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If you're "into" planners and pens odds are you've heard about the Japanese Hobonichi planners.
They have become vastly popular over the years and here in the US they sell out through pre-orders before they are even released. Last I read there are over 30,000,000 users of their various models.
One of their more popular models is their Techo planner.
It's a small (A6 size) planner with fountain pen friendly paper and a one-per-day-page structure.
The Techo is also the only planner that now also comes fully translated to English (black cover).
The Techo also supports a broken year so there is one model that starts in April and goes to March of the subsequent year.
The Techos are not inexpensive - one can expect to pay about $50 for one.
Having said that...KawaiiTokyo on Etsy is a very good source for these planners and can, if you ask her, now sell the 2016 (Japanese language version w/ January start) for $17. This because three months of the year are now gone.
I wanted a less expensive way to try out one of these highly regarded planners...so...I asked and she sold me one - took about a week from Japan - and it arrived today. The thing looks and feels great and can't wait to start using it
Try googling Hobonichi Techo planner and look at some examples of what people much more creative than me use these planners for. Some are truly inspirational.
Below, my new Techo with a Parker 25 for scale:
They have become vastly popular over the years and here in the US they sell out through pre-orders before they are even released. Last I read there are over 30,000,000 users of their various models.
One of their more popular models is their Techo planner.
It's a small (A6 size) planner with fountain pen friendly paper and a one-per-day-page structure.
The Techo is also the only planner that now also comes fully translated to English (black cover).
The Techo also supports a broken year so there is one model that starts in April and goes to March of the subsequent year.
The Techos are not inexpensive - one can expect to pay about $50 for one.
Having said that...KawaiiTokyo on Etsy is a very good source for these planners and can, if you ask her, now sell the 2016 (Japanese language version w/ January start) for $17. This because three months of the year are now gone.
I wanted a less expensive way to try out one of these highly regarded planners...so...I asked and she sold me one - took about a week from Japan - and it arrived today. The thing looks and feels great and can't wait to start using it
Try googling Hobonichi Techo planner and look at some examples of what people much more creative than me use these planners for. Some are truly inspirational.
Below, my new Techo with a Parker 25 for scale: