The Mechanical Pensil in Japan

Japanese mechanical pensils are very unique and inovative. The reason for that is that there are about five different makers exist in Japan and they are so competive from each other to survive even inside the country. Famous makers are Mitsubishi,Pentel,Sharp,Tombow,and such.

Japanese kids usually grow up using many different mechanical pensils with different makers ever since they are elementary school,and it will become so useful when they have to solve math problems. Like other products in Japan, mechanical pencil was imported from oversee,it was first invented in Britain in 1822 by Samson Mordan,and have been improved ever since by those different makers.