kitchenmotors
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I ordered the Mother 2 cover on Sunday and its set to be delivered today. Crazy fast shipping!
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2015 Hobonichi Techo
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It finally came 
The cousin feels pretty big but it's nice to have a case that can hold it and some other A5 notebooks. The pages have more space than I was expecting though, and I'm not sure I need it.
I'm really tempted to get an English planner too for personal stuff (my cousin is for work), although the import charges here really suck, about half of it was a handling fee..
The cousin feels pretty big but it's nice to have a case that can hold it and some other A5 notebooks. The pages have more space than I was expecting though, and I'm not sure I need it.I'm really tempted to get an English planner too for personal stuff (my cousin is for work), although the import charges here really suck, about half of it was a handling fee..
Wooo Onett!
Yeah, the apple red and marigold covers were my 2nd and 3rd choices too
Gorgeous.JODOROWSKY51
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Splash Wave
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Wait, so do the leather cases actually cost over $300? I may have made a huge (hilarious) mistake...
entremet
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Oh God. Don't forget expensive lol.
Contact customer service and always use a currency exchange calculator when buying foreign goods. Unless you want to keep it.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Duane Cunningham
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I wonder if this would fit it, or if there's anything legit about the site: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...r-cover-notebook-cover/439515_2028646588.html
...'cause, that's like, insanely cheap.
...'cause, that's like, insanely cheap.
AliExpress is legit but its mostly just junk from China.
El Pescado
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Uh oh. Are you serious?
(thanks to CheesecakeRecipe for the beautiful edit)
Hah. That's awesome.
entremet
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The zippered ones do.
Duane Cunningham
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Holy shit. My extra one wound up going for eighty six dollars on eBay! O_O
Dandy Crocodile
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Wait, the one with the bent corner??
irfaanator
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so i was able to order with my debit card and not my credit card. should be coming by the end of the month. got the animal cover
Duane Cunningham
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No, I kept that and have been using it, but they sent a second one to replace it, which I left sealed and put up for auction.
Jeez. I imagine there are people who freak out about ordering from Japan. It honestly could not be easier and they ship so fast, but I guess not everyone knows that.
Also there are a few brick and mortar that sell them.
Really? I tried to search around and see if there were authorized resellers but I never found anything.
I do feel like getting your Hobonichi sent direct from Japan is part of the fun, somehow.
El Pescado
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I'm still not happy with the pen I'm using. I'm using a Pilot G2, but it just feel kinda scratchy and the ink takes a little longer to dry than I'd like. Can anyone recommend a pen that writes a little smoother with a quicker drying ink?
ElectricKaibutsu
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I came upon a Hobo Nichi display at the Loft in Shibuya!
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I hung around there a bit. A bunch of people checked them out but I didn't see anyone buy one. Two twenty-something girls laughed at the price :/. They were looking at a ¥6000 one.
It was nice to finally be able to check out all the cases in person. They all looked great, but I think my favorite was the red plaid. Still, I'm happy with my navy blue
.I hung around there a bit. A bunch of people checked them out but I didn't see anyone buy one. Two twenty-something girls laughed at the price :/. They were looking at a ¥6000 one.
I've been using the Pigma Micron 02. I love it so much I just bought three more.
Ohto Graphic Liner, Uni Signo DX.
Of course! Hidden on their own website!
I'm an idiot.
I came upon a Hobo Nichi display at the Loft in Shibuya!
It was nice to finally be able to check out all the cases in person. They all looked great, but I think my favorite was the red plaid. Still, I'm happy with my navy blue
I hung around there a bit. A bunch of people checked them out but I didn't see anyone buy one. Two twenty-something girls laughed at the price :/. They were looking at a ¥6000 one.
I've been using the Pigma Micron 02. I love it so much I just bought three more.
Oh man! I'd love to see all the covers in person!
Loft is like heaven, wish I had known about the hobo niche when I went there
were they only selling them packaged with the cover like that? the onett one looks cheap compared to the website
kitchenmotors
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Hopefully my order should be here by early next week. I ended up getting the Japanese version instead because of the late February date. I'll pick up the English version next year, just excited to start using it and keeping track of a few things in my personal/professional life.
I also ordered some markers and a few sticker sets!
I also ordered some markers and a few sticker sets!
ElectricKaibutsu
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Nah, you could buy them separately for ¥2000. And I don't know if the Onett looks cheap, but, yeah, the texture was different than I expected. I'm not a fan of the Harris Tweed one though :/. Especially at that price.
oh i meant the price for the Onett one in that picture looks cheaper than it is on the website, given that you get a planner with it, but maybe it isn't
ElectricKaibutsu
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Ah, totally misunderstood you lol. I believe those were all inclusive. At least, I didn't see any separate cases, only separate techos.
And to clarify a bit about the Harris Tweed, the tweed part looks great, but I think it would have been better if the rest was real leather.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Correct! The English planner is completely interchangeable with the 'original' covers. You don't need to get the expensive leather zippers.
Dandy Crocodile
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One neat thing I wanted to do with my blank pages was use the grid paper to draw pixel art characters. It's easy and fun and can look pretty sharp if you want it to.
Other than that, I have lots of big stickers if I'm feeling lazy and want to consume blank spaces.
ActStriker
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For the days I didn't write anything I just leave it blank
Unless I'm backfilling things I'm trying to log every day like meals, if I didn't draw/note anything I'll assume that nothing worth writing down came to mind that day anyway
Unless I'm backfilling things I'm trying to log every day like meals, if I didn't draw/note anything I'll assume that nothing worth writing down came to mind that day anyway
Megalosaro
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I write in mine daily without fail. It is ALWAYS on my person.
CheesecakeRecipe
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I have a fallback system for if I don't have anything to put in, just to make sure I keep up the habit of always using it. Daily weather in Kanji, and a Word of the Day type entry if I have nothing eventful to write or doodle. So far it has done pretty well on keeping me using it.
ElectricKaibutsu
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I try to write what I did on missed days, even if it's just a word or two. Sometimes I'll expand a day on which I did a lot and take up the previous day's mostly unused page with pictures cut out from a flyer or something.
Daily weather??? That is only one step above a case on case user! How could you betray me like this???
Okay, a few steps above a case on case user, but still.
Thanks to this thread I bought a Hobonichi Techo Cousin with an April start date.
I am also now obsessed with stamps, tape, pens, and all sorts of nonsense that Hobonichi has inspired in me.
Real talk, I've never used a planner outside of grade school but I think this is going to significantly improve my daily operations and further motivate good habits.
I am also now obsessed with stamps, tape, pens, and all sorts of nonsense that Hobonichi has inspired in me.
Real talk, I've never used a planner outside of grade school but I think this is going to significantly improve my daily operations and further motivate good habits.
Not there yet. Must fill page.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Just in case.
Just make a sketch for that page.
I'll go back the next day and fill in a detail or use the space in some way, but I'm also fine with a few blank pages.
I love making my Hobonichi part of my day. The best way to ruin that wonderful routine is to turn it into an obligation and stress out. There really is some happy medium between being afraid to record your silly thoughts in such a nice book and feeling like you absolutely must fill every square on every page no matter what. Perfection has always been the enemy of the diarist. I like the sense of accomplishment I get from long unbroken strings of entries, but I try not to force it.
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