About the Hobonichi Techo

What is the Hobonichi Techo?

It's a Life Book you can use in any way you want.

The Hobonichi Techo is a techo you can use freely to match your lifestyle. The 2021 edition marks the techo's 20th year.

After you've had fun using it for a year, there you have a Book that's filled with your Life events.

Here are the charms of the Hobonichi Techo.

The 1 page-per-day style
with lots of space to write.

One of the characteristics of this techo is the freedom it provides. What makes it possible is the one pager-per-day style with lots of writing space.

As well as writing in your daily schedules, you can write or draw events that happened that day, how you felt, paste in tickets and stickers... any way you want.

Strong, comfortable construction.

We use a light, durable paper with a pleasant writing experience, called the Tomoe River paper.

The Planner, Original, Cousin, Day-Free and the Hobonichi 5-Year Techo books open completely flat and are comfortable to write in.

Original daily quotes.

Each new spread features insightful and entertaining quotes specially selected from the techo’s parent site, Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun.

The wide variety in techo books
and cover designs.

There is a wide variety in techo books to accomodate to your needs - whether you want a light book that's easy to carry around or you want to write a lot, there's a techo book for you.

Each year brings a new lineup of a multitude of covers with various textures and designs. There's the fun in picking your favorite out of all of the designs available.

Director: Shingo TANAKA
Videographer: Kenichi YAMADA
CG: Takuya NISHIMURA
PM: Moyuru NISHINO
Producer: Hanako TAKASHIMA
Production: AMUSE
Produced by the Hobonichi Techo Team

Here are some ways you
might use the techo.

Techo users are always finding new ways to use the Hobonichi Techo and sharing their ideas.

Once you know a few tips and the various ways in which it can be used, it will make your experience with the techo more enjoyable.

Our user's usage examples and ideas can be seen on the Hobonichi Techo Official Guidebook (Japanese) and the Fun Stuff page. Take a look for inspiration!