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Journal.

Craft notes and plain guides, written in English and Japanese, never translated.

Guide · 21.08.2026

How names work on seals: 髙 or 高, katakana, romaji

The ward registers the seal against the spelling on your residence record. Which form, which script, and what a foreigner's seal can say.

Type your name as it is on the record →

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Guide · 12.07.2026

Registering a seal at the ward office, in English

What to bring, the 8–25 mm rule, what gets refused, and what to do if it is.

Start a registered seal →

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FROM THE STUDIO · HAND-CRAFTED, ONE OF ONE

What left the workshop.

Pieces made by hand in the Studio — the same engine with the dials exposed. Open them on a computer: the Studio is desktop-only.

山田

佐藤

鈴木

高橋

田中

渡辺