[emeril]

these are a big deal in Japan - I found out about it through work and now I have my kids use them for homework instead of pencils or typical crappy american style erasable pens

but of course it confuses the teachers at the school and they insist my kids use pencils at school...

[wintermutestwin]

Yes - although these are easily available in the states, I found out about them while on vacation in Japan. I asked chatGPT what items were most sought after by visitors to Japan and pens were on that list.