Japanese Notebooks

Japanese notebooks on this page come from two makers, Maruman and Itoya, and the paper is the reason to care. Maruman's Mnemosyne notebooks are mostly wirebound, and most have micro-perforated pages, so a sheet comes out clean when a note has to leave the book. Itoya's ProFolio Oasis books print one pattern that is lines, grid and dots at once, and most have stitched spines. Both are Japanese makers whose Mnemosyne and Oasis lines are made in Japan, in sizes from A7 memo pads up to A4.