Hobonichi Graph Notebook A5 – Tomitaro Makino: Yamazakura

The Hobonichi Graph Notebook faithfully reproduces the characteristics of the Hobonichi Techo — same Tomoe River S paper, same 3.7 mm grid — in an undated, free, and refillable notebook. Its cover is adorned with a botanical illustration by Tomitaro Makino, a Japanese botanist known as the Father of Japanese Botany. The drawing depicts the Yamazakura, the mountain cherry tree, and opens the first volume of his Flora Japonica published in 1900. Created during the Meiji era using magnifying glasses and microscopes, then traced with a mouse hair brush, this masterpiece of botanical precision illustrates the flower in its smallest details — petals, branches, internal structures.

Despite its 288 pages of Tomoe River paper, the notebook is only 10 mm thick. The ink color of the grid changes every 72 pages (red, blue, green, purple) to facilitate organization by theme or to easily find old entries. In A5 size, it is compatible with all Hobonichi Techo A5 Cousin covers.

Features:

• Size: A5
• 288 grid pages, 3.7 mm grid
• Thickness: 10 mm
• Grid color changes every 72 pages (red / blue / green / purple)
• Tomoe River S paper, suitable for fountain pens
• Compatible with Hobonichi Techo A5 Cousin covers
• Illustration: Tomitaro Makino – Yamazakura
• Made in Japan