tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post7789172789049846615..comments2023-12-29T11:44:38.434+09:00Comments on yokohamamama: On Design-- Pencil Casesyokohamamamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-26769368333610020222011-02-23T06:40:15.416+09:002011-02-23T06:40:15.416+09:00It's not just the pencils and pencil-cases . ....It's not just the pencils and pencil-cases . . . how come Japanese erasers work, when the ones you buy in England don't? I'm using one from Japan that's sort of lipstick-shaped, pale green, and with a picture on it of a puzzled-looking cartoon cat with its paw on a pineapple. Not exactly my style, but it DOES THE JOB! The ones I buy locally either have no effect or else tear roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-80324338751376413252011-02-20T21:38:10.392+09:002011-02-20T21:38:10.392+09:00Alice--hi! Cici is pretty big into Pokemon, too. ...Alice--hi! Cici is pretty big into Pokemon, too. That pink one in the photo is actually one she just got from a friend for her birthday (she got a Pokemon one when she started first grade last April). I agree--I don't ever remember having anything that qualified as an actual pencil case (so why did teachers always yell at kids for coming to school without pencils? How about making some yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-54213122081593495872011-02-20T21:35:19.569+09:002011-02-20T21:35:19.569+09:00Chris-- I was faintly bothered by all the Cute whe...Chris-- I was faintly bothered by all the Cute when I first came. I've sort of got used to it, actually. It bothers me less than "Xtreme" marketing in America now, actually. There are actually plain versions of this type of pencil case--these are cute, 'cause they're my kids:-)) What I love about them is the "engineering", if you will. As though somebody yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-5660148370729503652011-02-20T13:25:40.565+09:002011-02-20T13:25:40.565+09:00That's got to be the cutest pencils cases I...That's got to be the cutest pencils cases I've ever seen. *Stares jealously*<br /><br />I need to go downtown and purchase something cute from those Japanese cutesy stores asap. Hmm...maybe this weekened. :)<br /><br />My aunt actually sent me one last year though I already used all the pens and pencils so the case is pretty empty. :DEzmireldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217164955411191307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-75810578105325025862011-02-20T04:24:16.208+09:002011-02-20T04:24:16.208+09:00Oh very cool, Sage would especially love the red o...Oh very cool, Sage would especially love the red one. She is big into Pokemon lately.<br /><br />Mine were just cardboard boxes that got crushed and ripped and drawn all over. ;_;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-88851847916491922602011-02-20T04:03:47.966+09:002011-02-20T04:03:47.966+09:00I am, unfortunately, one of the few Japanophiles w...I am, unfortunately, one of the few Japanophiles who is not particularly interested in the super cuteness of things Japanese. It just doesn't do anything for me. I can appreciate it in some ways, and it is certainly an interesting element of Japanese society, and one that anyone needs to at least engage with in order to understand Japan, Japanese people, and Japanese culture/society. <br /><Chris Slabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166767450241044396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-51157435881227946152011-02-19T20:48:04.329+09:002011-02-19T20:48:04.329+09:00lostinsophistication-- no worries! Most of the un...lostinsophistication-- no worries! Most of the uni girls here have pencil cases like that (or, if a different style, at *least* as cute!) I'm supposedly a *grownup*, and I covet those pencil cases (I could go get one for myself, but my husband's eyebrows would get lost in his hairline...;-))yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-72642041673149259102011-02-19T19:46:52.318+09:002011-02-19T19:46:52.318+09:00Ah! And I who thought I had a neat pencil case! I ...Ah! And I who thought I had a neat pencil case! I will never see it in the same way ever agin, now when I know... there is such a thing as the *perfect* pencil case! (I would just love to bring Cici's pencil case with me to uni! I am *that* mature!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com