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# Sharp backs Kyoto pencil museum’s first special exhibition
- URL: https://news.knockology.com/sharp-kyoto-mechanical-pencil-museum-exhibition/
- Published: 2026-11-10T15:11:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T15:11:15.000Z
- Description: About 80 exhibits trace pencils and calculators, including a visible-mechanism KY SHARP and a British pencil that doubles as a pointer.
- Author: Thomas
- Tags: Industry, Sharp

A pencil whose workings you can see. Another whose barrel extends into a pointer. Those are among the objects in the first special exhibition at Kyoto’s [Mechanical Pencil Museum, operated as Hirose Teppitudo](https://hiroseteppitudo.stores.jp/reserve/kyoto-512?ref=news.knockology.com), with support from [Sharp](https://corporate.jp.sharp/?ref=news.knockology.com).

The exhibition, “The History of Mechanical Pencils and Calculators,” is scheduled for Sundays from November 8, 2026, through April 25, 2027\. Admission is free, but advance reservations are required.

According to [Sharp’s November 5 announcement](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001626.000012900.html?ref=news.knockology.com), the display brings together about 80 items from the museum’s collection. Pencil exhibits include four reproduction models of the Hayakawa propelling pencil, a KY SHARP with its internal structure visible, and an approximately century-old British pencil that extends for use as a pointer. Calculators share the exhibition, including a pen-shaped model.

[![Pencil and calculator exhibition with two explanatory panels](https://news.knockology.com/content/images/2026/11/knockology-20261110-kyoto-kyoto1.png)](https://news.knockology.com/content/images/2026/11/knockology-20261110-kyoto-kyoto1.png)

The exhibition combines pencils, calculators and historical panels. Image supplied by Sharp.

The museum is run by university student Kengo Hirose and opened in June 2026\. Sharp says it displays roughly 2,000 mechanical pencils from Japan and abroad. The company helped produce two panels explaining pencil and calculator development for this exhibition.

For Sharp, the connection is unusually direct: its name comes from the Ever-Ready Sharp Pencil, introduced by founder Tokuji Hayakawa in 1916\. The exhibition puts that link alongside actual objects rather than leaving it as a line in a company history.

The museum is in room 512 of the HK Building at 599 Nishidaimonjicho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto. Reservations open at noon Japan time six days before each Sunday visit through the [official booking page](https://hiroseteppitudo.stores.jp/reserve/kyoto-512?ref=news.knockology.com). Check that page for available appointments before travelling.