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A Wandering Scribbler is a resource for creative travelers: lovers of stationery, art, and books, focusing on Japan.
1. Stationery and Journalling
The best stationery, planners, and supplies, and how to document your travels, spark creativity, or plan ahead.
2. Literary Travel
Inviting bookstores, settings from great novels, and creative locations to delight your literary side.
3. Japan
All that I’ve learned and compiled while living in Japan and traveling around the country.


About Mackenzie
Mackenzie is a writer and traveler currently living in Japan with her husband, son, and daughter. She loves stationery, hygge, the mountains, British TV, crime dramas, and chai lattes.
Latest Posts
Best Cherry Blossom Treats in Japan
0Japanese cherry blossoms can be enjoyed not only by viewing but in various ways. Every year, numbers of Japanese brands, shops, and restaurants release cherry blossom-themed products for a limited time before or during the cherry blossom season. Especially cherry...
Best Places to See Night Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo
Japanese cherry blossoms, or sakura as they’re called in Japanese, are known around the world for their beauty. Typically only lasting a few weeks in March or April, they can be tricky to view if you’re traveling from overseas and need to pin down travel...
Where to See Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo
Japanese cherry blossoms, or sakura as they’re called in Japanese, are known around the world for their beauty. Typically only lasting a few weeks in March or April, they can be tricky to view if you’re traveling from overseas and need to pin down travel...
Best Places to See Cherry Blossoms Around the World
When pink clouds of cherry blossoms, or sakura (as they’re known in Japan), start blooming, that’s a sure sign that spring has officially arrived. It’s one of those blink-and-you-miss-it natural wonders, which makes it all the more magical when you do catch...
Where to See Plum Blossoms in Japan: 2023 Plum Blossom Forecast
People throughout the world are familiar with the famous Japanese cherry blossoms. They may have attended any of the numerous cherry blossom festivals held each year in the United States and elsewhere, or they may have thrilled to the sound of “Sakura Sakura,” a...
Best Products to Fight Hay Fever in Japan
Spring is everyone’s favorite season of the year in Japan because of its mild weather and beautiful cherry blossoms. But there is one thing that we really hate around this time of the year… It’s “Hay Fever.” Hay fever is called “Kafunsho (花粉症)” in Japanese, and it’s...