New Pen Day!
I have a couple pens somehow converging on today. This one arrived first, and is the one I’m most excited about: Wancher Kuretake Wood Glass Dip Pen - Senbonzakura! It’s my first glass pen, but the whole of this story is what excites me.
… for anyone interested;
Each Senbonzakura Glass Pen is handcrafted one by one. Mount Yoshino (吉野山), known as a World Heritage Site in Nara, Japan, is the land that has nurtured thousands of cherry blossom trees since old times. On account of conservation purposes, sakura trees on Mount Yoshino have been banned for exploitation since 1300 years ago.
In 2018, successive heavy downpours resulted in a large-scale typhoon in southwestern Japan, affecting Nara Prefecture, and making many Yoshino cherry trees fall. With the aim to preserve and utilize these rare trees, Kuretake registered and inherited some of the fallen cherry trunks from Yoshino Mountain, where the company office is also headquartered. From here, the **Senbonzakura (**千本桜 - Thousands of Cherry Blossoms) Glass Dip Pen was born, becoming a remarkable art piece that can be cherished for years.