Fatal attraction to stationery ^o^~☆ I can get lost in Japanese stationery stores. They are often multi-storied and offer a huge variety of goods from pens to notebooks, from sticks to writing paper. Japanese culture traditionally gives a great importance to seasonal changes and all the merchandise (stationary included) changes in color and patter altogether. The only problem is that if I happen to enter a stationery store I can't leave without having bought something. Utility is not the only reason why people buy things and I am so madly attracted by beauty. ^o^ Sometimes I wonder if I am purchasing a book jacket/cover or a crumb of charming fabric, a pencil sharpener or a glimpse of pure wonder. My solution to the problem? I walk a little faster every time I see a stationary from afar and just go away. (^o^);