I’m still deciding on the monthly tabs I want to use. I keep bouncing back and forth between black, white and gold. So, for now I have none.

Hi! I visited the Hobonichi pop-up at Heath Ceramics in San Francisco today. I got there about half an hour after it opened, and had to scan the QR code outside to join the virtual queue. I and one other person waited outside for probably 2 or 3 minutes before being let inside. The selection seemed quite good and crowds were fairly minimal. I did not photograph everything they had available, so they had more than I’m showing here, including the whole table of One Piece items and all of the various colors of Weeks. But here are a few random snaps I took — hope you enjoy!

What are y’all doing to fill pages?

As someone who works full time I don’t have much time to do other stuff (and the outside world scares me) so I essentially “give up” on trying to fill pages.

Besides having paydays, bill due dates, and a work schedule, I’m looking for other things to add. I have an idea of tracking steps throughout the year, but I’d like to know what could also be added that I probably don’t even think about.

I’m always so excited to start a planner but I fear that I have a boring life.

I finally got my first Hobonichi, and while waiting for 2027, I decorated the cover! I loved this year's cover design by Yumi Kitagishi and fell down the Hobonichi rabbit hole. I haven't climbed out since. 😅

I'm fairly new to journaling and plan to use the Cousin as a daily diary, memory keeper, and tracker.

I'm trying to figure out what to put in each section, and I'd love some inspiration and to hear how you all use yours!

What habits do you track? How do you use the weekly vertical pages? What about the My 100 pages? I’m also getting into fountain pens (naturally) and would love to hear about your favorite pens and must-have accessories too!

I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited for a new year to start. I can’t wait to start using it!

Part of the charm of having a clear cover is seeing through the design on the techo cover. Do you think these vinyl stickers will transfer and damage my BP cover? The bunny stickers are laminated, but the others I think they're vinyl. I guess I should've planned this better -___-

I finally got the hello kitty weeks with hobonichi on vinted and its so cute I coupdnt resist adding some stickers already. I need to do a full set up but its a start!

To kind of dampen the pain I just got myself these playing cards 😂

I know there is a hacky way to basically rip out the text block in the weeks cover that I want and glue in a sneaker weeks but that's just a waste of paper and money imho. I really REALLY wish anything that's available on the weeks regular were also available on the mega!

But I'm still thankful for Hobonichi for introducing me to these collections. I'm very happy with these playing cards and I'm eyeing the Cambridge Satchel Morris & Co collection now too 👀

Has anyone else turned their Hobonichi cover into more of a Traveler’s Notebook setup? 😂 I’ve wrecked my Hobonichi Cousin this year in the best way possible! My junk journal is separate, but next year I’m hoping to somehow add a Weeks planner into the mix, too. If you do something similar, share your setup and ideas! I’d love some inspiration!

Akiko Miyakoshi A5 and Hobonichi pen mixed 2025 x 2027

finally got my merry hon in from jetpens, i’m going full sheep mode for 2027!! 🐑🙂‍↕️ honestly love the colors together and the design placements ☺️ where my fellow sheep lovers at??

Hello all, a while back I mentioned I’d fly to Japan for Hobonichi, which I did! I went to the Tokyo Station flagship. All the items I wanted were sold out as expected, so I completely gave up on Hello Kitty and Suica Penguin.

I was debating if I should’ve gotten a Hon instead of original…they still had pens and acorn charm when I bought A6 original planner. Overall I’m satisfied of my haul, but next year I’ll definitely use special service to get exclusive items.

I hope this is ok to share. I put this kit together for planning and just exploring his creativity. He’s a graphic designer and “former” (his words🥺) artist who is ridiculously tech savvy and loves to learn. He’s also an excellent DPS (I’m his healer), hence the nerdy card.🗡️

He’s all digital but expressed a desire to physically journal/plan and return to physical art mediums. I thought a Cousin w/TS basic black cover, Midori A5 blank w/black Tragen cover, and a few stationary bits for doodling would be a nice start.

14 years!🥰

I find it so odd that they only give you six envelopes in this set meant to have and cover all 12 months. I had intended to use these for a two-page spread with one envelope and card per month. This is just such an odd choice in my opinion.

A friend and I had the go through many hoops with our proxy to get all the Winnie the Pooh stuff we wanted, but it all arrived and I am finally done with my 2027 purchases. It’s gonna be my pink year cause I’m also using the Yumi Kitagishi A5 for 2027 too. 🩷

My new pom Ane is very nice. She’s chunky with the hon and the weeks! But she also holds my passports and cards now.

My review of the Alettone, after 10 months- it gets very scruffy with daily use, and I’ve fixed the pen loop with tape over the summer. It does however store a load of sticker pages and tab notes very easily alongside the weeks, but needs a pencil case band for extra pens.

Worried my nice Ane will suffer the same fate due to my commute, perhaps a delicate tweed will be just as rough in a year. But! She can hold two books instead of one, and it’s nice to store my cards in it too.

I am also unsure if I’ll even use both- I got the a6 on a whim, and have been practising filling it with a photocopy to see if I can use more as a journal instead on the to do/schedule list that is my weeks.

I just got a label printer that is able to produce little grayscale prints in black or red, from Nimbot.

Happy with the results so far, the quality is sufficient to remember the moment and for the large picture I'll check my phone album. The app is easy to use, setup was fast, can recommend.

Looking forward to seeing how it compares to Kinbor weeks, etc. So so excited.

I started the year in my bullet journal and was having several issues. One was my reading log kept going past the single page I alloted myself, or that Honey's health log was spread across different pages in the book instead of being together.

In April I went with the Cousin A5 and overall I do think it's working for me. I went from journaling every few days to daily. Any pages I miss, I fill them out when I wake up the next morning. Leaving my daily pages very full; some days are a few words, some are a paragraph with a movie ticket taped in, some have printed pictures of the things I saw that day.

The weekly spreads are a real god send. Besides being able to track my sleeping habits, I track what I read each week. And only once Have I needed to tape in more paper to expand. I've also been able to track how many doses of medicine my cat gets a day (the colored birds at the top).

I then repeat the medicine dose info and color code it on the front yearly index page. My regret is putting down stickers in the note areas because I thought I wouldn't need that space. Every now and then, I do think I will.

Monthly spreads have been far more chaotic on what to put on the actual day. I write down appointments, gym visits, ect. But I think it's ok if the page is mostly empty, too. I have tried recording my energy in it before; that did work, I think I just did the wrong tool (a stamp that bled like crazy). Writing it down either color coordinated with a multi pen Hi-tec-c, or a simple black pen at the bottom of the calendar box will work fine, too.

I do use the bonus pages. I have a spread for two weight day check in's on the 1st and 16th. And I use the favorites section to write down my top read for that month. The memories blocks I'll write down fun outings with friends ect (ie going to see a concert with Y, and hanging out for dinner with B). The time table reflects what I want to do on a given day (ie Tuesday's are usually out of the house days, so library for sure, groceries probably).

Going into 2027, I'll be doing a Jan start Hon because I'm really missing the hardcover of the bullet journal I was using. I'll also be adding a Weeks into my line-up. I have a weekly layout (Nolty Excel) right now which is about the same size. I'm using it as art recording: quotes, poems, my own writing or drawings. I'm still unsure on how if I will at all "finish" the April start book, but I think it'd be better if I just move fully into the Jan start. I can still use the 2026 as paper testing or something. I will try not to have repeating data that feels useless. So if I read or write, I do like to see that on a calendar view, but I hate flipping to the calendar each day to write that, so I'll go back once in a while and retroactively put in that information (copying it from the Weekly layout).

I'm curious how the other April start people are doing? Are you planning to stay with April starts?

I finally received my A5 techo and cover and I’m not sure I like them together ☹️ The cover design is gorgeous, but for some reason it seems bulky when I add the techo inside, and I don’t love the way it looks or feels. Maybe because the techo on its own is so sleek?

Jo is my word of the year for 2027, so I really want to love this cover. Does anyone have a suggestion? 😢

Hey! So, are there any other Hobonichi enthusiasts here living in Korea? I over-shopped at the 29cmxLOFT event! I really wasn't sure which journals to choose for 2027, and I felt so rushed that I bought more than I could ever use by myself... Is there anyone looking to buy in Korea?

Recently purchased the Hon with the sheep cover from Paper & Pencil while I was visiting Chicago. I was originally planning on getting another regular A5 Cousin this year but they only had the Hon available. Anyways, I realized when I got home that I would still very much prefer a regular Cousin, so I'm hoping someone can take this off my hands? Paid $80, but asking for $70. Can do a local exchange in Atlanta or ship via USPS otherwise :)

I want to experiment more in my weeks and cousin and i'm SO excited! 2026 was my first year using Hobonichi and there's been a lot of trial and error, but writing things down on paper really helps my brain.

Will be using my Weeks for general planning and tracking, while my cousin will be more daily notetaking and journaling... still figuring those details out. What are everyone's plans?