Slash (Navy) HON / A6 Size / Daily / Jan start / Mon start - Techo Lineup

Slash (Navy)HON / A6 Size / Daily / Jan start / Mon start

2024 New

The Hobonichi Techo HON has a hardcover design already attached to the book. It’s designed to make you feel like you’re carrying around a favorite book, which you can pull out at any time to make notes no matter where you are. The book has A6 size pages and features a page per day, so the contents are the same as the Hobonichi Techo Original.

Slash is one of the basic design options for the HON. The dark navy cover almost looks black, and the diagonal slash is foil-printed in gold.

The design is based on the forward-slash symbol ( / ) used when writing dates. The cloth of the cover has a matte texture that feels nice in your hands and is resistant to grime, as well as wear and tear.

The book spine is foil-pressed in gold with the year 2024 and the HON logo for easy reference when placed in your bookshelf alongside other books.

The bookbinding on the HON has thread-stitch binding similar to the Hobonichi Techo Original, so it opens 180 degrees onto the table. It stays flat even if you don’t hold it down.

The book uses thin and light yet durable Tomoe River S paper. The paper has supported the Hobonichi Techo for over 20 years with its special characteristics, but it’ll be undergoing an overhaul starting with the 2024 edition techos. The paper is more resistant to bleed through, lighter despite being almost the same thickness, and has a crisper surface by adjusting the fibers of the paper.

The back of the book has informational pages, including An Interview with Myself, Seasonal Sweets to Make at Home, and Caring for Your Eyes.

As a special exclusive only for the HON, this techo comes with a pencil board. The board is A6 size and clear, with 5mm grid lines printed across it. There are measurements printed along one side in 1mm increments, which allow for use as a ruler. This is also a new type of pencil board, as it has a pen holder attached to it where users can store pens by their clips.

The Hobonichi Techo HON comes in either Japanese or English. If you love this cover, then you can pick out which language you’d like in that book.

The representative “HON” design is now available in two colors

The “Slash” design was the most symbolic of all the “HON” designs that debuted in the 2023 edition.

With the theme of creating a techo that also looks like a paperback book, the idea for this style came from Masako Kusakabe, a designer who also designs Hobonichi Techo books. The diagonal line represents the date.

For the 2024 edition, we have not only the A6 but also the A5 size, and the color options are now navy and ivory. The gold foil on the slash marks subtly differs between the navy and ivory versions to match the background color.

On navy, it is a slightly reddish gold; on ivory, it is a whitish gold. It will be easier to see the difference if you can look at the two at your nearby store.

Staff List

Photographer: Styled Images: Yuko Fukui / Product Detail: Hiroyuki Oe
Stylist: Haruka Kimura

Slash (Navy)HON / A6 Size / Daily / Jan start / Mon start

¥2,970 - ¥3,520(incl. tax)

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Available

Specifications

Size	H: 156 x W: 110 x T: 16 mm / H: 6.1" x W: 4.3" x T: 0.6" *Specifications may vary slightly
Weight	Approx. 210 g
Main material	Cotton / Paper

Book (HON English Edition / English / January Start)

Language	English
Pages	464 pages
Paper Type / Binding	Thin, light Tomoe River S paper resistant to bleeding and designed for planners / Stitch-binding
Graph Paper Size	3.7 mm *Monthly calendar pages are 3.45 mm
Start of Week	Monday-start week
Yearly Calendar	2023, 2024, 2025
Yearly Index	Dec. 2023 - Mar. 2025 (8 pages)
Monthly Calendar	Dec. 2023 - Mar. 2025 (32 pages)
Daily Pages	Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2024 (378 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. Every two-page daily page spread includes one daily quote. Includes a mini monthly calendar at the bottom right of every two-page spread (Monday-start).
Daily Quotes	One quote per two-page spread (English)
Weekly Pages	Not included
Memo Pages	16 pages
Bonus Pages	Time Table / Graph Paper / Favorites / My 100 / An Interview with Myself / Seasonal Sweets to Make at Home / Caring for Your Eyes / Words to Remember / 365 Days Check-Off Sheet / Looking Back at the Year 2024 / Getting the Most Out of Your Hobonichi Techo / Gifts / Addresses / Personal Notes
Listed Information	Day of the year / Week of the year (listed on monthly calendars / Moon phase (daily pages include every phase, monthly calendars only include full and new moon)
Other	See the Exploring Each Type page for more details

Book (HON / Japanese / January Start)

Language	Japanese
Pages	464 pages
Paper Type / Binding	Thin, light Tomoe River S paper resistant to bleeding and designed for planners / Stitch-binding
Graph Paper Size	3.7 mm *Monthly pages are 3.45 mm
Start of Week	Monday-start week
Yearly Calendar	2023, 2024, 2025
Yearly Index	Dec. 2023 - Mar. 2025 (8 pages)
Monthly Calendar	Dec. 2023 - Mar. 2025 (32 pages)
Daily Pages	Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2024 (378 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	Not included
Memo Pages	14 pages
Bonus Pages	Time Table / Graph Paper / Favorites / My 100 / An Interview with Myself / Seasonal Sweets to Make at Home / Caring for Your Eyes / Solar Terms / Emergency Preparedness / Conversion Chart / Getting the most of Hobonichi / Gifts / Age Table / Addresses (for 6 people) / Personal Notes
Listed Information	Day of the year / Week of the year (listed on monthly calendars) / 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 only include full and new moon)
Other	See the Exploring Each Type page for more details

Please Read Before You Buy

In order to provide you with the most satisfaction for your product, we've compiled a list of warnings, potential issues, and tips to keep in mind for this particular product. Please be sure to read this information carefully before placing your order.

Test fountain pens before regular use: The Hobonichi Techo's Tomoe River / Tomoe River S paper is designed to prevent bleed-through, but some fountain pens and water-based ink pens are not compatible with this paper. When switching to a new pen, we recommend testing the pen somewhere in the book, such as the back memo pages, to see if the ink bleeds through or takes an especially long time to dry.
Characteristics of materials and product design may result in white spots on the edges and corners of the front and back.: Characteristics of materials and product design may result in white spots on the edges and corners of the front and back. The corners of the cover contain light traces of press marks, shines, and lumps. This is an unavoidable part of the manufacturing process.
Cannot be used with a Hobonichi Techo Cover or Cover on Cover. Please use the Clear Cover for HON.: The cover of the HON book is thicker and firmer than that of the Hobonichi Techo book. It cannot be used with a Techo cover designed for the standard Hobonichi Techo book. The Cover on Cover designed for standard Hobonichi Techo covers also will not fit the HON. Please use the Clear Cover for HON. Please do not use excessive force when applying the cover as this may cause damage.
About the included pencil board: The pen hook on the pencil board can hold a pen by its clip.