Neil is back again for this episode of Catching Up. The Kakimori team is here and we are all making the final preparations for our collaboration Pop Up event. For those of you signed up for the Inkstand Workshop and planning a visit to the shop, we will see you soon and for those who won't be able to make it, don't worry because we are working on a video showing what the Pop Up will be like and our Yoseka Kakimori Exclusive inks will be available on our website starting 9/28! To anyone who has a planner preorder with...

Neil joins me for this week's episode of Catching Up with Yoseka Stationery! We talk about our upcoming Kakimori Pop Up, 2023 planner updates giving a brief overview of which planners have now arrived at Yoseka, introduce our new Yoseka stickers, and more! Of course, we love picking out our favorite new additions from the newest issue of Hobby Stationery Box to our very own Yoseka Ceramics Watercolors and more. We each have our own picks for Customer Friends of the Week. Special shout out to Allison and Lissi who visited our shop and anyone who has left an interesting...

This year, Hobonichi announced that the paper for 2024 planners will be changing from Tomoegawa’s Tomoe River Paper to Sanzen’s version of Tomoe River Paper. To give everyone a chance to experience this change for themselves, Hobonichi has included a test packet with all of the Original, Cousin, Planner, Day-Free, and 5-Year Books. The test packet is based off of the 2023 Original Planner shrunk down to 80% of its full size, and it is just too cute!! Complete with a mini monthly calendar and mini daily pages, the packet allows you to test your pens and markers in the...

September 1st was Hobonichi Day and thank you to everyone who celebrated Yoseka's 5th Hobonichi Day with us! Ashley and I recap our (semi-stressful) 2022 Hobonichi release, how the last few days have been working on orders and talk more about our upcoming Hobonichi restock, popular covers and share more fun Hobonichi stories. This year, to celebrate planner season, Ashley designed the newest edition of our Yoseka Highlights postcard that we include in all orders and I just love her design that features Team Yoseka's diverse array of planners. In our newly added stationery section, we have adorable new sets...

Join us for our Instagram Live tomorrow night, August 31st at 11pm EST, one hour before our Hobonichi Day release of all planners on our website!This is our second year doing this final hour countdown on IG Live and we hope you’ll be able to tune in for some of our team’s excitement and probably lots of nerding out over planners! We’ll also be answering any questions you have about Hobonichi so let us know if there’s anything you’d like us to cover in this year’s livestream countdown to Hobonichi Day 🎉

With planner season around the corner and Hobonichi Day (September 1st) in just a couple of weeks, I thought it would be a great time for some of our team members to share how we use our Hobonichi planners! I swear using a Hobonichi is not a requirement when I am looking to add to our team, but it does seem that a whole lot of us have chosen Hobonichi planners this past year. In this blogpost, you'll hear from myself (Daisy), Neil, Ashley, Christine and Amy. We each use our own Hobonichi planners in different ways and we're excited to...

From Wednesday, September 28 to Sunday, October 2, Kakimori will be taking over Yoseka with their signature Inkstand and notebook customization services!  Kakimori is a stationery store and brand from the neighborhood of Kuramae in Tokyo. Founded in 1961 as a commercial office supply business, in 2014, Kakimori opened up their Inkstand, where customers are still allowed to walk in or make reservations to customize their own personal ink blends after experimenting with ink base colors drop by drop.  Kakimori as a brand emphasizes craftsmanship and artisanship, and they have taken these ideals even further by expanding upon their ink-making services to...

The theme of next year's Traveler's Company refills has been announced and it is "Traveler's Cafe" reminding all of us that a good cup of coffee in a cozy cafe while journaling can be appreciated no matter where you are traveling in the world! Coffee and tea lovers (although coffee is definitely represented more in these motifs!) and stationery enthusiasts will be so excited to see the coming year's Traveler's theme of "Cafe"!  There is definitely an intersection between these two communities and we are excited to see that represented on next year's limited refills. We love this year's theme and...

Today I’m delighted to introduce you all to the newest member of our team, Amy! Amy moved to NYC for college and has been here since. A lover of art and writing since childhood, she still has stashes of art supplies and sketchbooks from middle and high school. She came to Yoseka from another stationery store, and when not working at the store, she writes and works as a freelance copy editor and proofreader. She enjoys journaling and reading and records notes and quotes in a variety of notebooks. Her current stationery favorites are her Hobonichi Techo and Sailor Shikiori...

Hi everyone, it's Christine!As we approach planner season, I can't help feeling giddy with excitement. There's nothing quite like a fresh planner to start the new year. And it's always around this time that I find myself scrolling through Instagram and watching plan-with-me videos on YouTube to discover new ways to use my planner. I love taking a peek at others' setups, especially hearing about the tools/accessories they use and what systems work for them. So, I thought it might be fun to share my current planner setup with you all as well!In this blog post, I'll be sharing: What...