Hobonichi A6 Original 2027 (Japanese): Monday Start

The Original is the book the whole Hobonichi range grew out of, a page a day at A6, which is paperback size and about as much techo as fits in one hand. It has been made every year since 2002, and the page design has been adjusted continuously across those editions rather than redrawn, which is why the grid sits where it does.

Each daily page carries a quote at the foot [in Japanese], chosen from Hobonichi's own writing, so the book reads as well as it writes. The Original ships as a bare book: it is meant to go inside a cover, and the whole Original-size cover range fits it.

Features

• Japanese edition, January start, Monday start, with grey cover text

• A full page for every day of 2027, in A6, the size of a paperback

• A 3.7 mm grid throughout, fine enough for prose and square enough to draw on

• Slim at 148 x 105 x 15 mm (5.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 in) and about 195 g

• Thread-stitched binding that opens flat to 180 degrees and stays there, with no holding down

• Tomoe River paper, thin and light but resistant to feathering and bleed with fountain pen ink

• Sold as a bare book, designed to go inside any Original-size techo cover