HIGHTIDE USA INC., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese stationery and lifestyle goods manufacturer HIGHTIDE Co., Ltd., opened HIGHTIDE STORE NEW YORK CITY on December 19, 2025, at LaGuardia Place in Greenwich Village, New York.
A Place That Connects Everyday Tools and People, Japanese Culture and America
Centered around new stationery, HIGHTIDE STORE NEW YORK CITY offers a curated selection of everyday tools rooted in Japanese craftsmanship, along with products that reflect contemporary Japanese culture.
Greenwich Village was chosen for its singular history and deep cultural legacy. In the 1950s, figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs gathered here, giving rise to Beat culture—a movement defined by living freely and expressing freely.
Carrying on that spirit of freedom, HIGHTIDE aims to create a small, quietly creative space for the present moment. Beyond simply offering products, the store supports local creators and serves as a platform where Japan and the U.S., craft and product, past and future gently intersect—sharing a culture that continues to evolve.
Stationery: A Tool That Cultivates Everyday Aesthetic Sensibility in Japan
In Japan, stationery has never been merely functional.
The stroke of a fountain pen, the texture of paper, the way leather ages over time—each quietly records the user’s time and emotions, deepening the relationship between object and person.
Writing is not just documentation; it is the editing of thought and emotion.
As the pen moves across the page, tactile sensation and breath join the process, allowing words and lines to emerge with a distinctly human warmth and subtle imperfection. Writing is, in this sense, a way of thinking through the body.
When revisiting handwritten words, the nuances of handwriting—the pressure, the ink bleeding, the spacing between lines—gently recall the memories and emotions of that moment.
Where digital tools “process” information, analog tools “receive” emotion.
What HIGHTIDE USA INC. values is not only functionality, but also the emotional beauty born from physical, human action.
Why Stationery, Now?
At the core of HIGHTIDE STORE’s philosophy is the idea of recovering humanity.
As social media and AI continue to advance, people increasingly seek acts of thinking with their own hands.
Writing, pasting, organizing, decorating—these are physical and universal human activities. Within them lie the seeds that nurture future design and culture.
In an era when online shopping is ubiquitous and cities are beginning to look the same, HIGHTIDE deliberately places value on the serendipity and relationships that can only emerge in physical stores.
A place rooted in the local community, where people meet people and cultures meet cultures—where not only products, but also atmosphere and memory are shared.
The vision recalls the small stationery shops once found in front of Japanese elementary schools. Places where children, allowed a brief detour on their way home, gathered with notebooks and snacks, filling the space with laughter—a shared emotional landscape.
HIGHTIDE STORE NYC aspires to be just that: a small neighborhood salon where warmth and chance encounters naturally arise.
About HIGHTIDE
HIGHTIDE USA INC.’s parent company, HIGHTIDE Co., Ltd., was founded in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1994.
Originally launched as a casual planner brand, HIGHTIDE now continues to share “designs that enrich everyday life” with the world through stationery and lifestyle goods.
The name HIGHTIDE means “high tide.”
Like small stationery tools quietly yet steadily filling everyday lives around the world, HIGHTIDE continues to convey a culture of designing daily life within that gentle tide.
[ Company Profile ]
HIGHTIDE USA INC.
Founder & Director: Yuichi Munehiro
Headquarters: 787 S. Alameda Street #140, Los Angeles, California 90021
LA Store: HIGHTIDE STORE DTLA
787 S. Alameda Street #120 & #140, Los Angeles, California 90021
NY Store: HIGHTTIDE STORE NYC
512 LaGuardia Place, New York, New York 10012
Business: Planning, development, and wholesale and retail operation of original stationery and lifestyle goods
Established: 2017
Website: hightide-usa.com
Instagram: @hightidestore_dtla / @hightidestore_nyc
HIGHTIDE STORE NEW YORK CITY
512 LaGuardia Place, New York, New York 10012
Opening Hours: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Closed: New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Independence Day
Instagram: @hightidestore_nyc
