Hobonichi 2025 Japanese Cousin Book – April Start
The Hobonichi Techo Cousin Book is an A5-sized techo with ample writing space, featuring one page per day. This April-start version starts in April 2025 and covers through March 2026.
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.
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 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.
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 book has the same thread-stitch binding as a dictionary, allowing it to lay flat open for comfortable writing. It stays flat even if you don’t hold it down.
The book uses thin and light yet durable Tomoe River paper. This paper that underwent an overhaul with the 2024 edition techo is more resistant to bleed through, lighter despite being the same thickness, and has a smoother surface by adjusting the fibers of the paper.
Other than the daily pages with lots of space to write, the book contains several sections that are great for schedule management, such as a yearly calendar, monthly calendar, and yearly index page. The back of the book has bonus pages, including Sample Symbols and Icons, How to Have Fun Keeping a Diary, and Recommended Noodle List of 47 Prefectures.
(See the Exploring Each Type page for more details.)
The Hobonichi Techo is used by pairing a techo book with a cover. Pick out a cover of your choice from our large selection of convenient A5 size Hobonichi Techo covers.
Specifications
| Size | A5 size H: 210 x W: 148 x T: 18 mm / H: 8.3″” x W: 5.8″” x T: 0.7″” *Actual book size may vary slightly |
|---|---|
| Weight | Approx. 445 g |
| Main material | Paper |
Contents
| Size | A5 size H: 210 x W: 148 x T: 18 mm / H: 8.3″” x W: 5.8″” x T: 0.7″” *Actual book size may vary slightly |
|---|---|
| Weight | Approx. 445 g |
| Language | Japanese |
| Pages | 544 pages |
| Paper Type / Binding | Thin, light Tomoe River paper resistant to bleeding and designed for planners / Stitch-binding |
| Graph Paper Size | 3.7 mm |
| Start of Week | Monday-start week |
| Yearly Calendar | 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Yearly Index | Apr. 2025- Mar. 2026 (4 pages) |
| Monthly Calendar | Feb. 2025 – May 2026 (32 pages) |
| Daily Pages | Apr. 1, 2025 – Mar. 31, 2026 (377 pages) *A blank two-page spread is featured at the very beginning of the book to provide a free area when starting out the book. *A page is included at the beginning of each month to help in planning ahead. *All daily pages include daily quotes. *Includes a mini monthly calendar at the bottom right of every two-page spread (Monday-start). |
| Daily Quotes | One per day (Japanese) |
| Weekly Pages | Apr. 1, 2025 – Apr. 6, 2026 (106 pages) |
| Memo Pages | 4 pages |
| Bonus Pages | Time Table / Graph Paper / Favorites / My 100 / Sample Symbols and Icons / How to Have Fun Keeping a Diary / Recommended Noodle List of 47 Prefectures / Solar Terms / Emergency Preparedness / Gifts / Age Table / Conversion Chart / Getting the most of Hobonichi / Addresses (for 8 people) / Personal Notes |
| Listed Information | Day of the year / Week of the year (listed on monthly calendars and weekly pages) / Old lunar calendar / Rokuyo (traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar) (listed on monthly calendars) / Solar terms / Japanese holidays / Moon phase (daily pages include every phase, monthly calendars and weekly pages only include full and new moon) |
| Other | See the Exploring Each Type page for more details |
