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What a sweet video.

I recommend Kakuno to all newbies. Such a great little pen.

My last move was with military movers so I packed my 20(out of 30) best pens in my carry-on. Honolulu TSA stopped me asking if I had sharp objects. ....it was my pens. :D

This is so soothing

Thank you for such a great video! I hope that all goes well for you in DC. I imagine it will be a dramatic change from Tokyo. But, remember you can also get Toto bidet toilet seats. 🤣I have one for every toilet in my house! But mine don't have the music.

I got one of the Sailor Tuzu's in red. I'm loving it! I'm an extra fine nib fan...but not too extra fine...and the Tuzu F nib is PERFECT for what I'm looking for. Love it.

Oh wow! I'd love to know what plane(s) you flew as a pilot. One of my other loves besides pens is aviation! 🥰

Thanks for taking time away from packing to do this video, much appreciated, and also appreciated the correct pronunciation.

Lovely video of a truly inspiring person

Thanks for sharing, having done a move like this a few years ago, I can understand the complexity of what comes with you and what gets shipped.

Best wishes for your move! It must have been an extraordinary enterprise. But I look forward to future American pen videos, possibly even a video of how you unpack and recreate a wonderful pen, paper and ink haven in your new home.

What's the ink? It's a very pretty teal black.

"Here, I'm just taking all of my available soft pen cases and rolls and just stuffing pens in there willy-nilly." - As someone who recently moved from the DC area to another part of the country, I felt that. Sending good vibes for an uneventful sea mail shipment. Looking forward to the ultimate unboxing in October

The footage of your Tokyo neighborhood was beautiful. I also enjoyed the inside look at what it takes to move a pen, ink and paper collection across the world. What an undertaking! I'm looking forward to following your adventures in the U.S.

As someone in the States, I've so greatly appreciated your videos (and your occasional participation on Tokyo Inklings) and how they've cultivated for me an appreciation and love for Japan and their stationery. Thank you very much! I look forward to following your future adventures.

I hope the move goes smoothly. I’m excited you are coming to Dc, that’s where I live! Maybe one day we will meet. Safe travels

Welcome back to the States. May all of your stuff arrives safely and faster than expected. Will you come to the SF Pen Show again? Hope to see you there!

Great video!

Ok, Ok, Back in the US, Back in US, Back in USA…. . 1st thing, take a nice, slow, deep breath of air. Now let it out sloooowwwwly. Again…. . That’s good, one more time… . Now, you’re here, things have changed, but they also are the same. If you have a roof over your head, a place to eat, sleep and bathe, you will adjust. Your personnel belongings will arrive at some point, and you will again know you can still survive without those things, but they can make your life a bit more … well enjoyable I guess. I don’t need to know or even want to know the why you’ve returned to these shores, but just having you here in the USA seems good. You never know who you…might see here at a pen show or elsewhere, and that’s a good thing ! 😇👍. I can only echo what everyone else has said, welcome, welcome, welcome back IR, God Bless, you & yours. 🥳🤩🤗🙏😇💐👍😎.

Keeping soft cases in specifically "desk" drawers may not be the best idea, I've learned the hard way that they all just fall out at some point, its only desks that have this problem, they sell you on desk, I guess so they don't seem to care about making the drawer bearings small, despite making them constantly load bearing

You used to be an airline pilot? How have you never mentioned this before? Or maybe you have and I just missed that video or wasn't paying attention, lol

I have been watching UA-cam videos since before your Gmail automatically counted as a UA-cam account, this just might be the best video I have ever seen, just about everything I could think off is included, just amazing to say the least

Welcome back stateside Alesa. I hope your 14 hour flight was smooth and easy! I just made the trek back to America on Monday as well. Wait, you didn't even mention how your rock collection was packed up, that must've taken a while for them too haha! Hopefully I'll make it out to Stationery Fest and see you (and basically everyone??) in August! Thanks for taking us on the whole moving process!

Your calm and composed soothing voice is exceptional, ideal for this kind of documentary. Love & respect from India 🇮🇳

First: ok that's sooo cool you were a pilot!! Main point though: save travels and good luck getting 00% of your stuff where you want it! Also I never heard about pen clubs, I doubt there is one where I am but it sounds so cool as well... With boxes for pens I can relate, I recently moved out (just a few kilometers away) and hearing about box of boxes is somethign I can deeply relate to xD But whoah, the packers sound really super professional!!! Movin to other country though is always so stressful, especialy across the ocean. Honestly, good luck. What I like about this video too is seeing your thought process behind planning videos ahead. It's quite rare to see, and that along with packing... that's a puzzle to witness.

This was an eye opening video! So much good information, as usual, but shocked that it takes so long for your stuff to get to your new home. It makes sense when you think about it, but it's one of those things that we don't think about on a daily basis. You do a good job of educating us about things we didn't know that we needed to know. Thank you for making this video during such a busy time. I have second hand stress for you now. Best wishes and I pray your move goes smoothly. 😀

Thank you for taking the time to make such a helpful video in the midst of your move! Had a lot of flashbacks to our own transatlantic relocation a few years back while watching this. Safe travels and all best for your new life adventure.

That Pan-Am logo brings back so many memories.

Oh, having just finished a move which included putting almost all of my belongings in storage, I can empathize. This was the first time I had movers do the packing, and they were great at respecting the bits I had carved out to take. All the pens, inks and notebooks came with me; good thing because the storage space is a giant Jenga puzzle. Ain’t nothing coming out of there until I’m in my own place again. And I need my emotional support stationery. 😀. Best wishes with the move; hope to see you at Stationery Fest!

Very cool! @MariaRosseau sent me here!

I hope your move will go smoothly, safe travels! ☺️

Leaving pen & paper paradise...😢

I don't whether to be sad or excited for you. I have so much enjoyed that you were in Japan and showed off pens...inks, and paper that we cannot get in the U. S. But I wish you a stress free trip. Be careful, take care and see you in your next video.

Where exactly are you moving to inky stinky?

Safe travels to DC! I’m hoping our paths cross since I live in the DC metro area (and I’m excited that you’ll be moving here). Moving is an experience even in the US - but the Japanese movers look like they do an amazing job. I hope to see you soon (perhaps at the DC pen show)!!!!

Best wishes on your new chapter. 🎉

Welcome back to the US! I hope you had an uneventful flight and all of your treasures arrive intact. But...October?? Slow boat from Japan :-)

Ah! What a milestone for you, your family, and your pen communities. Because Tokyo's loss is District of Columbia's gain, I find myself hoping that you and Khuê start your own east/west podcast to keep everyone connected across the 13 time zones.

Good luck on your journey! I bet you're going to miss having easy access to Japanese pens although you probably will maintain contacts there. The fact that you can nonchalantly buy Myu and Murex pens without having to go through the rapacious ebay prices and exorbitant Japanese shipping prices amounting to hundreds of dollars per Myu pen!

I hope you had a safe travel! And please rest lots. Thanks for the vid!

I didn’t expect a casual mention of you being an airline pilot… Good luck with your move, I can’t imagine how stressful it would be to move transcontinentally (and leave the country you lived in for many years)

There's a lot to love about Japan, especially all of the wonderful stationery stores. I"d also miss the clean and efficient public transportation and all the culture's obsession with the "small details." That said, DC is also one of my favorite cities, and I have no doubt you'll find fun things to explore and do there, too. PS - I had no idea you were an airline pilot!! That's so cool! What kind of plane(s) did you fly?

Such a wonderful video. That ice cream cone was amazing!

That moving company has the cutest logo:) Good luck with your move, it's great that you have an opportunity to move your collection. I am currently waiting for a decision on my migration case, which will most likely end with a deportation, so I just sold most of my collection as you can't officially ship anything to my home country where I'll have to return.

I hope your flight was uneventful and you've both landed safely and had some sleep and relaxation by the time you read this. Moving is always stressful but between continents especially so, but it's kinda exciting too, right? May all the the things shipped arrive safely. I will miss your Japanese views, but hey, change is unavoidable. 💜

I will miss your pen updates from Japan so much! Safe travels and I look forward to seeing what comes next.

Thank you so much for taking us along over these years. Safe travels and I am looking forward to your next journey ! All the best with the move back home.

LeavingJapan?! That must be heartwrenching, dear Inky ❤ Hope you have a completely successful move, and a simply wonderful new chapter in your life 💐

Fingers crossed nothing gets broken !! :)

To new beginnings 🎉