Traveler's Factory, Nakameguro

Recently I’ve been going down a stationery rabbit hole. I’m a bit of a former stationery addict (I had a Field Notes subscription for a year or two back in my uni days) and considering Japan has some great stationery brands I was curious to see what sort of notebooks were available here. One of the more beloved brands is the Traveler’s Notebook range, and since they had a store in Nakameguro I decided to check it out. I assume Traveler’s Notebooks are reasonably popular in Japan, but they actually have a bit of a cult following overseas, and so the bulk of the visitors to this store are probably tourists making a pilgrimage. You can also buy Traveler’s notebooks from regular stationery stores too, so the only reason you’d really want to visit here is if you were a fairly big fan of the brand to begin with. The main distinction with Traveler’s Notebooks is that they have leather covers with replaceable paper inserts. The concept is that you hold onto the leather cover forever, and just…