OURS 2026 Research Project Journal

Inspired by the summertime research projects in Japanese elementary schools, OURS Studio designed the Research Project Journal that comes with monthly and weekly planning pages. For each week, the planner provides a simple task or inspirational goal for you to accomplish, resembling the summer vacation assignments for elementary students in Japan.

This year's theme is fortune. In daily life, there are often moments when we just want some luck. OURS hopes that the 2026 Journal will fill your days with good luck. Each page is decorated with illustrations of fortune bringers such as paper cranes for good luck and health, small fortune cookies, barn door stars, four-leaf clovers, and more to brighten your days throughout the year. This A5-sized planner is manufactured with the Japanese HUWA HUWA paper, which is a medium-weight paper that is friendly to fountain pen and stamp inks. The exposed spine binding of this planner also allows it to lay perfectly flat on surfaces.

OURS has designed the 2026 Journal to be customizable, and comes with postcard and card sized prints that can be swapped out on the front cover's slots to decorate as your mood changes throughout the year. The package of the 2026 notebook will also come with a set of 7 postcards/small cards and 2 small card holders along with the book.

Monthly Plan

Each month is displayed on a 2-page spread and comes in a minimalist design decorated with various illustrations, photos, and collage prints. Blank spacing on the left and bottom side can be used freely for extra notes.

Weekly Plan

Each week has a vertical quadrant layout spread out across two pages and embellished with spot illustrations and cute crayon color palettes. A few lines are included for each day to add a little note.

 Free Pages (Research Notes)

38 free pages are added in a variety of formats that change from year to year. This year, OURS has integrated the concepts of fortune with a "Specimens of Daily Life" section so you can collect lucky moments through the year.

10/10/2025 Update from OURS: *2026 edition is recommended for use with gel pens, markers, highlighters, stamps. Fountain pens may feather and/or bleed on this year's paper.

• Size: A5
• Language: English, Japanese (Weekly Tasks)
• Japanese HUWA HUWA Paper*
• 176 pages total (3 pages of opening page, 26 pages of monthly plan, 108 pages of weekly plan, 38 pages of free pages, 1 page of personal information) 
• Planner comes with a Matte PVC clear cover
• Includes 7 postcards/small cards and 2 small card holders
• More OURS 2026 Collection

About OURS:
OURS Friends of Forest, established in 2013, is founded by a group of friends in Taiwan who loves planners and illustrations. OURS means "bear" in French, and their collaborations feature inspirations from nature, antique and symbols. Their Washi, stamps and stationery are based off of their illustrations and inspirations from various projects.