TTombow Pencil Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kita-ku, Tokyo; President: Akihiro Ogawa) will add two new wildlife companions to its dark pencil series “Hello Nature Drawing Pencil” for school children on November 2nd. *Launches sequentially at stationery stores and stationery departments nationwide. These dark pencils, encouraged in elementary schools and loved by students, come in four grades: B, 2B, 4B, and 6B. *Please contact your local stationery store for detailed release dates as they will be launched sequentially in stores.
Sales format and suggested retail prices: (1) 1 dozen (bottom photo) 792 JPY (720 JPY excluding tax), (2) 3 pencils 198 JPY (180 JPY excluding tax), (3) 6 pencils 396 JPY (360 JPY excluding tax), (4) Gift set (12 pencils+1 Mono eraser+1 animal sticker) 1,012 JPY (920 JPY excluding tax). Eco Mark products that also comply with the Green Purchasing Law (excluding gift sets).

Wildlife parents/children photos printed on dozen boxes.
Wildlife parent/child illustration is printed on each pencil.

(From left to right: Bottlenose dolphin/red panda/emperor penguin/sea otter New friends: harp seal/koala )
Photos show an adorable yet strong wildlife parent/child living in the wild.

An illustration of wildlife parent/child is printed on the pencil shaft.

On the back of each dozen box is an easy-to-understand wording supervised by the National Museum of Nature and Science. This will give an opportunity to think about wildlife that live in nature.
The gift sets, which come in 3 and 6-piece packs, which have illustrations of wildlife parents/children printed on the packaging pack and pencil barrel.

Beautiful and warm pencils made from certified forest materials
Uses wood certified by the PEFC* international forest certification system for the pencil shaft (PEFC/31-31-167). The tree species is incense cedar, which has a beautiful surface and is warm to the touch and so considered the ideal material for pencils.
*An international certification organization that provides mutual recognition for forest certification systems from around the world. There are 55 member countries (as of June 2023).
(SGEC/PEFC Japan: https://sgec-pefcj.jp/.)

From this season the “Hello Nature” brand has been renewed. Typeface and coloring were chosen to resonate with today’s trends and will actively promote the certification for the certified forest materials used in this product.

Hello Nature Drawing Pencil

1 dozen 792 yen, 3-pack 198 yen, 6-pack 396 yen, gift set 1,012 yen (tax included)
Gift set: 12 pencils, 1 mono eraser, 1 animal sticker

[Reference] Dark pencils encouraged in schools and preferred by students

Tombow Pencil – 10-year composition ratio of pencils for school children by grade (based on domestic sales/value data)

Cultivate learning, cultivate the mind.
Hello Nature Drawing Pencil

* Figures such as animals in the photo are not included in the product.

Hello Nature Special Site
https://www.tombow.com/sp/hellonature/