My genuine Midori (which is fine, nothing special) cost me about £25 in a sale, from the UK. It also says ‘made in Thailand’ on the paper insert. Midori paper is pretty unspecial too, it feathers, bleeds, and the notebooks, because they are stapled and narrow, are hard to write in. I find the whole thing idiosyncratic and esoteric, but not a great experience as a stationery fiend.
It’s not for me to say, but this is definitely not how I would use a rare day off in Tokyo.
