A planner, a journal, a life book…the Hobonichi WEEKS is beloved for its versatile possibilities.
Features Weekly + Memo spreads with a horizontal weekly calendar on the left and a full grid memo page on the right. Use the left side to log appointments or reminders, and the opposing memo page to expand your thoughts further. A weekly inspirational quote in English can be found at the footer of each spread. Enjoy 73 additional pages of 3.7mm grid memo paper for journaling, tracking habits or budgets, or logging your favorite moments of 2025.
Roughly the size of a long wallet, its slim profile allows you to carry it in your jacket pocket. Fitted with bleed-proof, ultralight Tomoe River S paper for writing with fountain pens and nearly any instrument of your choice. Lay-flat stitch binding allows you to open your Hobonichi comfortably, while the stiff paperboard cover makes it easy to write on any surface.
Specifications:
- Language: English
- Pages: 240 pages
- Paper Type / Binding: Thin, light Tomoe River paper resistant to bleeding and designed for planners / Stitch-binding
- Graph Paper Size: 3.55 mm
- Start of Week: Monday-start week
- Yearly Calendar: 2024, 2025, 2026
- Yearly Index: Jan. - Dec. 2025 (2 pages)
- Monthly Calendar: Dec. 2024 - Mar. 2026 (32 pages)
- Daily Quotes: One per week (English)
- Weekly Calendar: Nov. 25, 2024 - Jan. 4, 2026 (116 pages) *All weekly pages include quotes.
- Graph Paper: 73 pages
- Bonus Pages: Shorthand Note-Taking / Using Common Items to Measure Size / Favorites / My 100 / Sample Symbols and Icons / Oodles of Noodles / 365 Days Check-Off Sheet / Addresses / Personal Notes
- Listed Information: Week of the year / Moon phase (weekly pages include every phase, monthly calendars only include full and new moon)
- Includes: One clear, adhesive corner pocket you can stick anywhere you like.
About the Cover
Bijutsukai and Shin Bijutsukai are craft design books published during the Meiji period (1868–1912). Both contain beautiful designs created by various Japanese painters and designers. This collection of multicolored woodblock print designs was published by Unsodo, a Kyoto-based art publishing company and the only publisher of hand-printed woodblock books in Japan.
This Weeks book was created using a craft design selected from Bijutsukai.
The craft design consists of layers of pastel-colored geometric motifs with striking, thread-like red lines. Take a close look; you will see leaves and overlapping paper folded into triangles.
It is said that in the past, Japanese aristocrats used to write Waka poems on paper mulberry leaves instead of the Tanzaku paper strips used today. Their wishes for the Tanabata star festival were also written on paper mulberry leaves. It then became a time when “Kaji-no-ha ornaments” were regarded as a symbol of Tanabata decorations, made by hanging folded colored paper on a paper mulberry leaf and tying a string on it. These historical motifs are what is described in this design. However, it is interesting that the shapes and exquisite colors of the individual pieces give us a sense of the coming future.
