Hobonichi
Because the book is half the size of the full-year Cousin, it’s also light and portable.
The stickers depict all the things that are more important than work, so go ahead and stick these in your calendar to make these plans on the days you’d rather not go to work.
The herringbone material is made with wool tweed. The complex blue-gray color scheme gives the cover a high-end and eloquent feel.
The covers were created to protect the book you’ll carry with you for 5 years. It will conform nicely to your hands over time, and you’ll enjoy its classic look for years to come.
The front of the cover is cleanly imprinted with the name Hobonichi 5-Year Techo.
The covers were created to protect the book you’ll carry with you for 5 years. It will conform nicely to your hands over time, and you’ll enjoy its classic look for years to come.
We created this Hobonichi 5-Year Techo cover in the hope you will spend your five years with this minä perhonen textile growing more attached to it every time you touch it.
The herringbone material is made with wool tweed. The complex blue-gray color scheme gives the cover a high-end and eloquent feel.
The covers were created to protect the book you’ll carry with you for 5 years. It will conform nicely to your hands over time, and you’ll enjoy its classic look for years to come.
The front of the cover is cleanly imprinted with the name Hobonichi 5-Year Techo.
The covers were created to protect the book you’ll carry with you for 5 years. It will conform nicely to your hands over time, and you’ll enjoy its classic look for years to come.
The front of the cover is cleanly imprinted with the name Hobonichi 5-Year Techo.
We created this Hobonichi 5-Year Techo cover in the hope you will spend your five years with this minä perhonen textile growing more attached to it every time you touch it.
Japanese Version - January start
This A5-size book has pages dated across a 5-year span. The textured cover is a calming shade of brown with the years foil-pressed in gold, and the book contains a dark brown bookmark for a complete look that works well without adding an additional cover.
Japanese Version - January start
This A6-size book has pages dated across a 5-year span. The textured cover is a calming shade of brown with the years foil-pressed in gold, and the book contains a dark brown bookmark for a complete look that works well without adding an additional cover.
The blue sky that catches your eye after a hard day’s work at your atelier is what inspired Atelier Sky. The clear blue perceived as you open the techo helps you relax, giving you a sense of richness and expansiveness.
Candy Floss is a bright and gorgeous pink color reminiscent of sweet cotton candy, with gentle yellow on the inside. The light and joyful Colors techo would surely excite your days.
Winter City is a combination of beautiful blue and gray, reminding you of a quiet city in the cold winter months. The design’s cool impression would make you feel calm and relaxed.
Illustrator Hiroko Kubota created this enigmatic scene, which combines the stillness of the night with the murmur of the wind scattering cherry blossoms.
Kariya-san the elephant has reunited with a young girl and is holding her tightly. This single image expresses a very heartfelt story.
The fluff is carried far away at night on the breeze that blows softly in the dandelion field. The bear and the cat are gazing enraptured at this beautiful scene.
We named it “Brilliant” Yellow, hoping the user’s year will be full of happiness and brightness like the overflowing light.
The leather used for this cover is “Elite,” a chrome-tanned leather produced by Monfrini Pellami. This long-established tannery, founded in Milan in 1898, has been producing leather for fashion and accessory items for four generations. The leather has an elegant, moderately firm surface that exudes the perfect sheen.
For the 2025 edition of Taut, we selected brown leather with a beautiful luster: the “Alba Lux” by “Yankee,” a tanner established in 1989 in Tuscany, Italy. The finest French belly is tanned with vegetable tannin, with vegetable oil and grease added to give the leather its unique softness. You can enjoy the full charm of deep Italian leather, carefully created with the power of nature.
TS stands for the initials of Taku Satoh. Out of all the various Hobonichi Techo covers, this has been a staple in our lineup and has been a popular choice for over ten years.
Michelle is a flower pattern launched in 1933 designed by artist “DS,” whose works also include Liberty Fabrics’ signature patterns Betsy and Wiltshire. It is sprinkled with flowers of various colors and shapes, such as pale pink, orange, vermilion, and other red tones, pale navy, sky blue, and other blue tones.
The Cousin size cover uses a twill fabric created by navy and gray threads. The stripe pattern on a strong and supple denim-like material gives it a three-dimensional look with a variable weave. You might also love how the material smooths over time.
The array of strange characters and items are all straight from the book and were drawn in response to Kusano’s suggestion to draw them in a deformed style.
minä perhonen creates timeless, all-original garment textiles that are specially dyed, embroidered, and woven to recreate hand-drawn designs.
The “anone-anone” design depicts a group of cats from all over the place chatting. Cats of different styles and sizes are talking to each other, saying, “Listen, listen!” and enjoying themselves.
Huts that create a forest; in the “hütte” design, the houses we live in are lined up like trees in the forest.
We created a techo cover using two textiles: “jellybeans,” which once appeared in the Hobonichi Techo lineup, and “tambourine,” which has been popular among many. The playful design features two shapes of “circles” that happily overlap: the fluffy, sweet-looking watercolor drops and embroidered dotted circles.
As a word meaning “bounce” in Finnish, “pomppia” features rabbit faces drawn in different touches, expressed as one continuous pattern. It is adorable, showing the connection between living creatures and events in the world
The deep brown, genuine leather is stamped firmly enough to feel it with your fingertips. The leather is tanned with tannin, a vegetable-derived ingredient. The more you use the cover, the deeper the color becomes, and the more character it develops. You can enjoy this transformation of the leather over time.
The orange cotton material has Mr. Saturns walking around it, and between them are occasional quotes printed on the cover.
This photo, capturing the full extent of Mount Denali at 6190 meters above sea level, was taken from inside a Cessna heading towards base camp for the summit. The view of the mountain composed of deep blue and white looks like a watercolor painting at a glance. This photograph is processed with cyanotype, which is a photographic process that involves a chemical solution and exposure to UV light. The appeal in this design comes from the brush marks that let you see where the solution was applied.
The front cover includes the short message “Only is not lonely.” This phrase was coined as a slogan in 1998 when Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun was founded.
Thanks Sea is one of PAMM’s most popular pajama designs.
The two fabrics applied to the front side are from “chahat,” a store that sells handcrafted materials from Nepal and India. Both patterns are created by Indian artisans by hand-pressing wooden blocks. The three-dimensional colors and blurring produced by the wooden blocks are unique to block printing and cannot be expressed by screen printing, which has become mainstream today. Please enjoy the individual differences of the misalignments and ink splashes as the character of each piece. You can cherish the warm texture of the handmade work and the endearing and refreshing blue color.
The calm color scheme is also well-suited for both business and personal use.
The cover material is a high quality Italian polyurethane faux leather that makes it lightweight and easy to carry around. The embossing on the entire surface gives the material a sophisticated look.
At first glance, it is a simple and classy techo cover. The navy trifold provides good protection for your important techo.
The fabric is made by “Bonotto,” a Northeast Italian brand that has established a solid position in the Italian fashion industry as a manufacturer that creates cutting-edge fashion every season. It has a plaid pattern with an imposing milky brown resembling café au lait.
Although the unique pocket holds plenty, the appearance of the cover remains simple and sleek. The design would look great for all users.
Another feature is that it is light and comfortable to hold despite its tri-fold design with magnets. We designed this cover to be nice looking as it is, with a casual beauty.
The flower depicting craft design from Shin-Bijutsukai has now become a cover.
The fabric comes from yuge fabric farm, a handicraft shop run by Enima Design. The company also runs Essential Store, a shop that stocks antiques, artwork, and clothing from within Japan and overseas.
The world in Kitagishi’s acrylic gouache paintings evoke lovely, warm feelings of gazing at an enchanting picture book.
The theme of this fun and colorful techo cover is Letter. It shows a cat holding a pencil and notebook, and shows a variety of colorful envelopes, stamps, and writing utensils. The design is filled with items to send handwritten messages to someone special. It’s like a drawer filled with your favorite things that make you happy every time you look at it.
We created a cover to carry stationery and other useful items along with your techo. Its name is “tragen,” which means “to carry” in German.
Although the unique pocket holds plenty, the appearance of the cover remains simple and sleek. The design would look great for all users.
Japanese Edition
This special edition page-per-day A6 size Hobonichi Techo Original book was created in collaboration with ONE PIECE magazine, which dives into the charms of the hit manga series to help fans further enjoy the world of One Piece. This edition features illustrations and quotes from the series while retaining all the features that make the standard Hobonichi Techo so easy to use. You can create your own logbook as you fill your techo with your own plans, notes, and thoughts.
The Colors series is a regular part of our cover lineup, available in a variety of solid colors and always featuring a basic style with pen holders to keep your cover shut. We’ve implemented many improvements over the years in response to customer input, making the Colors series one of the most user-friendly options in the lineup.
Black x Clear Blue is a popular and versatile black cover that returns this year with a clear blue interior that gives the cover a breezy, refreshing look.
The Colours series is a regular part of our cover lineup, available in a variety of solid colours and always featuring a basic style with pen holders to keep your cover shut. We’ve implemented many improvements over the years in response to customer input, making the Colours series one of the most user-friendly options in the lineup.
High-quality polyester construction gives this cover its sturdy feel and subtle shine — it’s durable enough to last a long time but light enough to carry with you everywhere.
As the name suggests, Caramel Pudding is just like a pudding, with a combination of slightly dull yellow and dark brown. As the delightful contrast between the sweet and bitter of the pudding, we created this cover to be both bright and serene.
Charcoal Fairy is a light pink Colors techo that resembles a pretty fairy dancing softly. The charcoal color creates a slightly darker mood on the inside, giving a cool impression in contrast to the sweetness on the outside.
Olive Grove is a Colors techo with a light green reminiscent of young olive leaves. The light beige color inside gives it a fresh impression, making it a design that brings a sense of peacefulness, as when you are relaxing in a breezy grove.
The pouring bright sunlight, the hot sandy beach, and the endlessly clear beautiful ocean; Sunny Beach is a poppy combination that brings such a vivid sight to mind. This energetic design suits those who are willing to spend their days vigorously.
The combination of freshwater clear blue and candlelight warm orange has created the Water Candle Colors cover. The contrast between the cool color on the cover and the bright, cheerful color on the inside gives a pleasant feel.
Illustrator Hiroko Kubota created this enigmatic scene, which combines the stillness of the night with the murmur of the wind scattering cherry blossoms.
The cats, too, seem to be taken by this overwhelming sight. Oh, it appears that one of them even has their eyes closed.
This fantastic view, which looks to each person to have a different season, time, and place, was created by illustrator Hiroko Kubota. She brushed up a previous work of art in order to extend the story to the back of the cover as well.
Black, yellow, and red cats ride on the bread, flying through the air. The cats move forward with the wind blowing directly before them, making their legs and tails perky. Where are they traveling to?
This piece depicts an affectionate married couple riding in the driver’s and passenger’s seats of a bright red bus. We can only imagine where the bus is headed as it drives through an open field.
We named it “Brilliant” Yellow, hoping the user’s year will be full of happiness and brightness like the overflowing light.
The leather for this cover is “Dollarino,” a chrome-tanned leather produced by Monfrini Pellami. This long-established tannery, founded in Milan in 1898, has produced four generations of leather for fashion and accessory items. The leather is characterized by its touch, volume, and beautiful coloring unique to this traditional Italian tannery.
For the 2025 edition of Taut, we selected brown leather with a beautiful luster: the “Alba Lux” by “Yankee,” a tanner established in 1989 in Tuscany, Italy. The finest French belly is tanned with vegetable tannin, with vegetable oil and grease added to give the leather its unique softness. You can enjoy the full charm of deep Italian leather, carefully created with the power of nature.
TS stands for the initials of Taku Satoh. Out of all the various Hobonichi Techo covers, this has been a staple in our lineup and has been a popular choice for over ten years.
The featured textile for this cover is “Hollyhocks,” inspired by the hollyhock flower that symbolizes the English garden. The design expresses innocence, purity, and serenity; the soft colors and touches of watercolor with blotches and shading create a fantastic atmosphere as if it is surrounded by light and shadow.
Michelle is a flower pattern launched in 1933 designed by artist “DS,” whose works also include Liberty Fabrics’ signature patterns Betsy and Wiltshire. It is sprinkled with flowers of various colors and shapes, such as pale pink, orange, vermilion, and other red tones, pale navy, sky blue, and other blue tones.
For the Original size cover, the ivory and black threads create a herringbone pattern. The thick, durable fabric, woven in a traditional Lithuanian weaving factory, has been given a stylish pattern used for coats and jackets.
The array of strange characters and items are all straight from the book and were drawn in response to Kusano’s suggestion to draw them in a deformed style.
Huts that create a forest; in the “hütte” design, the houses we live in are lined up like trees in the forest.
We created a techo cover using two textiles: “jellybeans,” which once appeared in the Hobonichi Techo lineup, and “tambourine,” which has been popular among many. The playful design features two shapes of “circles” that happily overlap: the fluffy, sweet-looking watercolor drops and embroidered dotted circles.
As a word meaning “bounce” in Finnish, “pomppia” features rabbit faces drawn in different touches, expressed as one continuous pattern. It is adorable, showing the connection between living creatures and events in the world.
The deep brown, genuine leather is stamped firmly enough to feel it with your fingertips. The leather is tanned with tannin, a vegetable-derived ingredient. The more you use the cover, the deeper the color becomes, and the more character it develops. You can enjoy this transformation of the leather over time.
This photo, capturing the full extent of Mount Denali at 6190 meters above sea level, was taken from inside a Cessna heading towards base camp for the summit. The view of the mountain composed of deep blue and white looks like a watercolor painting at a glance. This photograph is processed with cyanotype, which is a photographic process that involves a chemical solution and exposure to UV light. The appeal in this design comes from the brush marks that let you see where the solution was applied.
The front cover includes the short message “Only is not lonely.” This phrase was coined as a slogan in 1998 when Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun was founded.
Thanks Sea is one of PAMM’s most popular pajama designs.
The two fabrics applied to the front side are from “chahat,” a store that sells handcrafted materials from Nepal and India. Both patterns are created by Indian artisans by hand-pressing wooden blocks. The three-dimensional colors and blurring produced by the wooden blocks are unique to block printing and cannot be expressed by screen printing, which has become mainstream today. Please enjoy the individual differences of the misalignments and ink splashes as the character of each piece. You can cherish the warm texture of the handmade work and the endearing and refreshing blue color.
The calm color scheme is also well-suited for both business and personal use.
The cover material is a high quality Italian polyurethane faux leather that makes it lightweight and easy to carry around. The embossing on the entire surface gives the material a sophisticated look.
At first glance, it is a simple and classy techo cover. The navy trifold provides good protection for your important techo.
The Forger Family cover has a cool visual of Loid, Anya, and Yor printed on it. The black and white illustrations on a smoky green background inspired by the “SPY x FAMILY” TV animation series create a calm atmosphere, making it suitable for users of all ages. The “SPY x FAMILY” TV animation logo is three-dimensionally printed in gold foil.
The fabric is made by “Bonotto,” a Northeast Italian brand that has established a solid position in the Italian fashion industry as a manufacturer that creates cutting-edge fashion every season. It has a plaid pattern with an imposing milky brown resembling café au lait.
We created a cover with a craft design from Bijutsukai, depicting a ferryboat.
The fabric comes from yuge fabric farm, a handicraft shop run by Enima Design. The company also runs Essential Store, a shop that stocks antiques, artwork, and clothing from within Japan and overseas.
The world in Kitagishi’s acrylic gouache paintings evoke lovely, warm feelings of gazing at an enchanting picture book.
Used over your techo, it will help you keep your techo clean, protecting it from scratches and stains throughout the year.
You can make a techo of your own by slipping some photographs underneath the clear cover.
Used over your techo, it will help you keep your techo clean, protecting it from scratches and stains throughout the year.
You can make a techo of your own by slipping some photographs underneath the clear cover.
This Clear Cover is not compatible with Hobonichi Techo Weeks Sneaker due to the size difference.
The design for “Familiar Sights” was created by designer and illustrator Kanako Kagaya.
Because Deco Rush is a tape, it doesn’t have the unevenness of ink or show through the other side of the page. It also doesn’t have a thickness to it, so your book won’t become thick from it.
The book layout is the same as the Japanese edition. Not only is it useful for writing down your plans for the day, jotting down memos, doodling, pasting event tickets or photos, the spacious Cousin is easy to use as a techo to write down everything work-related, as a family notebook, tracking the growth of children and pasting in pictures to create a family album or sharing pages among family members. It’s also frequently used as a planner that is always kept on a desktop or table rather than carrying around.
This original form of the Hobonichi Techo has been loved by many users since its introduction in 2002, and the 2025 edition marks the techo’s 24th year. Its daily pages offer plenty of space to fill despite the book’s compact A6 size. The graph paper offers an open layout for you to neatly lay out writings, clippings, and drawings.
A6 Size / Daily / Jan start / Mon start
Select shop and brand Arts&Science owner Sonya Park directed the creation of this English-language Hobonichi Techo book, which has been refined and simplified to make it easy to use in all countries and languages. The refined layout, the color scheme of charcoal gray and red, and the bonus pages exclusive to the Planner are part of its charm.
The book has a matte cover subtly engraved with the Japanese characters for “techo” alongside the Arts&Science logo.