Hobonichi Techo Original Avec Books (January Start)
A6 Size / 6-Month x 2 Book Set / Monday-Start Week
We first introduced the Avec in response to customers who struggled with bulging books after collecting a year’s worth of pasted material in the daily pages. The Avec splits the year into books of six months each. Book 1 (January–June) is a bright lime yellow and Book 2 (July–December) is a cool ice blue.
Because it's split into two books, it’s lightweight which makes it easy to carry around, and it also won’t get bulky even if you paste many things into your techo.
The Avec version splits the A6 Hobonichi Techo Original, design and all, into books of six months each with only slight variances in calendar spans and the number of extra pages in the back. This allows you to fill the pages to your heart’s content with scheduling, diaries, little notes, tickets, photographs, doodles, and anything that strikes your fancy.
(See the Exploring Each Type page for more details.)
The Hobonichi Techo Original Avec Books has special stitch-binding that allows the book to lay completely flat without having to hold it down.
From the 2023 edition, we changed the packaging from plastic to paper. You can take a peek at the techo book from the window.
Book (Original Avec / Japanese / January Start / 2-Book Set)
| Size | A6 size x 2 books Each Book: H: 148 x W: 105 x T: 8 mm / H: 5.9" x W: 4.1" x T: 0.3" *Actual book size may vary slightly |
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| Weight | Each Book: Approx. 117 g |
| Language | Japanese |
| Pages | Each Book: 240 pages |
| Paper Type / Binding | Thin, light Tomoe River paper resistant to bleeding and designed for planners / Stitch-binding |
| Graph Paper Size | 3.7 mm *Monthly pages are 3.45 mm |
| Start of Week | Monday-start week |
| Yearly Calendar | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Yearly Index | Book 1: Dec. 2022 - Mar. 2023 (8 pages) Book 2: June 2023 - May 2024 (6 pages) |
| Monthly Calendar | Book 1: Dec. 2022 - July 2023 (16 pages) Book 2: June 2023 - Jan. 2024 (16 pages) |
| Daily Pages | Book 1: Jan. 1 - June 30, 2023 (187 pages) Book 2: July 1 - Dec. 31, 2023 (190 pages) *A blank two-page spread is featured at the very beginning of the book to provide a free area when starting out the book. *A page is included at the beginning of each month to help in planning ahead. *All daily pages include daily quotes. *Includes a mini monthly calendar at the bottom right of every two-page spread (Monday start). |
| Daily Quotes | One per day (Japanese) |
| Weekly Pages | Not included |
| Memo Pages | Book 1: 2 page Book 2: 0 page |
| Bonus Pages | Time Table / Graph Paper / Favorites / My 100 / Solar Terms / My Favorite Things / How to Better Enjoy Conversation / Enjoy Learning at the Hobonichi School / Emergency Preparedness / Conversion Chart / Getting the most of Hobonichi / Gifts / Age Table / Addresses (for 6 people) / Personal Notes |
| Listed Information | Day of the year / Week of the year (listed on monthly calendars) / Old lunar calendar / Rokuyo (traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar) (listed on monthly calendars) / Solar terms / Japanese holidays / Moon phase (daily pages include every phase, monthly calendars only include full and new moon) |
