What's new ?

** We received the order of Dragonflies by Chinkin technique. **
We used both of line and dot engraving and use color for motif.

**This artwork is Yakou Maki-e with Raden (Sea shells) ** 08/06/22
  The motif is ''Wild Strawberry''. Please have a look at this page.

**We made pastel (blight) blue color. **   08/06/09
Usually the Urishi artworks tend to be dark at first moment, however this color is blight and
gentle. Please have a look at it once at Special color corner.

** The Dragon of populer rolling stopper was made. **   08/06/08
We made a fortune ''White dragon'' model as well.
You can imbed colored stone to eyes and the dragon ball.
Please visit"Special order page''.

**A very beautiful result by Chinkin techniques.  ** 08/06/08
A motif is "A peacock with westeria."
After doing both of line and dot engraving, we use many colors and harmonized as whole.

**A Mamory of Japan trip became a pen. **   08/05/04
The pen is required fro foreign customer when he went to Nara.
A motif is the''Un'' statue of Horyuji temple.

**Nanten (a heavenly bamboo) scattered on silver body.**  08/04/29
A base model is Piccolo . Beautiful work with silver trims as ajiro. Please watch this page.

**A purpose is to make a contrast between red and white color. **
We described white roses on Shu (red) base. This kind of design is also nice to men as well as
slient design like Sumiko pens. Please visit here.

**Blue sea Shells on Decagon barrel.  ** 08/04/27
Please have alook at the pictures before explanation.

**A picture of ''Hanuman" was renewed. **    08/04/27
We recieved a new order from a customer, so we took pictures at studio.
Please have a look at this corner.

**A Centipede and a Scall **     08/04/27
A collaboration of Sumiko technique and rolling stopper. Please have a look at the pictures.

**I am sorry, Nakaya change the schedule to Chicago.**   08/04/07
Nakaya goes to Chicago every year, but we cannot go this year.
In Tokyo, Platinum and Nakaya will have a special fair at Itoya headquarter in Ginza and we
had to consentrate to this, I am sorry.
On behalf of Nakaya staff ,Mr. John Mottishaw kindly introduce Nakaya pens at the shaw.
We will plan some event instread of Chicago, I am sorry.

**A new artwork of 'Ajiro' specification. ** 08/03/30
A quality of bamboo trunk is given to the pen based on a beautiful bamboo knitting ''Ajiro''
pattern . We show it at the same corner of previous model.

** ''Camellia'' based on Sumiko technique. **        08/03/30
Looks simple , but we feel high capability for this artwork.

**New colors of nib are available. **   08/03/29
I am sorry to have kept you waiting, a system that a speicial color of nib was finally able to be
made. We can match the color of each trims to a nib now.
A line up of trims  is this corner, line up of several color of nibs is this corner.

** Scarly (?) cat. **    08/03/29
A horrible cat is jumping in while breaking Japanese Shoji screen.
Please go to this corner.

**Silver 'Bokashi' Dragon ,deskpen version has made.**   08/03/13
We recieved a full set of deskpen by this design. Please have a look from page7 of this corner.

**Nakaya makes this artwork by ourself this time.**   08/03/12
We hope to catch up with the highest Maki-e technique of Edo period in Japan.
The artwork this time ("Jurojin") is one of this purpose.

** I am sorry, one reguler product will be raised the price.**08/03/05
A PICCOLO Cigar and Writer model in Black color will raised it's price from April 1st.
This model is reasonable price so that many customers purchased as the first fountain pen,
but we Nakaya was not able to keep maintaining the same price.
The price of both items will be the same as Writer long siae. ($385)
Besides, a total length of Piccolo Writer and Cigar model has been the same.
A Writer model became shorter and same length as Cigar.
Please check the size and the   price.

**New retail shops will start for Nakaya. **    08/03/04
Kyoto     JR Kyoto Isetan 6F Men's goods.   open : March 8th.
Fukuoka   Hakata Daimaru   4F Prime life zone   open April 2nd.

At first, it is available for only a reguler products.But you can see several Maki-e artworks at
Kyoto Isetan in March. Please visit.
We will introduce these brand new shops at Nakaya shop corner as well.(I am sorry, only in
Japanese)

** ''Shuro'' tree by Taka Maki-e. **               08/02/28
We used a Akakuchi-shu for the first time. Please have a look at here.

**A coloerd powders by Chinkin line and point engraving ** 08/02/17.
Please have a look at this website.

** Kyoto Ken-nin-ji temple Dragons by Togikiri technique** 08/02/11
It is not so easy to express brush (Indian ink) drawing by Maki-e, but please have a look at
this Togi-kiri technique.

**Tame-Sukashi ''Hannya-Shinkyo''    08/02/10
By a oversea's customer's requirement, we made "Hannya-Shinkyo" ont a pen body.
Please go to this page.

** Yakou-nuri Heki color Picclol model **     08/02/09
Also a grip section with splinkled gold powders.
A motif is the crown made in Greece of B.C.Palmet. Please visit here.

**A special pen barrel by Kanshitsu powders **     08/02/09
This is one artwork of changing the shape of pen by only Urushi and Kanshitsu powders.
A base model is Nakaya Piccolo, and we made it to mount a cap to the bareel and
also prevent rolling. You can take a look at this at Special corner and trial products corner.

**  We updated the Event corner   **    08/02/01
I am sorry that almost all events will be held in Japan.
Usually, we Nakaya can only meet every customers through the web, so we  really look forward
to seeing over the counter.  Here is the schedule by May.

** Emil Galle taste 'A Dragonfly' has completed.**   08/01/24
A technique of Shu-ai Urushi on transparent body enable us to make this model.
A vary beautiful artwork so that we Nakaya is going to lauch several trial from now.

** Ishime-Knshitsu in Kikyo(Blue) version. ** 08/01/07
Please visit ''Kanshitsu'' pageof Special product corner.

**We science as for 'Writing'. **   08/01/04
We disclose a little about one part of Nakaya.    It is the "Writing Science devision. "

** The collection of ''Goldfish" by several techniques. ** 08/01/02
We attach the hyper link among the following artworks, but this is a collection of Gold fish.

   by a regular Maki-e technique ;     Latest model (New)      the 1st version
   by Tame-Sukashi technique   ;     Aka-tame-Sukashi (New)    Nuri-hanashi "telescopes"
                                                    Kuro-tame&Aka-tame
   by Chinkin technique             ;     colored Chinkin (New)
★Oh! This was, too.                 :     Gold fishes converter

** Another version of Silver(Gin) bokashi Dragon ** 08/01/01
We upload it on the same corneras previous version.
Silver part around the dragon is slightly different.

** We took some pictures again by a high image quality. ** 08/01/01
We took pictures which are especially difficult to express such as ;
Tame-sukashi "Friendly Goldfishes" ,  Owl ,
Chinkin "Squirre and wild grapes".

** We added color stones with a solid clip. ** 07/12/31
Sapphire, Peridot, Ruby are used. Please check the clip corner.

** Nakaya / Nakata will go abroad.   **    07/12/07
  2007.12.16-18 Belgium   Brussels
              19-20 Paris
   2008.  1. 6-10  Hong Kong              ''Hong Kong International Stationary fair.''
               20-21 Switzerland    Zurich
               22-29 Germany frankfurt   ''The Paper World 2008''

                      It will be fun to meet Nakaya customers at hotel and so on.,,,,

**2 populer Tame-nuri (Aka-tame and Kuro-tame) became 1 pen.
A motif is also populer "gold fishes".
So many layers have been done on the barrel. Please check here.

**"Zogan" made from white gold. ** 07/12/02
We made White Gold (WG) Zogan by the customer's order in Ukraine to match WG clip.
Please refer here.

** Olive Green color by Urushi Tame-Nuri. **     07/12/01
Many customers send interesting images for Piccolo model.
This order was designed by an Australian woman.  Please visit this page.

**''Maple leaves'' by traditional technique. **    07/11/27
This is one of the most traditional motif for Maki-e fountain pen.
We can see maple leaves with small animals like birds for other trqditional layout, however
a customer this time (A female person in Israel) ordered only maple leaves this time.
Please see this page.

**Please see '2 layers of ''Tame-Sukashi'' technique' ** 07/11/25
A motif is bamboo wood. A craftsmen has done Tame-sukashi twice to express 3-D effect.
Please check this technique here.

** Decapod Sumi-ko finish with gold trim. **    07/11/25
An elegant design of this Decapod does not get us tired.     Please go to this page.

**''The East meets the West'' by Sumi-ko technique was made. 11/25
It took over 8months to complete. Please have a look at the pictures.

**Brand new version of "Housouge" series **   07/11/18
A vary populer "Tame-Nuri base" is here, a neat "dark blue/platinum"combination is here.

**Rest for a moment. **        07/10/20
The greeting cards that 'Nakaya Company' who was it's antecedent of Platinum Pen Co., had mailed to their customers in 1940's was discovered by a customer.
Thank you for providing to Nakaya. We introduce them here.

**A brand new technique of Ryukyu Tsuikin .**     07/10/20
Cherry blossoms are expressed by So-Zuke techinque. Tsuikin has done for whole body in gold
color. Please visit this corner.

**Thank you for waiting. We launched 2tone Music nib. 07/10/20
We finally made a 2tone color Music nib.
You can see 2tone Music and a single tone one at this corner.

** Chinkin "A phoenix in the paulownia." **    07/10/19
A craftsman uses point engraving and line engraving for this artwork.
Please visit 'Chinkoku' corner.

**"Negoro-nuri taste" is painted in Wajima **   07/10/08
Please enjoy a feeling of threadbare and worn-out quality.
Nakaya is now making a feeling of 'be broken', 'wither', 'be torn' by Maki-e techniques.
We have already launched a feeling of 'be torn' by "Ayakeshi model" and customers
misunderstood this product had crack truely.
We would like to start from this Negoro-nuri model to express a feeling of worn-out feeling.
Please check''Trial product" corner.

**A customer's favorite thing became a solid clip. ** 07/10/08
We made a sold clib made from silver according to customers' preference.
An animal, a musical instruments, vehicle etc.. We have a variety of idea for this part.
Please check the Clip corner.

**A Crab by 'togi-kiri' Maki-e technique  ** 07/08/18
This pen was required by UK customers.
This is the 1st model of 'togi-kiri'Maki-e based on Silver surface.
Please refer to ''Enko-sokuen-zu'' , a same technique based on gold surface.

**''Lovely rabbits'' by 2 techniques ** 07/08/15
Popular 2 techniques like 'Tame-sukashi' and 'Yakoh-nuri' have been done for one Nakaya pen
for the first time. A motif is husband and wife of rabbits by ''Chijyu-giga" pictures.
Very pretty and gentle atomosphere. Please visit this page.

**We made basic Chinkin(black/gold) for a popular ''Housoge'' series.
Nakaya has made a basic Chinkin (black/gold pattern) for 2 Nakaya models (Writer portable and
Piccolo) . Also we have done Maki-e clip suitable for the pen barrel for the first time.
Please visit ''Chinkoku'' Special order corner.
Also you can have a look at 4 variations of Chinkoku, chinkin series at this page.

**Diamonds and Sapphires were set around the clip. ** 07/08/13
Sapphires were set looks like gradation and diamonds were set to 2 lines.
An excellent quality of setting some bijoux for Nakaya pens makes ellegance more than a
writing tools. You canhave a looka at them at Special corner.

**This is the pen for which was used by Japanese Movie. 07/08/11
This pen was popular in the actors and actress. Please have a look at this page.

**A paulownia box for special order products were renewed. 07/08/11
A top of lid applies the curved surface and makes 'Kuri'. Please have a look at ths picture.

**Nakaya supports Japanese movie.     07/07/16
From last November, Nakaya made some fountain pens as actor and actress use in movie and
also advised acting of fountain pen shop which is main motif of this movie.
The title is "A closed note"and read by over 1 million Japanese people mainly through the web.
The pen was made based on Cigar model and this movie will be screened form Sep 29th.
The official sight is; www.closed-note.com/index.html . (This link has time limit by the end of this year.)

**A traditional motif 'Gold fish' was ordered by a customer. 07/07/01
A several colors of gold express gold fishes. Please visit this corner.

**"Cats with wool balls " ** 07/07/01
We employs colored Chinkin for the first time.
Please enjoy the variation of several Chinkin techniques here.

**A picture of Matisse became to Nakaya pen.**   07/06/24
A coloring and feeling are different from Maki-e world, but a beautiful pen has been completed
with customer's cooperation. Please visit this sight.

** The "Waves" by Sumiko and Chinkoku tachnique.** 07/06/24
A production period ; 7 month. This artwork is the most expensive one of Nakaya current work.
It is uploaded on this sight.

** The latest pictures of 'Kuroku'(nine deers) ** 07/05/27
We took pictures of the latest artwork of this model ordered by a customers.
We added a picture in detail and inside of a cap by higher quality of pictures.
Please visit this Maki-e corner .

** Sumiko 'Palmet' by a Nakaya customer. ** 07/05/20
A palmet was made a motif of trim by 'Sumiko' technique. Please have a look at this corner.

**A "Kisho(good fortune) Lobster".   ** 07/05/20
A lobster is one of most famous motives. Please visit here.

**The 2nd of "time passege"series. "Matt-Tame-sukashi"** 07/05/20
Nakaya owner kindly cooperated to take pictures of rare 'Matt('nuri-hanashi')' tame-sukashi
artwork. some pictures are 1.5 year old and beautiful motives (gold fishes) appeared also in case
of this technique. The first 3 pictures are 1.5 year-old one of this corner.

** The 2nd edition of "The spider (with fireflame)".** 07/05/04
This time artwork is not ordered by the customers.
One of Nakaya Maki-e artists totally produced by his creativity. Please visit this corner.

**Ishime Kanshistu (stone finish) with Raden .   ** 07/04/22
We made this finishing on the Decapod model and Piccolo. Please visit this corner.

**The Acsending Dragon by 'sumi' matt black finish on a desk pen set.
This artwork looks like an iron. Please visit this page.

**A collector's box by 'Chin-koku' technique. ** 07/04/08
Plese visit this corner.

**The highest clase dragon "Za-ryu(座龍)"has completed.** 07/04/05
We Nakaya put the highest class Dragon on the fountain pen.
A coiling layout on the barrel is suitable for the pen, but a very front view of dragon by Maki-e on the fountain pen has impact. Please have a look at this corner.

** Attention Nakaya server will move. **    07/04/05
Nakaya internet server will move on April 8th 23:00 p.m (Japan time).
I am sorry to bother Nakaya customers, Nakaya will make effort to move within 24 hours from above time. But please pay attention to it. You cannot access our website during this period.

** Nakaya goes to Chicago Pen Show **    07/04/01
Also this year, Nakaya will exhibit Chicago Show 2007.
We arrive at May 3rd, leave May 8th.

**A different version of "Sumiko Ayakashi" ** 07/04/01
"Ayakashi" and "The Whale and wave " are required by the customers frequently.
Sometimes Nakaya change their specification slightly by talking with customers.
Please have a look at from the 6th picture of "Ayakashi" corner.
A customer approved to wait for a while, so Nakaya could have pictures at photo studio.

** "A spider and the web"by Sumiko(charcoal) technique.** 07/04/01
A gold 'Taka-maki-e' spider and silver web with 'Sumiko' matt black background has good
contrast and high quality. Please visit 'Sumiko' section of Special order corner.

** "Ajiro" has been completed.  **   07/03/31
A feeling like bamboo knitting , this is "Ajiro".
Nakaya  reprinted "Ajiro" pattern of Inro in Japanese Edo period.
This is one of Nakaya masterpiece.

**A new edition of Ryukyu "Tsuikin" has been completed. * 07/03/18
A type for a dragon coiling around a long barrel is here.
A type for a Desk Pen set is here.

** We introduce "Chin-koku" and "Chin-kin". ** 07/03/18
It finished a very beautiful pen.
Nakaya rarely mentions about the price of each products. but this product is economical.
The "Chinkoku" is here, the "Chin-gin" is here.

**An Acsending dragon by silver Taka-Maki-e on "tame-nuri"surface.
By using silver powder, this model has matalic feeling on populer "Tame-nuri"base.
Please have a look at this picture.

**A popular Tame-sukashi Dragon has mounted on a popular desk pen.
One customer has ordered before Nakaya tried to make.
A long barrel, a trumpet and a flat stand are differnt shape, so that a desp set is a creative
theme. Please go to this corner.

**A brand new modle from customers.  ** 07/02/21
All of Nakaya customers' sence of beauty is really wonderful.
We Nakaya is also pleased with collabration and good studying opportunity.
   A Palmet
   A peony with jewel.
   A special size "Heki-tame" version.

** We set up a color variation for　a Clip and trims. ** 07/02/13
  We Nakaya prepared several color of plated trims such as a clip and band on a cap.
Champagne gold, Pink Gold, Matt Gold, Ruthenium, etc....
We hope you will arrange to make your best Nakaya pen with these trims.

** A Spear by 'Sumi-ko' technique  ** 07/01/14
A spear is expressed on the Sumi-ko surface at the Specisl Order Corner.
A base model is Nakaya Cigar long size. You can see it on this page.

** Ishime Kanshitsu 'Green' version **     07/01/14
Other colors like 'Shu' (red) and so on are available same as metalic 'Suzu(tin)' ishime.
Please go tothis pege.

**A beautiful letter from a customer    07/01/08**
We introduce a beautiful letter. A this time calligrapher is a 19-year-old female person.
Please have a look at the Calligraphy corner. (below)

** We received a new color of reguler models.   07/01/04 **
A coincidence or either color of model was "Araishu".
You can have a look at the ''Araishu" of the Decapod model is here,
and the Equilibrium model is here.
Both models can been seen on Nakaya reguler products corner.

** A brand new Dragon has been completed by a brand new technique.
Nakaya has made a brand new Dragon by Ryukyu (Okinawa) Tsuikin technique.
A heaping up body of dragon has impact and reality.
Since, Tsuikin is lacquer technique, please visit Maki-e corner.

**Pictures of  2-year-old "Tame Sukashi" Dragon     07/01/03**
Thanks to a customer in the US, he kindly returned his Dragon pen and Nakaya could take some
pictures of 2-year-old artwork. A gold color of dragon has brightened and beautifully changed !
Please checkhere !! (From Page5 of this corner.)

**Revised "Ganesh" has completed.     07/01/03 **
Nakaya revised "Ganesh" and changed picutures by a customer's brand new order.
A Maki-e quality is also much better than before.

**Colored transparent cap by "Shu ai "urushi lacqure 07/01/02 **

The second version of colored transparent finishing by using an acrylic material and Shu-ai
urushi. This modelwill be excellent by put some motif on it.

**Nakaya will go to Italy and Germany. 06/12/21**

Nakaya will go to Roma from Jan 20th to 22nd,and Nakaya will show some Nakaya pens at the Paper World 2007 in Frankfurt.from 24th to 28th. If you have opportunity, I would like to meet you there.
We also introduce a detail on the"event page."

**Another model of masterpiece "The whale and Wave". 06/12/17
We introduce one more artworks by special requiremant by the customers for this model.
Several version of this masterpiece has been completed.
This time model was lathed a little bigger barrel and changed some design as well.
You can see it on page 6 and 7 of this corner.

**More design for a watch dial.....      06/12/16
Nakaya has recieved order as a watch dial once again.
The last one was required from Switzerland, this time was from Canada.
Techniques we used were "Sumiko" and "Tame-sukashi."
I hope someone will be a reference.

Additional color of "Silver (tin) Kanshitsu (stone finish) model "12/16
This model  is a little difficult to be recognized on the web, but always sold out over the
counter. This time Nakaya made some colors by this technique.

**A picture of PICCOLO WRITER MODEL is introduced. 06/10/12
We uploaded the picture of PICCOLO with clip model.
You can see it on product page.

** A Maki-e was done on white Urushi lacquer ware.   06/10/01
As you know, a color of whtie Urushi is not a pure white, however the color matched with
a motif this time. A motif this time is "a raspberry" .
Please have a look at this beautiful result .

** "The holy Mother and the Son" by Shobu-tame-sukashi. 06/09/17
A person concerned Christian ordered to draw this motif.
Each delicate lines will be clear day by day. Please check this corner.

**Tin Ishime-kanshitsu(stone finish) by green (heki) color model. 9/17
A metalic feeling is beatiful by the tin stone finish surface.
We Nakaya now making a different color by the same technique.
This time model is green("heki") like these pictures.

** "A Forget-me-not" for a Japanese customer. 06/08/07
"A Forget-me-not" has made by Maki-e technique for a Japanese female customer.
This time we used a different technique called "Ashide" method for Kanji character.
Please have a look at this corner.

**"Zo-gan" on a grip section is launched.   06/08/06
Nakaya remade a "Zo-gan" which was very populer in golden period of the foutain pen in Japan.
This design is matched with Nakaya retro feelings of a grip section.
Please have a look at this corner.

**Desk pen with cap is introduced formally.    06/08/05
We show some pictures of desk pen.　
As we all know, an ebonite is a light material, thus enables to hold a pen without any stress.
So Nakaya deskpen with an elastic nib is supported by a lot of demale customers.
Now we have a cap, so you can also carry this pen.
Please visit the corner of this product here.

**"Cherry blossoms" by Sumiko method.      06/07/03
We are proud of many foreign customers love a sober Maki-e like this.
I t is hard to recognize Sumiko method though internet, but the layout is like
Ukiyoe and heaping up at tree and branches are real. Please check here.

**"Bamboo in silver color" has been completed.   06/07/01
As requested by a foreign customer, bamboo by silver powder has been completed.
Please check this website.

**We updated event schedule (in Japan) for summer season.06/06/26
Since summer is not populer season for pens, but Nakaya exhibits a few 'Japanese traditional
artwork by craftsmen'.
If you have any opportunity to go there,please visit Nakaya.
A schedule is here.

**We have finally shown the pictures of Decapod "Heki-tame"version.
A Decapod model has 10 angles so that we Nakaya made this barrel in order to express
a difficult color like 'heki-tame',but when we shown this model at show in Chicago and so on,
this products were sold at once.
We apologize to be late in introducing this model on the web.
Please visit this pictures.

**We made pen pouch by (Kyoto) Nishijin textile     06/06/20
Nakaya made pen pouch for 1 piece by 'Nishijin-ori' cloth.
We also made it for 5 pieces by same cloth.
Please have a look at this picture.

**We introduce a desk pen stand for 9 Nakaya pens. 06/06/10
This desk stand contains Nakaya full set of Nakaya basic nibs.
Nakaya always carries this when we go to some events for the samples of nibs in front of customers. This tool does not need lerge space, so we Nakaya feels convinient.
You can see this ondesk pen corner.

**An acceptable table for other makers' fountain with desk stand.
We recieve many questions about adjustment of other makers' fountain pens to Nakaya desk
stand. So we checked populer fountain pens and made a table.
Please have a look at the table on this web.

**Nakaya formed some opinions for several items around pens. 6/5
Not only the items on this corner, but we introduce some pictures which Nakaya keeps
at this moment.
We will introduce one by one from now at this corner.

**The 1st version of "Heki-tame Yakoh nuri"**    06/06/04
A flog and cherry was expressed by Yakoh in 'heki-tame' technique.
Please proceed this page.

**"A Bamboo" has completed.**     06/06/03
We have launched a new product with motif of bamboo by Maki-e.
THe motif of bambo has much inquired by our customers.
Therefore we have launched it and introduced on this page.
Since each part of bamboo is decolated very finely,the cost is high.
Based on this model,we can make several other designes of the bamboo pen.
Please have a look at this page.

**A cat by 'Utagawa Kuniyoshi' has finaly completed.** 06/06/02
This model is the 2nd version of Nakaya customer's request.
She loves cats and chose this motif and also put one big diamond of her ring and inbet at the bottom of a barrel.
A cap is made from transparent acrilic body with 'Shu' bokashi.
This pen has many materials and techniquse, but the pen itself is quite gentle and ellegant.
The pen is one of masterpiece of Nakaya.
The picture is less than actual product,but please have a look at this for your reference.

**One more "The Shoki chases the Demon" has completed. **5/30
We have completed shoki as the second version.
A layout is same as before one,but the detail part like pupils are different and have power.
Please go to this page.

**The sample of "1 year later" of "Aka-Tame"and "Heki-tame". 5/23
We cannot recognize clearly about the color of these two models.
This time Nakaya uploaded 1 year old model of these. Please proceed this corner.

**" Yakoh nuri, "Hagi (bush clover)" has launched** 2006/5/21
This picture shows 1 month old model, you can see the color has changed from the edge.
Please visit this page.

**Pictures of  elastic nib (2 tone) has been uploaded** 2006/5/18
Since an elastic nib is populer, Nakaya showed this nib with 2 tone
color varsion.
Please accsess here.

** Decapod model has launched ** 2006/5/3
A cap, a barrel and top piece of the cap are decapod .
This pen has many (10) corners ,so that "Tame-nuri" colors are beautifully expressed .
An aspect of the cap and barrel is flat when you close the cap. (from 1 of 4 scew enterences).
You can see this modelon the product page here.

** Hagi (Bush clover) paltinum powder base ** 2006/4/30
Platinum powders are sprinkled on the barrel .
This pen became a bright and ellegant atomosphere.
Please access here.

** Urushi painted on the transparent barrel** 2006/4/28
Nakaya finally completed the barrel with Urushi body.
It looks like Art Nouveau because Urushi does not completely cover transparency and does not penatrate the transparency of the reverse side.
So you can sightly see the inside of barrel through Urushi lacquer ware.
Please access here.

**2 brand new models have launched** 2006/4/5

"Fighting Chickens"
Standard Maki-e "Fighting Chickens".
For a long time, we have Chicken fighting game in Japan .
This motif is typical motif for Fighting Chickens (Japanese name "Toukei").

Yakou method "Bat"
Based on Yakou special technique , only main motif bat keeps its color (black)
and
its background will be brighter from the edge of bats.
Base coating is popular "tame-nuri" method, so you can choose not only red
("akatame") ,but also
"Heki-tame (blue/green)".

** Nakaya goes to 2006 Chicago Pen Show ** 2006/4/4
Nakaya will go to the 2006 Chicago Pen Show .
So we can customize the nib and bring your favorite barrel if you require
by the end of April.
When you will come to Chicago Show, we Nakaya staffs tune the nib for the
best condition in front of you.
This is the best opportunity for us to customize your Nakaya pen.

** Nakaya launched "elastic" nib. ** 2006/4/4
By cutting 2 parts of nib, Nakaya nib has more flexibility and elasticity.

Based on Music , Ex-broad , broad ;           → to elastic Music , elastic Ex-broad , elastic broad
Based on flexible-medium and flexible-fine　→ to elastic flexible-medium , elastic flexible-fine
Based on Ex-fine and super Ex-fine           → to elastic Ex-fine , elastic super Ex-fine

Based on flexible nib which Nakaya already introduces, the nib will be
much more flexible by this additional elastic function. Please try !
(An additional price is $80)

The shape of "elastic"nib is here.

** We updated the event corner from April to June. ** 2006/4/3
Please access here.

** Desk pen stand has launched. ** 2006/3/31
We designed the cap looks like lily to express Letro atmosphere.
You can put your Nakaya pen to this cap.
But not only Nakaya pens, but also several other company's barrels are also
available.
Please access here.

** Additional details and pictures in the following two models
have been added   ** 2006/02/12

Whale and Wave
Ayakashi(apparition)

** Renewal of Special Order corner ** 2006/1/12
We are very pleased to announce that we have renewed our Special Order corner where you can find many products which we have produced for our customers as a special order.
The introduction of the products have been made by taking approval from the customers.
The products have been categorized by finishing technique group.
We also are very pleased to announce the Dragon and White tiger, Chinkin Three cats ,
Whale and Wave , Ayakashi(apparition) , Squirrel and acorn , Shu kan-shitsu , Owl
At the same time, temporarily developed special page is closed.