Author: Buy from Japan | Personal Shopper Japan

Hair Treatment Counseling Yamasaki Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hiroshima City, Representative Director and CEO: Hikaru Doi), the developer of the seaweed cosmetics brand “Lasana”, which is the No. 1 selling seaweed cosmetics brand in Japan (*1), has collaborated with Sailor Fountain Pen Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture), a writing instrument manufacturer, to create the morning hair care item “Lasana Seaweed Silky Hair Spray Factory Tour Limited Scent 3 Types” (70ml) will be available to visitors as a free trial plan for factory tours, which are open to the public at the Yamasaki West Wind Shinto Plant from November 14, 2025 (Friday).

*1 2023 results “Cosmetics Marketing Handbook 2024” counseling (including mail order), as a Lasana brand< according to Fuji Keizai research>

From the tip of the pen to the tip of the hair, color your daily life with fragrance.
~3 scents to choose from, a special experience just for a factory tour. ～

【Project Background】

In 2019, Lassana achieved its first collaboration with Sailor Fountain Pen, a long-established writing instrument manufacturer founded in Hiroshima, through X (formerly Twitter). This encounter has fostered a warm relationship between the two companies that values “Hiroshima’s manufacturing”.

And in September 2025, Sailor Fountain Pen will release a new scented ink for dipping pens, “Dipton Bottle Ink Dipton Fragrance Ink for Dips.” 94% of employees have obtained Aromatherapy Certification Level 1 Lasana, which has continued to make products with a focus on fragrances, also resonated with this initiative. Through the common theme of “fragrance”, different genres of hair care and writing instruments met again, and a collaboration from Hiroshima was realized. In this project, the “Seaweed Silky Hair Spray” provided during the factory tour in Lasana uses the scent of Sailor Fountain Pen’s new ink for a limited time. We will deliver a “fragrance experience” that resonates with the five senses from Hiroshima.

About Sailor Fountain Pen Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1911 in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, it has since been a pioneer in the writing instrument industry, including fountain pens and the release of the first ballpoint pen produced in Japan. In April 2021, the main store was moved back to Kure, and we continue to manufacture based on the manufacturing philosophy of “creating tools that enhance functional beauty and stir sensibility.”

Since the release of the “Fountain Pen Nib Sticking Pen hocoro” series, the dipping pen boom has arrived. The existence of dipping pens, which allow you to easily enjoy a variety of inks, has become more accessible. This time, the fifth installment, is now available with a fragrance that spreads its scent when the lid is opened. Fragrance ink, which can be enjoyed both visually (ink color) and smell (aroma), fills the writer’s daily life with a fragrance wafting from the bottle and pen tip. Released on Saturday, September 20, 2025.

[About Lassana Seaweed Silky Hair Spray]

Straighten the swell obediently. This is a new no-rinse morning mist spray-type serum that leads to silky smooth and smooth hair.

Hair damage problems are diversifying these days. Among them, the Seaweed Silky Hair Spray was developed with a focus on women’s chronic hair problems, “curly and wavy”. Contains “smooth ingredients (*2)” and “soft and flexible ingredients (*3)”. A no-rinse morning treatment that intensively repairs the cuticle and leads to silky, smooth hair that runs through the fingers without dryness. In addition, the marine moist formula (*4) moisturizes the hair to the core, protecting it from stressful environments such as heat and humidity while maintaining your morning style (*5)! It leads to smooth and easy-to-handle smooth hair down to the ends.

*2 Hydrolyzed silk (hair repair ingredient)

*3 Hydrolyzed keratin (cashmere goat)[毛髪補修成分], Cetearamide ethyldiethonium hydrolyzed rice protein (hair repair ingredient), polysilicone-29 (conditioning ingredient)

*4 Pervetia canari crata extract (moisturizing ingredient), hydrolyzed red algae extract (moisturizing ingredient), seawater (moisturizing ingredient)

*5 Depending on the styling effect

[About the Sailor Fountain Pen× Lasana collaboration limited to 3 types of scents]

~Elegant soapy scent in the morning~

Imagine the scent of soap spreading with the soft sunlight at the moment of waking up in the morning.

A refreshing scent that exudes a sense of cleanliness.

~The scent of the orchard illuminated by the sun~

In an orchard in the afternoon when the sun is shining, the image is of fresh fruits shimmering and flowers gently swaying in the wind.

Elegant perfume scent.

~The scent of trees sleeping under the moonlight~

In a quiet forest illuminated by moonlight, the deep breath of sleeping trees blends into the silence of the night.

A soothing woody scent.

【Endless Decoration Customization】[About the tour of the Lasana factory]

Aiming to be a company that is friendly to people and the environment, Yamasaki started a factory tour in December 2007 at the Saife Shinto Plant (Asa Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture), which is the manufacturing base of the La Sana brand, with the aim of contributing to the local community as a cosmetics manufacturer in Hiroshima Prefecture. It has been used not only by general customers, but also by elementary and junior high school students for social tours and workplace experience learning at nearby junior high schools, and thanks to this, more than 34,000 people have visited the venue as of 2025.

■Reservation for a tour of the Lhasana factory: https://www.corporate.lasana.co.jp/factory/

About Lasana

The “Lasana” brand is a cosmetics manufacturer born in Hiroshima Prefecture that has a nationwide presence. As a pioneer in “no-rinse treatments,” the company launched its flagship product “Lassana Seaweed Hair Essence” in 1998, and has gained popularity for its hair repair power and non-greasy feel, with cumulative sales exceeding 25 million units (*6). It is supported by a wide range of generations. We would like to continue to be a brand that can continue to be close to our customers and continue to walk together.

*6 Total sales of the Hair Essence series (as of the end of November 2024)

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