You can record anything you want, such as keeping a schedule, journal, or to-do list, or writing down ideas, the weather or your physical condition that day, meals you ate, or places you visited. You can also stick to a basic ballpoint pen or pencil for simple writing, or incorporate text written in various directions up and down the page, written extra large, or in various colors or brush stroke styles.

It's fun to paste memories into your techo pages, whether that be tickets for art exhibitions or concerts, train tickets, photos, newspaper clippings, sticky notes or letters you receive, candy wrappers, drink labels, and more. We recommend this method to people who want to fill their pages but find it a chore to write.

The Hobonichi Techo is popular among users as an art book. Some people sketch and doodle in the pages or keep an art journal by drawing things like the outfit they wore that day or meals they ate. This even includes users who use brushes to paint with watercolors, or draw manga about their daily lives and post pictures of their pages on social media.

One of the nice things about the Hobonichi Techo is the way it even provides enjoyable reading material if you were to only read the quotes on the bottom of the pages each day. It’s also pleasing to read through your previous entries to look back on your life in your own handwriting. Experience the joy you get when forgotten memories bubble back to the surface.

It’s fun to pair your book with your favorite cover and think about all the things you’d like to store in the cover pockets. This can include your pens of choice, sticky notes, stickers, memo pads, and other stationery, or things good to have on hand just in case, such as business cards, Band-aids, or cash.

Life log

When you were a certain age, what kinds of things were you doing? The techo can provide a record of your life that can act as a special kind of log.

Schedule management

Organize all of your upcoming plans by writing them in your techo. Some users use the techo to track the schedule of the entire family.

Task management

Write out your to-do list for the day and check off what you’ve completed.

Journal

Keep a journal that consists of anything you want, like the events of the day or things that you ate.

Self-reflection

Write out your worries and put your thoughts on paper so you can review them and take an objective view.

Parenting journal

Write down the things your child does or says on a daily basis. This record of your child growing up will be a precious treasure someday.

Household account book

Use your techo to track financial transactions. It’s also helpful to store your receipts and important documents in the same book.

Fandoms

Turn your book into a show of love for your favorite celebrities or characters.

Studying

Use the techo as a notebook when studying new subjects, such as foreign languages. Some users also record the amount of time they spend studying.

Goals

If you’ve got a goal you’re trying to achieve, writing it down and assigning timelines can turn your techo into an ally for your accomplishment.

Hobbies / learning

Compile what you learn — or organize what you know — about your hobbies, interests, or things you’re learning.

Diet / health tracking

Write your weight or temperature every day to track your health. You can also write down things you ate or the number of calories you’ve consumed.

Ideas

Use the techo as a memo pad to write down anything that spontaneously comes to mind.

Memories

Tape in a photo or a letter to turn the book into an album of memories.

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New bonus pages in the 2025 edition

*The informational pages vary by book type.

Some pages are included every year.

*The informational pages vary by book type.

Printable bonus pages

We’ve got all kinds of pages you can add to your techo for free,
including some that you can fill in however you’d like and others you can just read for fun.
Customize your techo by picking out your favorite pages to add to the book,
and just tape it in!

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