Hello, this is Yoshida from the Techo Team. Can you believe it’s already December? Just the other day, it was the birthday of the Techo Production Team’s beloved mentor, Beckham 3 .



We threw a little surprise party and toasted with cake. Now I can say this, but everything had been planned in secret... until a sparkly-hat-wearing Asako appeared on the “What’s Hobonichi up to?” section of our website... That definitely wasn’t part of the plan.


↑Text of title reads: "Tuesday morning"

I mean she was probably talking about work... but why there of all places?



We’d just climbed one of the more nerve-wracking mountains in the production schedule, so everyone really enjoyed celebrating together. And now that we’ve had our real year-end party, let’s kick off the Hobonichi Techo one, too!

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For 2025, I used the Techo Cousin and the Tragen / Black. I used them mainly for work tasks and memos—mostly quick, messy scribbles. I stuffed the Tragen full of pens and stationery and carried it everywhere.



This page is full of trivia about Jinbocho, the neighborhood where Hobonichi’s office is located. To gather ideas, I went around asking different people in the office, and I learned so much I didn’t know. It’s become a page I love flipping back to. Apparently there’s even a vintage clothing shop that only opens once every two months.



This page shows the signatures people left after checking some of our recent production samples. But hang on—isn’t everyone way too good at drawing? These are way too cute for casual notes. I had to paste them into my techo. And Kawamura’s elegant handwriting... I’m always jealous. Maybe being surrounded by so much handwriting is one of the small blessings of working in the Techo Team.



Looking back over my techo, there was one stand out page that surprised me. I make it a habit to write out tomorrow's tasks in the evening, then once I complete them, tick them off with a red pen. But look. There isn’t any red. I can’t remember this day at all, but it seems that I didn’t do a single thing I had planned.



This next page is one of my favorites. I stuck in a ticket from the Q-RAIS EXPO, and on the blank weekend page I tested a stamp with my name.

Whether it’s quick little notes or random things you want to paste in, the Hobonichi Techo accepts everything with open arms.
It really has a really big heart.
With that, I'd like to wrap up my Techo End of Year Reflection. Please look forward to another member's tomorrow!

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