Hello, I’m Mizunoya from the Techo Team. While planning for this report, I flipped back through the pages of the techos I used this year... and was shocked by how many blank pages there were! I felt a little down about it, but once I started making a habit of simply opening my techo every day, those pages slowly began to fill in. With my confidence somewhat restored, I’m ready to kick off my very own year-end reflection.


Here are the techos I used in 2025:
・Drama Log / Day-Free (A5)
・Deco Journal / HON (A6)
・Life Log / Weeks
・For Work / Cousin (A5)
・Diary / 5-Year Techo (A5)
・Input Log / HON (A6)

... That’s a lot. Even I was surprised. Still, they’re all special to me, so I’d like to reflect on each of them one by one.

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■Drama Log / Day-Free (A5)


In this Day-Free, I drew the title logos of the dramas I watched, wrote down the shows info, and recorded my thoughts. Looking back through it this way is so much fun that I want to continue this journaling style next year too. One drama that left the deepest impression on me this year was “僕達はまだその星の校則を知らない” (“School Lawyer: Finding the Colors of the Stars”). Every line had this gentle warmth, and I grew to truly love the characters. I even used Add-On Sticky Notes to fit all my comments!

■Deco Journal / HON (A6)

Look how wonderfully chunky it got! The pages are so colorful that just flipping through it makes the whole year feel rich and exciting.


The photo shows a page where I tried drawing the pattern from a Yasashii Towel I bought. The drawing isn’t very good at all, but I had so much fun making it that it’s one of my favorite pages.

■Life Log / Weeks

After looking at lots of formats on social media, I finally found a style that fit me this year. On the weekly pages I wrote what I ate; in the memo pages I tracked habits, sleep time, and steps; and at the end of each week, I wrote a short review. Thanks to keeping these logs, I became much more aware of how my body was doing day to day. For example, I noticed I got a small mouth ulcer—and I now know from experience that it fully heals in about six days!

■For Work / Cousin (A5)

For this techo, I used the mindset of “it’s okay if there are blank pages.” Some days I’d write in detail, some days I wouldn’t write at all. I also tried many different formats. It was a generous, forgiving techo that accepted anything. I absolutely love the Taut Zipped cover. It’s always so cute and refreshing to look at. I found the keyholder at the Joy of Life Exhibition. It's super adorable and always cheers me up too.


Here's a page where I simply stuck a coffee bean sticker from my usual coffee shop—the ones they put on the lids. Just seeing it brings back the friendly faces of the staff. Thank you for a year of delicious coffee.

■Diary / 5-Year Techo (A5)

My style for the 5-Year Techo has settled into a “title + details” format. When something happens that I want to remember from year to year, I write that year’s number in a colored pen. Thanks to the Hobonichi Techo App, Thanks to the Hobonichi Techo App, I can jot notes on my phone during my commute and copy them into the techo later, which has helped me just about keep it up. I wonder what color ink I should write with next year?

■Input Log / HON (A6)

This one has quite a few blank pages too, but earlier this year, when I tried fishing for the first time in my life, I caught an aji. A friend taught me how to clean and prepare it, and I copied it into the techo. I could have easily looked up instructions online, but writing it by hand like this lets me remember the whole fun experience of that day. I’m glad I captured it.

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That’s all! Thank you for joining me for this six-book end of year reflection. It’s always hard to get started, but once you begin, it really is nothing but fun. I want to carry that feeling with me and continue enjoying my techos next year too.

To top it off, let me introduce the stationery that supported me this year.

There will be another members report tomorrow, so please come and check it out!

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