Stationery Shopping: Monami in Seoul, South Korea

 

I just got back from a short trip to Seoul and wanted to share my experience at the Monami store in Seongsu. 

The store is outside exit 4 of Seongsu station on line 2 of the Seoul Metro. 

Monami is a south korean stationery brand, they make everything from pens to office supplies to calligraphy tools and are widely available due to their affordable prices. 

The store has been at this location for a while not and it's pretty big for a standalone brand store in the area. 

When you walk in, you're greeted by the custom ink mixing station called ink lab next to the payment counter. I think the ink lab requires a reservation but I had dropped in casually and didn't make one. 

The store sells a wide variety of items including souvenir cards...

...apparel....

...stickers, tape and paper for journalling. 

There's also a wide range of their pens, markers, pencils and calligraphy tools. 

At the back of the store, you'll find a DIY pen station, you can pick the ink refill, body, and cap to make your own pen! 

There's also a vending machine if the store is crowded and you'd like something in a hurry. 

Also, vending machines are always fun so give it a try anyway! 

It's not really a stationery store without notebooks, they had some custom notebook options and they also carried other brands. 

Like this moleskine collab with Harry Potter, which I thought was very pretty. 

I had a fun time browsing the store, I already own some of their pens and markers so deciding what to buy turned out to be more difficult than I thought. 

Tune in next week for my review on what I purchased in the store. 

If you're in the Seongsu area, and you most likely will as it's one of the trending areas in Seoul, definitely drop by the Monami store!