Hello Kitty Gets a Glass Pen for Her Birthday, and You Get to Pay for It
NBC and Showa Note's Hello Kitty glass pen set, with a matching pen rest and blotter card, went up for preorder in Japan on 1 November at ¥38,500.
Hello Kitty turned another year older on 1 November, and Japanese stationery maker NBC marked the day by opening preorders for a Hello Kitty glass pen set. It costs ¥38,500 including tax and is sold online only, while stocks last.
According to NBC's press release, the pen has a frosted glass body so it works for everyday writing, with Kitty's red bow and an apple worked into the design. The set also includes a glass pen rest shaped like Kitty, so she keeps you company on the desk, and a thick blotter card for soaking up spare ink, printed with the same illustration as the box.
NBC gives the pen as about 155mm by 20mm and the rest as about 34mm by 23mm, with the card at about 57mm by 89mm. The pen and rest are glass and the card is paper. NBC makes the set and Showa Note sells it.
NBC's online store says each pen is handmade, so colour, shape and pattern vary from one to the next. Preorders are limited to one per person, and NBC plans to ship between late November 2026 and late March 2027. The store does not ship outside Japan, and the promotional image marks the set as sold in Japan only.
