.

Ito-ya's official history states that the company began in 1904 (Meiji 37), when its curious founder, Katsutaro Ito, encountered stationery. At that time stationery was just beginning to be introduced to Japan with the arrival of a new era. Through stationery, Katsutaro sensed Western-style efficient ways of working and the future of Japan, and wanted as many people as possible to see it, so he decided to open a shop in the then-emerging district of Ginza. The company says it has continued, with this 'curiosity' as its DNA, to seek out and propose 'new value one step ahead' and ideas and tools that make life — especially creative time — more comfortable. It describes three business areas: a retail format proposing 'things' that make working time more beautiful and comfortable, a food business supporting workers from within, and a space business providing quality business spaces and places to encounter new creativity.

A stationery specialty store that presents 'new value one step ahead' and aims to make creative time more beautiful and comfortable.

Product categories. writing instruments · pencils and markers · office supplies · files · notebooks and memo pads · art supplies · paper · cards, letter paper and envelopes · seals and stamps · albums and frames · planners · calendars

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