Ep. 3015 - TBT: Bringing Tokyo’s Best Stationery to Global Audiences
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In this week's Throwback Thursday segment, learn how a stationery-lover in Tokyo began shipping curated paper goods and writing supplies abroad—all while championing small artisan shops.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:33.1 | Bringing Tokyo's best stationery to global audiences. Welcome to Tokyo's best stationery to global audiences. |
| 0:41.2 | Welcome, friends, welcome to Sideustle School. |
| 0:43.7 | My name's Chris Guilipo. |
| 0:44.8 | This is our segment known as Throwback Thursday. |
| 0:47.9 | In this segment, we take an in-depth look at someone whose story has evolved since we first |
| 0:51.6 | featured them. |
| 0:52.7 | And last week in this segment, we heard from a |
| 0:54.5 | woodworker making pet furniture. That was cool. He learned how to reach more customers and streamline |
| 1:00.1 | his business model through DIY blueprints. Today, in our latest feature, we're going to hear |
| 1:05.3 | from a stationary lover in Tokyo who began shipping curated paper goods and notebooks and journals and writing supplies, |
| 1:13.0 | all kinds of crafty items, shipping these items abroad, all while championing small artisanal |
| 1:18.2 | shops. |
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