--- title: "Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad: Mino Washi Memo Pad Designs" canonical: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/cozyca-nishi-shuku-note-pad/" description: "Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad: an 80 × 167 mm pad of 20 Mino washi sheets in 4 designs, 10 pad designs, US$7 at Yoseka with 2 in stock, and a bio conflict." category: "Notebooks" type: "Memo pad" published: 2026-11-02 updated: 2026-11-02 author: "Ellis Penhale" publisher: "Stationery Times" sources: 3 products: - name: "Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad (10 designs)" brand: "Cozyca" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "Mino washi paper" price_band: "$$ ($5–20 per notebook, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Cozyca (Hyogensha)" model: "Fruit 20-470; Letter 20-471" gtin: "4961187204703" url: "https://yosekastationery.com/products/cozyca-nishi-shuku-note-pad" --- # Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad: Mino Washi Memo Pad Designs > The Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad is a tall memo pad of Mino washi paper, 16.7 × 8 cm (6.6 × 3.1 in), with 20 sheets in four designs of five. Cozyca made it with the illustrator Nishi Shuku. Yoseka sold ten pad designs at US$7.00 each, and only two, Fruit and Letter, were in stock on November 2, 2026. - URL: https://stationerytimes.com/guides/cozyca-nishi-shuku-note-pad/ - Category: Notebooks - Author: Ellis Penhale - Published: 2026-11-02 - Updated: 2026-11-02 ![Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad drawn blank at 80 × 167 mm: closed, with its top sheet peeled, and four stacks of five sheets](https://stationerytimes.com/images/raster/cozyca-nishi-shuku-note-pad-illustration-16x9.png?v=6d6ea30f) *The pad at 1 mm = 2 px, blank on purpose: the artwork is the illustrator's, and the shapes on the stacks are placeholders for the four designs.* Original illustration made for this guide. © Stationery Times. Original drawing (SVG): . Drawings © 2026 Stationery Times, reusable with credit under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ## Product facts | Product | Brand | Brand origin | Made in | Material | Released | Price range (typical US retail, October 2026) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad (10 designs) | Cozyca (by Cozyca (Hyogensha)) | Japan | Not stated | Mino washi paper | – | $$: $5–20 per notebook | - Made in (Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad (10 designs)): Not stated. Yoseka says Cozyca was started by Hyogensha and has a shop in Kyoto, but its product page lists no country of manufacture. We could not read a Cozyca or Hyogensha page. ## Key takeaways - Each pad is 16.7 × 8 cm (6.6 × 3.1 in) and holds 20 sheets of Mino washi paper, four designs of five sheets each. - Yoseka listed ten pad designs, Pattern, Forest, Trip, Favorite, Grassland, Star, Bread, Season, Fruit and Letter, each at US$7.00 in our $$ band ($5-20). - On November 2, 2026 only Fruit and Letter were in stock; Yoseka's SKUs mark the other eight as discontinued. - Yoseka's two pages disagree on the illustrator: one says she is based in Kyoto and Tottori, the other that she was born in Fukuoka and lives in Kyoto. - Cozyca was started in 2013 by Hyogensha, founded in 1948, per Yoseka; we could not read a Cozyca or Hyogensha page to check. ## What is the Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad? **It is a tall washi memo pad carrying illustrations by the artist Nishi Shuku.** Yoseka says it is made with Mino washi paper and shows "both the routine and extraordinary" in her work; its photos show, for example, a loaf of bread on a board. Cozyca is a stationery label that Yoseka says was started in 2013 by Hyogensha, a company founded in 1948, to bring independent artists' work to stationery. Everything here comes from Yoseka's pages, read on November 2, 2026. ## What size is it, and what is in a pad? **A pad is 16.7 × 8 cm (6.6 × 3.1 in) and holds 20 sheets in four designs.** That is about twice as tall as wide, so it suits a short list or a phone number rather than a letter. | Spec | Per Yoseka | |---|---| | Size | 6.6 × 3.1 in (16.7 × 8 cm) | | Sheets | 20 (4 designs × 5 each) | | Paper | Mino washi | | Weight in gsm | Not given | | Price | US$7.00 | ![One Cozyca pad holds 20 sheets: 4 designs of 5 sheets each](https://stationerytimes.com/images/cozyca-nishi-shuku-note-pad-sheet-count.svg?v=4d59b7f3) *Four stacks of five sheets show the 20 in a pad; the shapes are placeholders, not the artwork. Original illustration made for this guide. © Stationery Times.* ## Which designs exist, and which can you buy? **Ten pad designs, with only two in stock on November 2, 2026.** Every design was US$7.00 in our $$ band ($5-20). | Design | In stock at Yoseka | |---|---| | Fruit | Yes | | Letter | Yes | | Pattern, Forest, Trip, Favorite | No, SKU marked discontinued | | Grassland, Star, Bread, Season | No, SKU marked discontinued | Yoseka's photos show the design name and a printed illustration on the cover sheet, with the pad bound along its top edge. The page does not say if each pad's four designs differ from its cover. ## Do Yoseka's pages agree about the illustrator? **No: one page puts her in Kyoto and Tottori, the other says she was born in Fukuoka and lives in Kyoto.** The note pad page calls her an illustrator and painter based in Kyoto and Tottori. The letter set page says she was born in Fukuoka and now lives in Kyoto. Both can be true over time, since a person can be based in two places and born in a third. We could not read a Cozyca page to settle it. ## What is the paper like? **Mino washi, with no weight, no ink advice and no coating claim.** Washi is Japanese paper, and Mino is a papermaking region. Yoseka's page says only that the pads are made with it. We haven't tested it with a fountain pen or a marker, so try a pen on the last sheet first. For a pad whose paper is described, see the [Midori MD letter pad](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/midori-md-letter-pad/). ## Who is the Nishi Shuku note pad for? **It suits someone who wants a small, illustrated pad for short notes.** The pad holds 20 sheets at 16.7 × 8 cm, so it fits a list rather than a page of writing. Skip it if you need a pad you can count on buying again: eight of ten designs were marked discontinued at Yoseka, and the paper has no stated weight. For a plain checked memo pad see the [Kobeha Orissi check memo pad](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/kobeha-orissi-check-memo-pad/). ## What does it cost, and what else is in the series? **Yoseka listed every design at US$7.00, in our $$ band.** Two other Nishi Shuku items were US$8.50 and sold out: a letter set with 12 sheets and 4 envelopes, and sticky notes of 40 sheets at 55 × 68 mm. We could not open JetPens, which is on our can't-fetch list, so we know no other seller's price. ## Where is it made? **Yoseka's pages don't say.** Yoseka mentions a Cozyca shop in Kyoto, but the product page lists no country of manufacture. ## Frequently asked questions ### How many sheets are in a Cozyca Nishi Shuku pad? 20 sheets in total, made of 4 designs with 5 sheets each, per Yoseka. ### What size is the pad? 16.7 × 8 cm (6.6 × 3.1 in), a tall narrow shape. It is about twice as tall as it is wide. ### What paper is it? Mino washi, Japanese paper from the Mino region. Yoseka gives no weight in gsm and no ink advice. ### Can you still buy the Nishi Shuku note pad? Two designs, Fruit and Letter, were in stock at Yoseka on November 2, 2026. Yoseka's SKUs mark Pattern, Forest, Trip, Favorite, Grassland, Star, Bread and Season as discontinued. ### Is the pad the same as the Nishi Shuku letter set? No. Yoseka's letter set has 12 sheets (18.1 × 14.5 cm) and 4 envelopes (16.4 × 9.3 cm) plus a lined guide sheet, and its sticky notes are 55 × 68 mm. ### Where is Nishi Shuku based? Yoseka's pad page says Kyoto and Tottori, while its letter set page says she was born in Fukuoka and lives in Kyoto. We could not check either against a Cozyca page. ### Who makes Cozyca? Per Yoseka, Cozyca was started in 2013 by Hyogensha, a stationery company founded in 1948, to promote independent artists. It also has a Kyoto shop named Hiraeth with a gallery upstairs. ### Is each pad one design? Each pad is sold as a design name such as Bread or Fruit, but it holds four designs of five sheets. Yoseka's photos show the named design on the cover sheet. ## Sources - [Yoseka Stationery: Cozyca Nishi Shuku Note Pad (Mino washi, 6.6 × 3.1 in, 20 sheets as 4 designs × 5, ten designs at US$7.00, stock and SKUs; read November 2, 2026)](https://yosekastationery.com/products/cozyca-nishi-shuku-note-pad) - [Yoseka Stationery: Cozyca Nishi Shuku Letter Set (12 sheets and 4 envelopes, sizes, illustrator born in Fukuoka and living in Kyoto, US$8.50, sold out; read November 2, 2026)](https://yosekastationery.com/products/cozyca-nishi-shuku-letter-set) - [Yoseka Stationery: Cozyca Nishi Shuku Sticky Notes (55 × 68 mm, 40 sheets, US$8.50, sold out; read November 2, 2026)](https://yosekastationery.com/products/cozyca-nishi-shuku-sticky-notes)