Nowadays, all we have to do to communicate with each other is tap the screen of a smartphone and type in a message. But whatever happened to the physical act of writing?

One drop at a time: At Inkstand by Kakimori, the shop staff measure out and mix the ink with pipette, beaker and graduated cylinder, like some laboratory experiment. | RYOICHI OKAZAKI
One drop at a time: At Inkstand by Kakimori, the shop staff measure out and mix the ink with pipette, beaker and graduated cylinder, like some laboratory experiment. | RYOICHI OKAZAKI

Kakimori is just the place to rediscover the pleasures of handwritten expression. The popular stationery shop is always thronged with people drawn to its mesmerizing array of writing implements; paper products; and made-to-order notebooks with a choice of customizable covers, pages and fasteners. Kakimori's aim is to make writing fun — an objective furthered by the cornucopia of colors offered at its nearby annex, Inkstand by Kakimori.