Two Unusual Staplers

Ito-ya is probably the most famous stationery store in Tokyo, with 4 floors to explore. Many items that you can buy in Japan never get exported to the West, and here are two examples of unusual staplers that we do not think you can obtain outside Japan.

Firstly, a stapler that seems to staple normally, except that on the underside, the two ends of the staple are completely flat. Normally a staple is folded with two curves underneath, that can catch on things. But this stapler creates a perfect flat staple!

The second stapler can be used for creating small booklets, where a normal stapler would not be long enough to reach the centre. Here you just swivel the end of the stapler, and now it staples at 90 degrees to the normal direction.

Very clever!