SAKAEテクニカルペーパー Tomoe River FP (52g/m2) Notebook by SANZEN, 5.85" x 8.27", 160 pages (80-Sheet), Soft Cover, 5mm Squared, White (SR-A5NB-HW)

Excellent. Ça faisait un moment que je cherchais un cahier avec des pages FINES et qualicatives. En tant que Graphiste, Brand designer, c’est exactement ce que je cherchais. Une attention particulière est faite au type de papier, et je n’avais jamais été autant satisfaite que par ce papier japonais. La finesse est art. Ce carnet n’est pas adapté aux personnes qui recherche un papier qui ne se marque pas à l’encre, sur le verso. Forcément un papier fin, marquera au verso de la feuille et vis-versa. De mon côté, j’adore ça. Je sais que certaine personne n’aime pas ça, mais de mon côté c’est ce que je recherchais. Je trouve que la feuille est plus vivante ainsi, et retranscris exactement les émotions comme elles sont. Excellent cahier pour créatifs.

トモエリバーノートです。トモエリバーは万年筆・ボールペンの最高の相棒です！！滲まない、裏抜けしない。こんなに薄手なのに素晴らしい紙です。世界最高品質です！！

The smoothest,thinnest,fountain pen paper I've found.No bleeding,no feathering.Use both sides too.Impressive.

Ok, I like this notebook. The paper feels similar in texture as the Hobonichi 48 page A5 notebook ( I haven't tested my pens on it yet though.) I prefer the dot grid to the gridded lines, personally, although the closer spacing of the grids on the Hobonichi is nice since I write pretty small. The main reason I bought this notebook is that it has 80 sheets in one notebook, rather than 24 sheets per notebook that the Hobonichi A5 notebook has, at half the price per page. Additionally, since I plan to use this as a daily/weekly agenda and use only one side of the page, 24 sheets is not enough to last a year. The thickness of this notebook is also a big plus; It is about the same thickness as the 46 sheet SimplyGenius dotgrid notebooks that I have been using, so I know that if will fit just fine into my planner case where Ive been keeping those, without making my planner case too thick. The cover of the book is textured cardstock, and not as slick or stiff as the Hobonichi or SimplyGenius notebooks, and the corner is square rather than rounded. For the value of the paper though, I can live with that. The book is going to live in a planner case so it won't see too much rough handling, so I'm pretty sure the cover should last as long as it needs to.

I wanted a journal that used the Tomoe River paper, but I didn't exactly want a pre-made planner. This was PERFECT! I have many fountain pens and fude pens from Japan and they work beautifully in this notebook. The pages are extremely thin, but very ink durable. The one thing that people NEED to remember is to let the ink dry before going on to another page. So far, I haven't had any bleeding, but there is ghosting. The ghosting really isn't bad at all. (The green bleeding seen in my pics was my fault. I went over that one spot too many times.) The notebook comes with a clear plastic cover, which is really nice, and the size is the same as other regular bullet journal notebooks. Would definitely purchase again!