WEIRD Japanese STATIONERY you've never seen before

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[@michailp3021]

In the 80s in Greece, we had a plethora of Japanese imported toys and stationery. Essentially, many of us grew up surrounded by Japanese products, often without realizing the extent of our exposure to them.

[@Decadenttia]

We experienced the same in Spain. These kind of pencils cases were easy to find in particular and almost every kid had one or had sibblins who had one.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

Same in Australia, but in the 00's and 2010's

[@chronicfish]

ναι ρε φιλεεε!!!

[@somethingdifferent...]

same here in France/Switzerland !

[@dieseldragon6756]

From my recollections of a mid 80's UK childhood, we were getting these imported to us as well. 😇

[@argentum9195]

I grew up watching my classmates bringing these fancy and expensive pencil boxes...it's soo nostalgic...although I never got the opportunity to own one, but realising how far I made without having those is such a good feeling..although the eight year old me would have done anything to get one of those things...even now I love cool stationeries like those aesthetic and vintage stickers or washi tapes but my parents think they are a waste of 💰 soo I diy them 🤗

[@lovesre]

aww i wish i could’ve gave 8 year old you one of these 😭💗💗

[@akira8335]

as a girl who owned one believe me they suck, some little rust somewhere and you done with it, once it slips and falls down you done with it, phew and if the magnet gets spoiled you done you cant even use it like a normal one and then my parents didn't even buy me a new one it suked the shiet out of me. But then again i understand you coz they looked pretty and expensive but that's it . those little shiets

[@nursejanainholland1978]

I was one of the fairly poor kids in my class but my mom worked as a cashier at a department store and got a great employee discount. She brought me home a Hello Kitty box similar to these and I loved it! My classmates were jealous. I wonder now what happened to it? I got it in 1977 or 1978.

[@happycure]

Aww.samee

[@zara5325]

Me too, my classmates had fancy pencilcases that were worth my father’s salary for a week and I used to make pencilcases for me out of shoeboxes. I think poverty brings creativity 😂

[@Brienna82]

I had some pencil cases like these when young, although not with these exact designs of course. I loved playing with it and just opening all the different compartments. A sort of fidget toy before that concept even existed for sure.

[@chilliwaterlickingecko5113]

Same here .. like batman spider man, James bond , transformers etc So many variations

[@Beefnachos]

Yes exactlyyy my adhd kicked in hard with these

[@vickyhallsworth928]

I love them. We still have similar in the U.K. I grew up with pencil cases like these. I know showing my age. 😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@gotica]

They still exist if you know where to look xD

[@sarahkellett4926]

Same for me. These bring back so many memories.

[@notyouraveragewitchx]

There's a store called Smiggle that make them still. My daughter had them when she was little

[@nhucb1]

@@notyouraveragewitchxback in primary school everyone was so proud to show off their snuggle stationary

[@nhucb1]

Smiggle*

[@khalfayoussef]

how did I end up here ?

[@Strawberry_Ashley]

Idk?

[@Decadenttia]

How crazy is that I remember having these kind if pencil boxes as a child in the 80's and they were rather easy to find in Spain's stationary shops. Literally most of my classmates had one.

[@MoonshineSunset]

In México too, they were everywhere for a good while, and mine wasn't expensive, they were cheap, but now that I think about it, they could have been chinese copies or something 😂

[@thehometrainer]

we had the spanish version "Cuca Dols "that was amazing

[@igot7jams300]

i loved these pencil cases growing up in the 2010s! the good quality ones with multiple features (like the first red hk case in the video) were a bit pricey but the basic ones were just as cute! such fun times fr

[@LyraPyxisVT]

Didn't even know these existed and I was 8 in 2010

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

​@@LyraPyxisVT I was a little kid in the mid 00's and i had a bunch of these pencil cases, it's probably less common where you live?

[@LyraPyxisVT]

i was to, i was born in the early 2000s, but i didnt start going to elementary school till around 2008@@worstusernameintheworld9871

[@partlypaula]

As someone who grew up loving stationary (and still do!) I absolutely love this video! Its so interesting to see the different cases and different compartments. Thank you for showing us these cases because I'm not sure if i would ever see cases like these had you not shown it. :)

[@JagoffCitizen]

"stationary" means the next but one word you used😆

[@Drawwithauto]

​@@JagoffCitizen You're right, most people do not know that. "Stationery" (is a noun) means school supplies, and "stationary" (is an adjective) means anything that is still.

[@AstorReinhardt]

I actually have a few of these, also vintage. We have a lot of people who are of Asian descent living here in WA state (specifically around Seattle) so a lot of things from overseas countries can end up in our thrift stores. That's how I got mine. They're so cute and I wish we had them in America...useful and adorable lol. Mine are pretty basic when compared to the Hello Kitty or the Magical House ones you have. I think my favorite is between those two...they're both awesome.

[@AlphineWolf]

My aunt gave me one for my birthday 😅. Its still in mint condition. It's a simpler one

[@Kalani_Saiko]

Washington?

[@Lea-bw9wj]

I'm Aussie and I had a couple of similar pencil cases to the 3rd one in the mid 80's. They were somewhat popular at the time.

[@angrybearhaechanie]

i'm an indian and i literally grew up using these type of stationary boxes..i remember we used to discuss who's box was the best in the whole class lol

[@Aimz360]

I love that house one, i've never seen anything like it before! Personally, as an artist with no space for a decent table, I like the black one, it would be perfect for my tiny art table and it's multi-functional. I had a similar pencil case as the first one with the dail. I got it at Disneyland Paris back in the 90's and there were buttons for each compartment and a magnetic lid. I spent more time launching a large compartment for protractors/extra pencils than I did actually using it as a pencil case.

[@bunbun25055]

😲 I love these so much!!! I had a boring pencil box growing up. They had no compartments and you just tossed everything inside of it and went about business. The Magical House one is so unique and cute! Reminds me of Polly Pocket. I would have loved having it as a kid! Heck... I would love having it now! 😂

[@bethenecampbell6463]

I was in school in the 70s and 80s. In the US these kinds of pencil cases were not common. We were encouraged to bring a cigar box from home that we could decorate. Cigar boxes were so uncommon that stores that sold school supplies had them, and they were made for pencils and erasers, never had cigars in them! I think the tray in the first box you showed was meant only as a flat surface to write on, not storage. My favorite was the dollhouse one.😊

[@johanna006]

The tray is for rulers.

[@juliecolemannelson6849]

They were pretty common in Hawai'i

[@jenniferpearce1052]

They were very common where I lived in southern California.

[@karines1856]

OMG! As an 80's kid, I had one of those pencil cases!!! You brought so many nice and cozy memories from watching this video. Thanks! 💓

[@tainadelcaribe]

As someone who grew up in the 80s/90s and since childhood has loved stationery, still does, and I’m still collecting, I missed these! I had some as a child in Puerto Rico and there were also so many reproductions made with different front covers. I traveled to SKorea for a few months, visited Japan and got some cute stationery. This is all to say that on my way back I had a layover in Shanghai and I bought some of those at the airport to s]give to my friend’s kids. I wished I kept one for myself. 😅 Also, I had a couple and one was very similar to that first red Hello Kitty one s]you showed; it just didn’t have the dial, it was all buttons and pulls and I think (it’s been a minute😅) it look like a bus.

[@dimitriskafeneioPlataria]

I remember girls in my class having similar pencil cases back in elementary school, probably from Taiwan or Japan, since the most stuff back then were made in those countries. This September, when i was out to buy some stationery for my 7 years old niece, i saw some similar pencil cases after all these years, in a big store which sells mostly stuff from China, and i felt nostalgia.

[@carpediem5343]

I always loved these pencil cases that have compartments and pop-out mechanisms. Very nostalgic..brings back memories growing up

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Indeed Japanese stationery is the best. Keep up the good work as always, Minori.

[@rachel_vill]

I actually had pencil cases similar to those. The more pop ups or doors you had on your case, the more you felt superior. That was then

[@SumireKarol]

I had a pencil case very similar to that Hello Kitty one when I was a kid back in the 90’s, but I’m from Spain! This feels so nostalgic 🥺

[@sethusk]

My favorite is the Hello Kitty one, what a marvel of engineering! I would love to have something like that when I was a kid.

[@reetaheikkila2869]

Love you Minori ❤you are so inspiring for doing things you havent before and doing it multiple times not giving up and becoming better!! Thank you for all you do we adore you so much❤❤

[@cymorilgray1891]

Soooo cute! I am showing my age I know (45) but I live in U.K. and I remember having a hello kitty one similar to this! these type of pencil cases were very on trend at the time and all the girls had them!😍 Also we collected and swapped “rubbers” or erasers as you call them. But they were novelty ones and you NEVER used them lol! So many times you would need a rubber in class and have a pocket full of your fav ones and nothing to actually “rub out” with 😂😂😂

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

As a Hello Kitty fan, I love the HK, but then again I'm a stationery fan so I love them all! The house was awesome! Perhaps the little section in the house roof could be used to put your pencils in when you're doing your homework etc?

[@DAZZY_GURL]

I had these kinda stationery at school, it was super fun. They were imported from Japan I didn't knew

[@annakwong964]

Thank you for doing this video. It does bring back memories over 20 years ago when I had one of these (not exact one). It meant a lot to me when my family got for me. Till this day I am so into these cute and useful supplies in life. My fav is the Hello Kitty and Sweet Home.

[@CraftyPrapty]

So cute 😊 I will try to make it with cardboard...specially the doll house 🏠 one .....

[@sarahbowman7566]

There were many versions of these pencils cases here in the UK in the 1980's and here they contained all of the stationery items, not just paper place holders.

[@Verlisify]

No one I knew had pencil boxes like these in the U.S. in the 90's. This stuff is incredible

[@fine.polish]

I got so much nostalgia from watching this! In the 90s, I had 3 pencil cases with similar features, and 2 of them had the buttons to open up different compartments, but the feature I loved the most was the ability to set the date with wheels on one of them. I ended up giving them to my niece, but very reluctantly!

[@maxinenall9950]

I love them All 😍 but my favorite is the 1st one Hello Kitty with the dial to open each compartment 🥰 That one was designed by a genius 😘

[@bellblue5527]

I had a pencil case like this as a child... Oops there goes my age! I felt so organised and hi-tech 😂 ahhhh those were the days 💛

[@shuhao2817]

I am from India and i grew up with them. They were always the best

[@Princess_Ally]

Even though japan has some weird and random stuff like these pencil cases but they are so cool! (Sorry i didn't comment in the last video 😅) and i also love that minori didn't throw stuff away that she loved instead she treasures them how nice of her 😊 ❤

[@aarnasworld]

Scientists are still figuring out were minori has come from❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Cynshine100]

I remember that Hello Kitty one! I didn’t have one because my mom isn’t down with impractical items. But I had friends with them and I played with it too! It’s so cute! ❤❤❤

[@belendemaria1989]

I had one like this when I was a kid in the 90s in Argentina. It was sort of like the second one. I'm pretty sure the slim trays are for your geometry set. That was really useful, as mine kept getting buried in the bottom of my backpack and broken.

[@AwkwardBirb]

The first one was SO COOL but kinda violent 😂 I’d flinch every time I needed to open something on it

[@AE1OU]

I remember as a kid back in the 90s i had something similar to that red hello kitty design but mine was green instead and had kerokeroppi as the mascot. The one i had wasnt as advance with that dial thing to open different compartments but mine had many different compartments that flips out such as a compartment for pencil sharpener, scissors, ruler slots, memo pad, cellotape and even a flip out magnifying glass.

[@nadyamelaniputri2716]

Uuw i love this type of pensilcase. I have those things a lot when I was a little. Like literally collect everything, when they update the new one, I'll always bought it. Even I have the 2 story pensilcase inside that pensilcase, the bigger one, bigger than the artsy one of yours. Thank you for this video Minori it reminds me of my past haha. 🌷🍰 I'm from Indonesia, Hai from Indonesia🇮🇩

[@Sorchia56]

I LOVE these cases! So fun. I recall dropping my pencil case like a bad habit once Star Wars came out! My big brother and I got the Deluxe Star Wars pencil case, metal lunch pal, bags, bedding, toys…I still have mine! I’m 55. They are on a shelf in my library. I will always be a Star Wars junkie. 😂

[@Siriuslyyy]

These pencil cases were my school life!!! I'm so sad to learn it's not the case anymore for the young ones

[@abhinandanaajay488]

hello Minori i am your biggest fan you are so hardworking and your work is so great love you Minori

[@lesedisekhula8513]

i have these type of pencilcase that is sanrio themed and it has a rubber and removable sharpener and at the back of the pencil case there is a white board

[@dudeluis14]

YOOOOO My sister had the one in the middle i know cause i played with it all the time

[@xXadaXxX]

OMGGG i used to watch u when i was 8-9 ? I am so happy to see u again❤

[@haruhi7745]

Welcome Back. Ah so lovely video. Ah so nice and relaxing video 😌💙🤍

[@nuhanadhirah]

I love all of them but I'm obsessed with the magical house pencil case

[@rishika3799]

I have an Indian pencil case and it is nothing but a small bag with one zip😑😑😑

[@xynthia315]

In my primary school, these were really popular! They were made by Smiggle, so only one case but lots of different patterns and colours This was Australia early 2010s btw so pretty recent

[@lunabunny_0521]

I love the hello kitty one, but the last one was my favorite. I would've definitely played with that as a kid. ❤

[@miyabi-chanmi]

I had a pencil case like the Hello Kitty one back in the late 80's in California. I wonder if it was imported and I got it somehow? I don't know for sure, but I remember loving all the cool stuff it could do!

[@sisabell]

I had a Hello Kitty one back in the early 2000s in the US! I might still have it around somewhere... it was sort of similar to the Hello Kitty one here, but instead of the dial it had several buttons you could press to make the different areas pop out/up!

[@mehreenhasan3191]

at literally 3 in the morning im watching this but why man why

[@jellyem]

Aw I remember owning a case kinda like some of those when I was younger~ I love that Hello Kitty one, all those hidden compartments are so cute!

[@Jocrazyface]

OMG, I had one of those Sanrio pencil cases! Thank you for unlocking this memory for me!!! I wonder if my mom still has it in her basement.

[@maggie2451]

I haven't seen these in years! Forgot about them. The nostalgia ❤

[@rockeryumi]

I had one of the hello kitty pencil cases growing up. Trying to explain to people how cool it was is so hard when they never seen it.

[@ldnroses]

I was born in the 90s and went to kindergarten in east Asia. I had pencil cases like this and loved them!! Everyone in my class had one too, all mostly either hello kitty, my melody or other Sanrio characters ❤

[@zoezoe4523]

The black one is so posh I really loved it ❤❤

[@r2.b2]

These were quite popular in India. Our school banned them as students started bringing more and more sophisticated pencil boxes. The school requirements were then standardised to pencil boxes/compass boxes with two or less compartments only.

[@jykamorales3923]

I love the first one, the hello kitty...❤❤❤

[@mochi8033]

When older pencil cases are cooler than new ones 😞

[@FlameFrost7]

I want the first pencil box

[@Kitchenkimithaas]

new subscribe like 20k, good

[@PrachiGamingAndCrafts]

Early squad And lots of love from India

[@katcookwontcook8945]

This was brilliant, thank you

[@Chososmunch]

OH MY GOD I HAVENT SEEN HER IN FOR SO LONGGGGG 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@gruenewolke]

I like the one with the little dollhouse 😊❤️

[@LatelierDeMandy]

I had one when I was a kid, never used it much because it didn't have enough room for all my pens, rulers etc.

[@alnicacherelledelapena5231]

I LOVED those pencil cases. I would also have those cute little food erasers that separate into pieces and i would pretend to be a bakery with the pencil case 😭. Stationaries nowadays are more minimalist and although theyre still cute, i do miss my very extra, almost unusable stationaries lol

[@somethingdifferent...]

I totally had this type of pencil case at school. I worked my way through 2. My 1st was a candy candy (a VERY popular anime at the time in France) my second that lasted me until highschool (I was teased to no end for it) it was a "Lady Oscar/Rose of Versaille" one. I originally had a my little twin star one but I traded it with my friend Sandra. My mum was pissed! The Hello kitty one was for Posh Bitches hahahaha

[@pams3887]

Growing up in the 90s in Malaysia, the pencilcases with the compartments that pop open or have hidden things were what the cool kids had 😆 I never owned one of those, but I was fascinated by them. Gosh, this brings back childhood memories 😄

[@funoflife7]

Love you minori . You are my favorite KZbinr . I love your videos. . 💜

[@antoniopolastri666]

Very curious for real😊

[@amyragaming2244]

i have a pencil case that drops sparkles u know what i mean anyway yeah and i hve that but it costs TWONINTYNINE SERIOUSELY??. and my fav was the hello kitty one

[@atiqafarooq6897]

i love the pencil cases they are so unique and some of them actually more convenient to use.

[@jooshungerecker-debruin5812]

Oh Minori you are such a delight. I love the background, so nice to see the green trees.

[@Wang-Yuyan-2570]

We still have it in india

[@FlameFrost7]

Give me the name!!!!

[@JayofallTrades]

I had some of these in the 90s cuz they still made them. I loved the multiple cartridges that you could pop out and use. It was like a secret puzzle box. The nostalgia

[@h0rriphic]

The first case brought back so many early childhood memories. It’s the exact sort of Hello Kitty aesthetic that was huge in the late 80s…Hello Kitty’s color pallet became far more pastel in the 2000s onward.

[@ChantelleArts]

Ooooh these are really cool, I think I have seen them before but not for a long while 😮

[@alexsudati]

You unlocked some very old memories, from like 30 years ago. I think I had one of these kinda like the 1st one, but I don't remember having the giant button. Anyway, thank you for the memories

[@angiechan3876]

Little house 😂👍

[@jenniferzedits]

LOL I USED THESE PENCIL BOXES and it was so funny watching my classmates just stare at me

[@TheButterRican]

loved the artsy one. convenient way to store brushes and have em all set up to paint. We had similar compartment ones in Puerto Rico back in the mid 80's

[@Manotheginger]

In the 80s and 90s, these were sooo popular! And only rich kid's parents could buy it! Specially if u have 3 or 4 kids in school, it was hard to afford it! 😂 so only a few kids had it in class and just to show off mainly! 😅 it was and still my dream to have one ❤❤

[@princessofd00m16]

Heeeyy!!! Business opportunity…….Minori’s Magical pencil cases!! Since no one else makes them, anymore, you totally should. I would buy them in a heartbeat. 😅😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻✍🏻

[@myoathRose]

NO WAYYY I HAD THE HELLO KITTY CASE BUT IN PINK. i had the exact same case in pink in like 2nd grade! I couldn’t find another one anywhere! We lost my family’s move a couple years later and I was devastated!

[@michaelweiss5320]

Ugh. We in the U.S. are LAME. We had Trapper Keepers. Expensive fancy binders that barely held anything.🙄 They had Velcro. Though I did have a Nintendo binder with a shoulder strap, and I think it was magnetic? I should have used it for Mega Man codes and Nintendo Power magazines instead of school work.

[@ashurafreedan]

plastic junk from the west: I sleep plastic junk from japan: WAOW SO AMAZING you nerds crack me up

[@Rach-yw3nm]

the last one!!!!

[@WifeMamaArtist]

1. 1980's UK, we all had these at school... 2. Heard of Smiggle? They always have this kind of stuff for younger kids 3. Those slim sections are for maths sets!

[@profscarlett]

I had pencil cases like that between 1978-1983 from Hello Kitty characters, Sanrio. There was a Hello Kitty store in my hometown of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico back in those years.

[@menchita]

Ok guys, update: they just began selling one of these kind of pencilcases in Primark (Penney's if you're Irish), Disney's Munchlings themed.

[@John.Doe.2025]

- STATIONERY you've never seen before - WE ALL Had theese, zoomer!!!

[@LunaSuJu]

I would die for the hello kitty one omg T__________________T What is the term for "functional pencil case" in Japanese? Maybe I could find some on amazon jp or ebay or somewhere?

[@delisyus]

That first case would have been the Rolls Royce of pencil cases when I was growing up. We had a lot of those with mini pianos which is why I can still play HAPPY BIRTHDAY and MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB to this day 😅