Pelikan Maki-e Five Lucky Bats Fountain PenEvery year, Pelikan releases a limited edition Maki e pen that is a unique fusion of German engineering and traditional Japanese art. This year's release, the Maki e Five Lucky Bats, pays homage to a motif traditionally associated with wealth and good fortune. In Japan, the word for bat, komori, can be written in characters meaning "a lot of happiness". In China, the pronunciation of the word bat is similar to a word meaning fortune is coming. The bat