Hobonichi Inc. is the U.S. company of Hobonichi Co., Ltd., the Tokyo-based maker of the Hobonichi Techo — a planner with one page for every day of the year.
Hobonichi Techo started in 2001 and is now used by people around the world, with English editions of the Original, Planner, Cousin, HON and Weeks. North and Central America now account for more than a third of Hobonichi Techo sales. English editions are carried by Kinokuniya, JetPens and other U.S. stockists, and Hobonichi Techo pop-ups were held in New York in 2025.
Our parent company began in 1998 as Hobonichi Itoi Shimbun, a website started by the copywriter Shigesato Itoi — who also created the Nintendo game series MOTHER, known here as EarthBound. Hobonichi Co., Ltd. is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Standard Market, 3560).
We are not a big company. Whatever we make starts from the same question: does this make someone's day a little better?
Hobonichi Inc. was founded in 2025 and is now building its first team in Hermosa Beach, California. If that sounds like something you would like to be part of, we would like to hear from you.
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