The Hobonichi Techo Cousin is an A5 sized planner with one page per day.



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.



The book contains many useful calendars and schedule-tracking tools, such as the yearly calendar, monthly calendar, and yearly index page. The Cousin also has an exclusive section: the popular weekly pages track a week in each two-page spread for easy planning and contain a handy time schedule.



The back of the book includes useful and informational pages, such as an address book and a page for drawing out a custom graph, as well as pages titled “My Favorite Things,” “How to Better Enjoy Conversation,” and “Enjoy Learning at the Hobonichi School.”



The Hobonichi Techo includes quotes specially chosen from its parent site, the Japanese web magazine Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun. Each daily page has a quote in Japanese.



After years of testing, the graph paper has been set to 3.7 mm for optimal writing comfort. The graph paper design allows users to write from any starting point on the page, and the lines have been printed in light colors so users can either customize it to their own layout or ignore it completely.



The Cousin is only available with a Monday-start week for the monthly calendar.



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The Hobonichi Techo Original Book has special stitch-binding that allows the book to lay completely flat without having to hold it down.







From the 2023 edition, we changed the packaging from plastic to paper. You can take a peek at the techo book from the window.







When you purchase this book in the Hobonichi Techo Official Store, the book comes with two free 2023 Hobonichi Store Exclusives: a special Hobonichi Techo 3-Color Jetstream ballpoint pen (the 2023 edition has a brown and navy pen body), and an Almost-Precious Item Bag (available while supplies last).







Although you can use the book on its own, you can pair it with a cover of your choice from our large selection of convenient A6 size Hobonichi Techo covers.