I am so grateful you posted this video. I love Franklin Planner but I also love the thin paper of a Hononichi for example. Now I can get the best of both!!! Thank you!!! This is awesome!!!
I LOVE this video. I'm a fan of this planner and have used it in 2020, and I've not seen anyone share a video on this specific planner that is as informative and as thorough. This is wonderful.
This video is fabulous. I've been a traditional Franklin Covey users for decades but switched ti the Japanese Hobonichi in 2019. I've been looking for a hybrid solution for 2023 and literally just ordered last week a 2023 Franklin Covey (reluctantly). Oddly enough I searched for Japanese planners this morning and your video appeared..viola, solution for 2023. I'm an exclusive fountain pen user and Tomoe River paper is perfect for fountain pens. Thank you SO much!! Happy Holidays!!
I used a classic ring bound Franklin planner for many years (over 25 years) and just switched to a Hobonichi this year. Appreciate your detailed video explaining everything you need to know about the Japanese Franklin Planner and how to order it. I love the Tomoe river paper and bound style. Will definitely consider changing back to the FP now that I understand it and how to order. Amazon Japan is intimidating for new users. Thx for the tip about using google chrome!
Hi Janet! 🙂 I was tempted by the Hobonichi but when I saw that I could get a Japanese Franklin Planner that was bounded, I was sold. Did you get the Hobonichi Cousin? Which size? Thanks for watching.
@@TonyaPlans Hi Tonya! Yes, I purchased the A5 cousin and also an A6 so I could compare them. The A6 is definitely more portable if you want to carry it in a purse. I also purchased the Hobonichi weeks. It’s also a cute portable size. 2021 will be the year to figure out what works best! I was glad to see in your video that FP also has the A6 size in the bound style. Thanks again for such a complete review.
I had no idea Franklin Planner had a bound organizer until seeing this. Switched from using the classic size Franklin for many years to an A5 Hobonichi Cousin in 2021 in order to ditch the bulky ringed binder. Love having a whole year’s worth of daily pages in one volume. Before finishing your video, I ordered the A5 Franklin from Japan for 2022. Looking forward to comparing it with the Hobonichi in the coming year. Thanks so much for publishing this video! I wish the US Franklin Planner website distributed the bound organizer too.
Thanks for this comprehensive comparison! I've been looking everywhere for details on the Japanese version of Franklin planners. Not sure why info is hard to find. Your review is engaging and informative. Much appreciated!
Love this video! Thank you for sharing! It’s hard to find anything about the a5 FB Japan book. I’m using it for the first time for 2023 after using the classic FP system for the past 30 years. I’m using the future planning pages as my index, since the smaller booklet also has the future planning pages. Seamless transition from rings to a bound book. ❤️
This is one of the best planner reviews I have seen in a good while. I use a Hobonichi cousin and I might get this planner for 2023 just based on this review.
So tempted to try this because I really want the entire year together and love the FP system. I wish there were more notes pages so I could really get everything in it that I need.
I just found out about the Japanese version yesterday because one of the planner people I follow is now using it. I wanted to know more about it and thanks to your very detailed and informative video-I do now. I am seriously considering buying next week. Thank you Tonya, I have subscribed!
In 2022, I used the Jibun Techo B6 Slim Days. I love it - I can carry it in my purse, it has a line down the middle separating my to do list from my schedule, the paper is thin but durable. It's so easy to use. The main con for me however was that the grid spacing is very small. It is 2.9 mm. I am setting up a B6 Stalogy that I had cut down to B6 Slim size so I could use the same cover this year. The grid spacing is 5 mm - much more manageable for me. This is really tempting though. I love the combination of lined and grid - it looks so cool. Well done video!
Thanks Tonya! I love the layout of this planner - thanks for the detailed info on how to order this - I think I was successful and should receive it next week. I like the idea of a slimmer version of the planner and having all of the months in one place- my Franklin classic is getting a bit too big for me to carry around and this one seems a bit more portable.
Very thorough, informative, and interesting video! I’ve watched it more than once I confess. ;) I wish I could verify the tomoe river paper, because every video I’ve watched on this planner says its tomoe river paper, but I have Hobonichi planners and the paper does feel slightly different to me, feels like it has more “tooth”, but it could just be a different paper weight too. It doesn’t really matter because I did buy this planner in the B6 size and have been using it for a couple weeks. I absolutely LOVE it!! It’s exactly what I’ve been drawing out for myself and have gotten tired of doing-now I have a dated planner that does JUST what I need it to. I think I may have achieved planner peace... Thank you for being one of the few people who’ve done a video on this planner. It deserves all the love!
Hi Rosemary. I absolutely love the Japanese Franklin Planner. I love having the whole year with me and not having to archive/file away old planner pages. I’m using it as we speak. Maybe I will do an update video on what I think about it now that I’ve actually used it for a while. Thanks for watching! 😊
Great video and walk through of the features. It’s great how you point out the differences in a Japanese planner that some might not notice or think of (ie Monday starts and use of the 24h clock). I’m in a Hobonichi which also uses Tomoe River Paper. I know the paper isn’t for everyone but to me the paper is magical lol!
This looks awesome! As I return back to work in person (school), I am looking to updating my planner system to be suitable to my new routines. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this video! I have been searching for an in depth video for the A5 size, and this was perfect! You are so well spoken and I appreciate your attention to detail. Liked and subscribed!
Thanks for sharing this with us, I was searching for a review and that's how I found your channel and subscribed with a big like of course, the video is so informative. Thanks again.
Thank you for reviewing this planner. Your review was very thorough & very informative. I wish I knew about it earlier but I know what I’ll be using next year!
Oh My. I'd been shopping and saw the Franklin Planner here in Japan, and i liked its many features. But i kept it back because it didn't have a Sunday start. Now i'm surprised to hear that there's also a Sunday start version somewhere else in the world. Might buy that next year. (right now i just use a dotted book and created my own planner template)
Hello Gary! 😘 Wait. What? I want a Sunday start instead of a Monday start! Where did you see that? Are you saying they are offering the binding notebook planner with a Sunday start? I don't see that on the website.
Nicely done! I think that last column on the week at a glance is a way of reflecting or making quick notes about the task (eg, A2 - call Mr. Jones about payday - [reflect] completed on Tuesday, but need further follow up) The grid part beside the appointments is for Japanese character for notes. I like your idea of writing across. I need my monthly index too. I use that to preplan in the next year as well as using it as a “table of contents” for this present month. I like this Japanese journal for some of the reasons you mentioned. It’s nice and compact, but I can’t give up my FC binder planner. Thanks again.
WOW!! This is such a great video! Thank you for showing how to use this planner. I've seen it but wasn't really sure what all the lines meant (not familiar with the FP system). Great video!
I was stationed in Japan for eight years and I picked up some of the language but not enough to hold a conversation but I do remember that most Americans mispronounce Tokyo as To-key-oh when it should be Toke-yo. With that said, Rokuyō should be pronounced Row-koo-yo. Military/24-hour time is easy, just add 12 after 1:00 pm to convert standard time to military/24-hour time or subtract 12 hours after 1:00 pm to convert military/24-hour time to standard time, it's that easy. In the Navy there's no such time as 00:00 or 24:00, instead you would use 23:59 for end of day deck log entries and 00:01 for any events occurring at midnight that aren't part of end of day or new day standard deck log entries. To make it a bit easier, just breakup the 24-hour clock into some routine occurrences: 08:00 Morning muster or start work 10:00 Coffee break 12:00 Lunch break 13:001:00 pm Afternoon muster or return to work 15:003:00 pm Coffee break 17:005:00 pm End of workday 18:006:00 pm Dinner 20:008:00 pm 22:0010:00 pm 23:59/00:0112:00 am or midnight When I make forms I use the lightest lines to avoid making it look too busy or hard on the eyes. Sometimes I make my own notebook paper for a clipboard also and the lightest lines are much easier on the eyes than using heavy bold lines, from a distance you can't even see the lines. When I was in Japan I loved how just about every little shopping area had a stationary store where you could buy just about anything imaginable for writing from pens to planners and everything in between. There are some colored UniBall pens that are only available in Japan or online, most US stores only carry the standard color palette which is far short than what's available in Japan. I don't ever remember seeing a real stationary store in the US other than Staples, Office Deport, and Office Max which aren't the same as a real stationary store. Great video again and look forward to next week's video.
😘😘😘Hello John! Thank you for the pronunciation of Rokuyō! It must be nice having the opportunity to live in another country with another language. It sounds exciting as I've never left the United States...well I've been to Jamaica and Mexico on vacation but that's about it. I would love to peruse a Japanese stationery store. I heard Japan is the stationery mecca! Sounds like heaven to me! Thanks for the suggestion about subtracting 12 to convert military time. That will be helpful!
@@TonyaPlans You're very welcome Tonya and you're right about the stationary stores in Japan, they are a mecca. I tell everyone if it were possible I would still be living there because the people are so friendly and the culture is so rich. As for the Japanese language, it's similar to ours with vowels and consonants except their vowels are always pronounced the same, there are no hard and soft vowels. If I remember correctly, the grammar is similar to Spanish and the other Classic Latin-based languages. As for the written language, that takes years of practice to grasp and the only one I can remember is for Yokosuka, the city the Naval Base I was stationed at. The word rhyme to remember it is: Skinny man and a fat man watching TV while cooking on a stove, which is what the Japanese characters kinda look like, Yokohama is very similar except the character that looks like a TV is different and there isn't a stove. The joke we had was the characters for the TVs were a JVC and a Sony which is ironic since JVC is the American brand for the Japanese Victor brand. The JVC sales rep at the Navy Exchange gave me a brief history of Victor which included RCA, Panasonic, and National. Here are a few of the common words I remember: Yokosuka - 横 須 賀 (the "u" is silent) Yokohama - 横 浜 (a major city not too far from Yokosuka) Japan - 日 本 (the Japanese pronounce it Nipon) Tokyo - 東 京 Shinigawa - 品 川 (a major city close to Tokyo and this actually means factories by the river and the only one I remember what it means) Sorry for the long post, I can go on forever about this subject.
I'm 100% in favour of thicker paper with the minimal possible show-through. I think it might be an eye-sight/ageing eyes issue because, unlike you, I find it harder to focus on my handwriting if I can see ghosting from the previous page as well. The grids printed on these pages would cause similar distraction to me, by the way. Thank you for presenting such an entertaining and informative video, even though the product itself isn't one I'd use.
Hi Pamela! Hi! The thinner paper isn't for everybody! My eyes changed when I turned 40 and I prefer paper paper with a white background. Thanks for watching!
I know it sounds odd, but I don’t like the ghosting when I write on one side of the page. But once I’ve written on the other side of page, I no longer see the ghosting & can read the new page very easily. It’s awesome that you know what works for you. 😊
@@claireburk3801 Oh, yes, Claire, it can certainly work that way when the ghosting isn't too pronounced, but there's definitely a point where it becomes distracting to me. If I'm having to set aside inks that I really love because I can't use them on the paper, then I would rather ditch the paper than the ink.
Great video! Do you have any clue on when the 2022 will release? It’s difficult to navigate and mostly I get the binder inserts when I search 😕 Also would you say that it’s difficult to redate an older f p? Many TIA
Thank you, Tonya! There aren’t many other reviews online for this item. Can you please clarify the weekly pages... is it set up by all months together, then all weeklies together or are the weeklies mixed in before the coordinating dailies? (Sorry if this is confusing 😂)
I learnt to just use pencil (refillable lead pencils). There's no bleed through. There's no shadowing. If there's a mistake, there's always rubber on the other end to erase it out. Would not be a problem on papers like these. (well, a new problem is that if you press too hard, facing pages get the carbon rubbed onto each other. but usually doesn't occur with HB or B sharp pencil lead.)
I've not used this planner but used a hobonichi for years with pencils and never had a problem with the Tomoe paper. I do use a soft white eraser though, not the old fashioned rougher ones.
The main win to me for this is that the Months have Monday starts, like Filofax does too, and Oh how I wish we could get Monday starts for American planners cus I loathe having the weekend split on the month view when it isn't in the week view, besides Monday being 1st day of the week. Sunday is 7th day Sabbath so I want it at the end of a week of work just like whe God did in Genesis....ya know? ;)
I sent a message to the Japanese Franklin Planner company to ask. If I had to guess, it will probably be out in September because that is when the Hobonichi 2022 planners come out and the two companies are in competition.
Hey. These erasable highlighters do not bleed through the original or Carrara planner inserts. Taking off the top of the highlighters can be hard to grip sometimes.
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I subscribed when you said a "functional planner will not have neat handwriting" Yes! I whole heartly agree 🙌
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I am so grateful you posted this video. I love Franklin Planner but I also love the thin paper of a Hononichi for example. Now I can get the best of both!!! Thank you!!! This is awesome!!!
Yay! Thanks for watching!
I LOVE this video. I'm a fan of this planner and have used it in 2020, and I've not seen anyone share a video on this specific planner that is as informative and as thorough. This is wonderful.
This video is fabulous. I've been a traditional Franklin Covey users for decades but switched ti the Japanese Hobonichi in 2019. I've been looking for a hybrid solution for 2023 and literally just ordered last week a 2023 Franklin Covey (reluctantly). Oddly enough I searched for Japanese planners this morning and your video appeared..viola, solution for 2023. I'm an exclusive fountain pen user and Tomoe River paper is perfect for fountain pens.
Thank you SO much!! Happy Holidays!!
I used a classic ring bound Franklin planner for many years (over 25 years) and just switched to a Hobonichi this year. Appreciate your detailed video explaining everything you need to know about the Japanese Franklin Planner and how to order it. I love the Tomoe river paper and bound style. Will definitely consider changing back to the FP now that I understand it and how to order. Amazon Japan is intimidating for new users. Thx for the tip about using google chrome!
Hi Janet! 🙂 I was tempted by the Hobonichi but when I saw that I could get a Japanese Franklin Planner that was bounded, I was sold. Did you get the Hobonichi Cousin? Which size? Thanks for watching.
@@TonyaPlans Hi Tonya! Yes, I purchased the A5 cousin and also an A6 so I could compare them. The A6 is definitely more portable if you want to carry it in a purse. I also purchased the Hobonichi weeks. It’s also a cute portable size. 2021 will be the year to figure out what works best! I was glad to see in your video that FP also has the A6 size in the bound style. Thanks again for such a complete review.
@@janetsilverman884 Hey. I purchased the Hobonichi Weeks too. Have a great day.
I had no idea Franklin Planner had a bound organizer until seeing this. Switched from using the classic size Franklin for many years to an A5 Hobonichi Cousin in 2021 in order to ditch the bulky ringed binder. Love having a whole year’s worth of daily pages in one volume. Before finishing your video, I ordered the A5 Franklin from Japan for 2022. Looking forward to comparing it with the Hobonichi in the coming year. Thanks so much for publishing this video! I wish the US Franklin Planner website distributed the bound organizer too.
Hey Jason hi! I wish the US Franklin Planner company offered a bounded version too!
I have used this bounded book for 6 years- in A5 , B6 and now on A6. Love it!
Oh wow! You are a long time user! 🙂
Thanks for this comprehensive comparison! I've been looking everywhere for details on the Japanese version of Franklin planners. Not sure why info is hard to find. Your review is engaging and informative. Much appreciated!
Yay! Thank you for watching!
Love this video! Thank you for sharing! It’s hard to find anything about the a5 FB Japan book. I’m using it for the first time for 2023 after using the classic FP system for the past 30 years. I’m using the future planning pages as my index, since the smaller booklet also has the future planning pages. Seamless transition from rings to a bound book. ❤️
Thank you for watching!
This is one of the best planner reviews I have seen in a good while. I use a Hobonichi cousin and I might get this planner for 2023 just based on this review.
So tempted to try this because I really want the entire year together and love the FP system. I wish there were more notes pages so I could really get everything in it that I need.
Excellent review ... thank you for being so wonderfully thorough 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for the feedback Lisa. I was afraid this video was too long but I had a lot to say about this planner. 😌
This video is super helpful to me as a first time user of the Franklin Cover (Japanese) planner. Thanks so much! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
I just found out about the Japanese version yesterday because one of the planner people I follow is now using it. I wanted to know more about it and thanks to your very detailed and informative video-I do now. I am seriously considering buying next week. Thank you Tonya, I have subscribed!
Yay! Thank you for subscribing! 💙🤍💙🤍
In 2022, I used the Jibun Techo B6 Slim Days. I love it - I can carry it in my purse, it has a line down the middle separating my to do list from my schedule, the paper is thin but durable. It's so easy to use. The main con for me however was that the grid spacing is very small. It is 2.9 mm. I am setting up a B6 Stalogy that I had cut down to B6 Slim size so I could use the same cover this year. The grid spacing is 5 mm - much more manageable for me. This is really tempting though. I love the combination of lined and grid - it looks so cool. Well done video!
In addition, the grid for this planner is 4mm in the A5 size.
Oh! I have an A6 and will have a B6 on the way tomorrow 🤗 love the layout and wish the USA would sell this style/binding and layout. So functional
Agreed! I wish this planner layout was sold in the US too!
Thanks for this!! I love Japanese planners. This one is new to me
Hi. I really liked this planner a lot.
Thank you very thorough. I've been looking at this planner for a while. Thanks. Also, love your pen.
Hello my friend. Thanks for watching.
Yes, finding this video helpful and totally appreciate how you give a good view of the product!
Hey 🙋🏽♀️! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Tonya! I love the layout of this planner - thanks for the detailed info on how to order this - I think I was successful and should receive it next week. I like the idea of a slimmer version of the planner and having all of the months in one place- my Franklin classic is getting a bit too big for me to carry around and this one seems a bit more portable.
Hey. Great. I hope you love it!
Trying to choose a planner for 2022 and wanted to thank you for this detailed overview of this planner.
Oh hey hi! Thank you so much for leaving the comment. Have a great weekend.
Very thorough, informative, and interesting video! I’ve watched it more than once I confess. ;) I wish I could verify the tomoe river paper, because every video I’ve watched on this planner says its tomoe river paper, but I have Hobonichi planners and the paper does feel slightly different to me, feels like it has more “tooth”, but it could just be a different paper weight too. It doesn’t really matter because I did buy this planner in the B6 size and have been using it for a couple weeks. I absolutely LOVE it!! It’s exactly what I’ve been drawing out for myself and have gotten tired of doing-now I have a dated planner that does JUST what I need it to. I think I may have achieved planner peace... Thank you for being one of the few people who’ve done a video on this planner. It deserves all the love!
Hi Rosemary. I absolutely love the Japanese Franklin Planner. I love having the whole year with me and not having to archive/file away old planner pages. I’m using it as we speak. Maybe I will do an update video on what I think about it now that I’ve actually used it for a while. Thanks for watching! 😊
Tonya Plans Oh! I would love an update video!
Thank you for the flip through. I just ordered this planner and I cannot wait to use it.
Yay! I hope you love it.
This is FANTASTIC-thank you!
Yay! Thank you for watching.
Great video and walk through of the features. It’s great how you point out the differences in a Japanese planner that some might not notice or think of (ie Monday starts and use of the 24h clock). I’m in a Hobonichi which also uses Tomoe River Paper. I know the paper isn’t for everyone but to me the paper is magical lol!
Hi Charette! I love tomoe river paper too! Thanks for watching. ☺️
This looks awesome! As I return back to work in person (school), I am looking to updating my planner system to be suitable to my new routines. Thanks for sharing!
Good luck on returning to work! Now that I work from home, I don’t want to go back in the office. 😩
Thank you for this video! I have been searching for an in depth video for the A5 size, and this was perfect! You are so well spoken and I appreciate your attention to detail. Liked and subscribed!
Hi Alissa! Yay! Thank you for watching!
Thanks for sharing this with us, I was searching for a review and that's how I found your channel and subscribed with a big like of course, the video is so informative. Thanks again.
Oh yay! Hi Dina! Thanks for subscribing. 🙂
Perfectly helpful review. Thank you! ❤
Yay! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for reviewing this planner. Your review was very thorough & very informative. I wish I knew about it earlier but I know what I’ll be using next year!
Hello my friend. Thanks for watching!
Loved this video. Thanks for translating some of the info:).
Hello! Thank you for watching!
Love your videos!!!!
Thank you my friend!
Oh My. I'd been shopping and saw the Franklin Planner here in Japan, and i liked its many features. But i kept it back because it didn't have a Sunday start. Now i'm surprised to hear that there's also a Sunday start version somewhere else in the world. Might buy that next year.
(right now i just use a dotted book and created my own planner template)
Hello Gary! 😘 Wait. What? I want a Sunday start instead of a Monday start! Where did you see that? Are you saying they are offering the binding notebook planner with a Sunday start? I don't see that on the website.
Oh my! I love this planner!!
Nicely done! I think that last column on the week at a glance is a way of reflecting or making quick notes about the task (eg, A2 - call Mr. Jones about payday - [reflect] completed on Tuesday, but need further follow up)
The grid part beside the appointments is for Japanese character for notes. I like your idea of writing across.
I need my monthly index too. I use that to preplan in the next year as well as using it as a “table of contents” for this present month.
I like this Japanese journal for some of the reasons you mentioned. It’s nice and compact, but I can’t give up my FC binder planner. Thanks again.
Ahhh. A column for reflecting. Got it.
Thank you for walking through this planner. Love the layout. Not sure if I purchase since I struggle with military time too.
Hey hi! Thanks for watching!
Love your video. Thank you very much 😍
Thank Jacqueline for watching!
WOW!! This is such a great video! Thank you for showing how to use this planner. I've seen it but wasn't really sure what all the lines meant (not familiar with the FP system). Great video!
Thank you for watching! 😊
Wish they had this in states. Excited to see the fall release
I wish there was an American version of this.
Excellent overview. Thank you Tonya. 😊
Hi Lynne! Thanks for watching!
"Look back" on the daily task section is equivalent of "review" -- that you review how you did on your daily tasks at the end of the day :)
Oh okay! 👌🏽
Great and informative video. I subscribed to your channel. :-)
Hey Jane! Thank you so much for subscribing!
I was stationed in Japan for eight years and I picked up some of the language but not enough to hold a conversation but I do remember that most Americans mispronounce Tokyo as To-key-oh when it should be Toke-yo. With that said, Rokuyō should be pronounced Row-koo-yo.
Military/24-hour time is easy, just add 12 after 1:00 pm to convert standard time to military/24-hour time or subtract 12 hours after 1:00 pm to convert military/24-hour time to standard time, it's that easy. In the Navy there's no such time as 00:00 or 24:00, instead you would use 23:59 for end of day deck log entries and 00:01 for any events occurring at midnight that aren't part of end of day or new day standard deck log entries.
To make it a bit easier, just breakup the 24-hour clock into some routine occurrences:
08:00 Morning muster or start work
10:00 Coffee break
12:00 Lunch break
13:00 1:00 pm Afternoon muster or return to work
15:00 3:00 pm Coffee break
17:00 5:00 pm End of workday
18:00 6:00 pm Dinner
20:00 8:00 pm
22:00 10:00 pm
23:59/00:01 12:00 am or midnight
When I make forms I use the lightest lines to avoid making it look too busy or hard on the eyes. Sometimes I make my own notebook paper for a clipboard also and the lightest lines are much easier on the eyes than using heavy bold lines, from a distance you can't even see the lines.
When I was in Japan I loved how just about every little shopping area had a stationary store where you could buy just about anything imaginable for writing from pens to planners and everything in between. There are some colored UniBall pens that are only available in Japan or online, most US stores only carry the standard color palette which is far short than what's available in Japan. I don't ever remember seeing a real stationary store in the US other than Staples, Office Deport, and Office Max which aren't the same as a real stationary store.
Great video again and look forward to next week's video.
😘😘😘Hello John! Thank you for the pronunciation of Rokuyō! It must be nice having the opportunity to live in another country with another language. It sounds exciting as I've never left the United States...well I've been to Jamaica and Mexico on vacation but that's about it. I would love to peruse a Japanese stationery store. I heard Japan is the stationery mecca! Sounds like heaven to me!
Thanks for the suggestion about subtracting 12 to convert military time. That will be helpful!
@@TonyaPlans You're very welcome Tonya and you're right about the stationary stores in Japan, they are a mecca.
I tell everyone if it were possible I would still be living there because the people are so friendly and the culture is so rich.
As for the Japanese language, it's similar to ours with vowels and consonants except their vowels are always pronounced the same, there are no hard and soft vowels. If I remember correctly, the grammar is similar to Spanish and the other Classic Latin-based languages. As for the written language, that takes years of practice to grasp and the only one I can remember is for Yokosuka, the city the Naval Base I was stationed at. The word rhyme to remember it is: Skinny man and a fat man watching TV while cooking on a stove, which is what the Japanese characters kinda look like, Yokohama is very similar except the character that looks like a TV is different and there isn't a stove. The joke we had was the characters for the TVs were a JVC and a Sony which is ironic since JVC is the American brand for the Japanese Victor brand. The JVC sales rep at the Navy Exchange gave me a brief history of Victor which included RCA, Panasonic, and National.
Here are a few of the common words I remember:
Yokosuka - 横 須 賀 (the "u" is silent)
Yokohama - 横 浜 (a major city not too far from Yokosuka)
Japan - 日 本 (the Japanese pronounce it Nipon)
Tokyo - 東 京
Shinigawa - 品 川 (a major city close to Tokyo and this actually means factories by the river and the only one I remember what it means)
Sorry for the long post, I can go on forever about this subject.
I'm 100% in favour of thicker paper with the minimal possible show-through. I think it might be an eye-sight/ageing eyes issue because, unlike you, I find it harder to focus on my handwriting if I can see ghosting from the previous page as well. The grids printed on these pages would cause similar distraction to me, by the way. Thank you for presenting such an entertaining and informative video, even though the product itself isn't one I'd use.
Hi Pamela! Hi! The thinner paper isn't for everybody! My eyes changed when I turned 40 and I prefer paper paper with a white background. Thanks for watching!
I know it sounds odd, but I don’t like the ghosting when I write on one side of the page. But once I’ve written on the other side of page, I no longer see the ghosting & can read the new page very easily.
It’s awesome that you know what works for you. 😊
@@claireburk3801 Oh, yes, Claire, it can certainly work that way when the ghosting isn't too pronounced, but there's definitely a point where it becomes distracting to me. If I'm having to set aside inks that I really love because I can't use them on the paper, then I would rather ditch the paper than the ink.
thank you ... good explanation
Glad it was helpful!
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Great video! Do you have any clue on when the 2022 will release? It’s difficult to navigate and mostly I get the binder inserts when I search 😕 Also would you say that it’s difficult to redate an older f p? Many TIA
Yes ...I have used the Hobonichi B5 and still use the pocket size called the “Weeks “
Hey Lisa. Cool. I use the Hobonichi Weeks too.
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Thank you, Tonya! There aren’t many other reviews online for this item. Can you please clarify the weekly pages... is it set up by all months together, then all weeklies together or are the weeklies mixed in before the coordinating dailies? (Sorry if this is confusing 😂)
Hey hi! The weekly pages are mixed in before the coordinating dailies. There is a weekly compass sheet before each Monday.
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I learnt to just use pencil (refillable lead pencils). There's no bleed through. There's no shadowing. If there's a mistake, there's always rubber on the other end to erase it out. Would not be a problem on papers like these. (well, a new problem is that if you press too hard, facing pages get the carbon rubbed onto each other. but usually doesn't occur with HB or B sharp pencil lead.)
I've not used this planner but used a hobonichi for years with pencils and never had a problem with the Tomoe paper. I do use a soft white eraser though, not the old fashioned rougher ones.
The main win to me for this is that the Months have Monday starts, like Filofax does too, and Oh how I wish we could get Monday starts for American planners cus I loathe having the weekend split on the month view when it isn't in the week view, besides Monday being 1st day of the week. Sunday is 7th day Sabbath so I want it at the end of a week of work just like whe God did in Genesis....ya know? ;)
Hey. I never thought about Monday starts like that but you make total sense to me!
Do you know when the Japan planners like this one come out for 2022. Because I want one like this one for 2022
I sent a message to the Japanese Franklin Planner company to ask. If I had to guess, it will probably be out in September because that is when the Hobonichi 2022 planners come out and the two companies are in competition.
The 2022 planners are available now. 🙂 Get it here". amzn.to/3jqd41H
Hello. I know this video is years old but I wonder if it is still available for purchase.
Hello. Thanks for watching. Please check Amazon Japan site. I show how to get there at end of video.
Thank you responding
Tonya, have you ever use the FP work compass?
Hey. Are you referring to the weekly compass? If so, I’ve done several videos on it. Here’s the latest one: ua-cam.com/video/5OvLycY2bOY/v-deo.html
If I could get those pages for my American ring binder I would be so in I need one page but room for notes
Hi Erik. 😘 I wish they made an American version of this.
I just have a quick question does the erasable highlighters sold at Franklin covey
Bleed
Item # 68604
PRICE: USD $10.50
Hey. These erasable highlighters do not bleed through the original or Carrara planner inserts. Taking off the top of the highlighters can be hard to grip sometimes.
How much is the planner cost
And it is just enough grid 😉
Yes, just enough grid!
Military Time -- just subtract 12!
Hey. I’ve never thought of it that way!
Hi there. It’s not a “binding” planner. It is a “bound” planner. 😉
Hi. According to the Japanese website, it's called a binding notebook. See here: www.franklinplanner.co.jp/shopping/boundnotebook/