Yoseka Stationery

Yoseka Notebook - Slim

$15.00
$15.00
Out Of Stock
Yoseka Notebook - Slim is a trimmed down version of our original Yoseka Notebook released in 2018. Our original Yoseka Notebook is a great desktop notebook, and many of you have tried it during your trips to the store. It can always be found lying open on our main display table nestled among all of our tester fountain pens. For this version of our Yoseka Notebook, we envisioned a lighter edition that would be more portable and easier for bringing around with you everyday. 
The cover is still a simple cement gray cardboard cover, but it is lighter, bendier and more flexible making it more travel friendly. Additionally, each notebook is now thinner and lighter, with fewer pages, allowing you to carry one very easily in your bag or even two without adding a significant weight. Bound with the same traditional binding that is evident along the notebook's naked spine, each signature is made with just 6 sheets of paper (or 3 larger sheets folded), allowing Yoseka Notebook - Slim to lie flat as you write so you can write continuously and let your ideas flow freely.
The Yoseka Notebook - Slim is now available in plain/unlined paper or a 5mm dot grid pattern. With the dot grid pattern, each page features four emboldened dots, centered along the page's top, bottom and side edges. These dots are meant for allowing you to draw lines across and break up the page in halves vertically or horizontally, or in fourths, giving you more options for taking notes.
Just like our original Yoseka Notebook, our Slim Notebook is made for writing, and it's a celebration of Taiwanese craftsmanship.
  • Two notebooks per pack
  • Cardstock Cover
  • A5: 5.8" x 8.3"
  • 64 pages
  • Made in Taiwan
  • Note: Due to paper shortage from our source, for this version, the paper in Yoseka Slim is a slightly different variation from the original paper used in Yoseka Notebook.

Customer Reviews

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Jade K.
Perfect Size, Excellent Paper!

My personal opinion - these are the best slim notebooks you'll find, with this excellent quality paper, for this price! I've used a variety of pens, nibs, and ink - I've had literally no feathering or bleed-through. These notebooks are the perfect size to tuck into a folio or slim cover as well. The covers also bend back beautifully and cleanly, no awkward maneuvering as you write. I'm getting more because they're just that good!

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Attique
Excellent notebook!

I was hesitant to try this paper at first but found it is at least as good as some of the branded paper that’s marketed to fountain pen users. The paper performs well except when using famously difficult fountain pen ink (Baystate and Massachusetts 54th by Noodlers).

The sheets are substantial and stand up to glass dip pen and pen holder/nib combinations too. No clumping of fibres at the nib!

Finally, as a notebook, the lay flat design is lovely and the cover as well as the packaging have an understated elegance to them. I can imagine the covers would tolerate artistic customisation quite well if the user was so inclined.

It’s an excellent notebook, and all I’d add is that if you’re reading this review then buy it as there’s no discernible down sides to it. You’ll be pleasantly surprised! Fab product. Thank you :)

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Hannah 2.0
Amending previous review

I'd previously knocked a star on these notebooks for ink feathering, but I've since discovered it only does that with Noodler's ink. Literally all of my other inks do perfectly on this paper, and boy, do I mean PERFECTLY.

The paper in this notebook shows off the unique properties of different fountain pen inks better than any paper I've yet used. My main go-tos were Rhodia and Life Brand paper, but this notebook is now my favorite.

Any inks with shading and/or sheen become stars. I recently used Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi on it for the first time, and it blew me out of the water. This mostly-solid light purple ink was suddenly shading between blue and pinkish-purple, with blue outline around each stroke. When I used Diamine Blue Edition's "Season's Greetings", the vibrant deep green and its metallic red sheen shone perfectly.

I repent of my 4 star sins. I'll definitely be getting these notebooks again. Thank you Yoseka!

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Debi H.
I love these slimmer notebooks

I absolutely love these slimmer Yoseka notebooks. While the paper isn't quite as thick and rich as the original, it's still extremely fountain pen friendly. It shows off the accurate color of my inks, as well as shading and sheen. The original Yoseka notebook is still a tiny bit better at doing that, but it's a very slight difference. The main thing I like about the new notebooks is that because they are slimmer, I never have to deal with that awkward feeling of having the heel of my hand hanging off the edge of the thicker notebook. I have been, and will continue to be, a repeat customer for these notebooks.

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Hannah
Good travel notebook

I purchased the dot grid, and my favorite thing about it is the heavier dot marking the vertical and horizontal halfway marks. No having to count or measure each time I want to make a column!

The paper is mostly fountain-pen friendly, but I had to knock a star as it has trouble with heavier-flow pens-- My TWSBI GO and Noodler's Ahab flex get quite a bit of feathering and some bleed-through, though his might be due to the different paper used due to the source's paper shortage, so I don't want to be too harsh. My Kaweco Perkeo, Pilot Varsity, FPR Indus, and Sailor Fude DE Mannen all have Zero problems: no feathering or bleedthrough, and minimal ghosting.

Great light option for travel; won't weigh down your bag. Also great if you want to give bullet journaling a try but don't want to commit to a full notebook. Comes with 2, which I love!