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The Hobonichi Memo Pad Set for A6 size is three thin grid notebooks made to sit in an A6 Hobonichi cover. Each pad is 140 × 95 × 2 mm, weighs 24 g and has 48 pages of Tomoe River paper with a 3.7 mm grid and perforated sheets. The covers are gray, yellow and aqua blue.
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Three 140 × 95 mm pads, 2 mm thick; every sheet tears out at the perforation (1 mm = 1.5 px).
Product facts
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Hobonichi Memo Pad Set for A6 size (3 pads, 48 pages each, 3.7 mm grid, perforated)
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Made by Hobonichi Co., Ltd. (Tokyo). Country of manufacture not stated: Hobonichi's Japanese and English store pages give size, weight and paper but no country of manufacture, and the Amazon US listing we read doesn't state it. Check the package. Price: example listing.
Price bands are typical US retail, checked October 2026. Conversions to US dollars are approximate, at October 2026 rates (US$1 = ¥158 = ₩1,330 = NT$32.5 = CN¥6.7 = SEK 9.9 = DKK 6.7 = ₺49.6 = C$1.41 = A$1.43 = CZK 21.7; €1 = US$1.12; £1 = US$1.32; CHF 1 = US$1.21).
Key takeaways
Each A6-size pad measures 140 × 95 × 2 mm, weighs 24 g and holds 48 pages, per Hobonichi.
Every sheet in the A6 set is perforated; the two-pad A5 set (210 × 144 × 3 mm) is not.
The Weeks set has three 176 × 80 × 2 mm pads of 40 pages with a 3.55 mm grid.
Hobonichi Japan lists the A6 set at ¥660 (about US$4.20) with tax; split three ways it's in our $ band per pad.
The A6 set's Amazon US listing averages 4.9 stars from about 129 ratings (October 22, 2026).
What is the Hobonichi Memo Pad Set?
It’s a pack of thin grid notebooks sized to ride inside a Hobonichi planner cover. The A6 set has three pads made for the Hobonichi Techo Original cover, each only 2 mm thick but holding 48 pages.
Hobonichi pitches them for the moments a planner page is too precious: a shopping list, a note to hand to someone, or a draft you’ll copy in later. Each sheet tears out along a perforation, and the page is slightly smaller than an A6 planner page, so a torn sheet can be pasted straight into the book.
Hobonichi Memo Pad Set specs
Spec
For A6
For A5
For Weeks
Pads per set
3
2
3
Size (H × W × T)
140 × 95 × 2 mm (5.5 × 3.7 in)
210 × 144 × 3 mm (8.3 × 5.7 in)
176 × 80 × 2 mm (6.9 × 3.1 in)
Weight, each
24 g (0.8 oz)
59 g (2.1 oz)
22 g (0.8 oz)
Pages per pad
48
48
40
Grid
3.7 mm
3.7 mm
3.55 mm
Perforated
Yes
No
Not stated
Colours
Gray, yellow, aqua blue
Navy, ivory
Wine red, light blue, dark brown
Japan price
¥660 (about US$4.20)
Not checked
¥660 (about US$4.20)
All figures are from Hobonichi’s 2027 Japanese and English store pages, read on October 22, 2026. Prices include Japanese tax.
The three sets side by side; the A6 set is the one most US shops stock (1 mm = 1 px).
Which set fits your planner?
Match the set to your cover: A6 pads for an Original or Planner cover, A5 for a Cousin, and the slim Weeks pads for a Hobonichi Weeks.
The A6 pads are 140 × 95 mm, a little smaller than the 148 × 105 mm A6 page, so they slip into the cover’s back pocket. The Weeks pads use the Weeks’ own 3.55 mm grid rather than the 3.7 mm grid of the A6 and A5 books, so the squares line up when you paste a sheet in.
How do people use them?
Mostly as tear-off scratch paper that travels with the planner. Hobonichi suggests tearing out a sheet to pass a note to someone, carrying a single pad around town instead of the whole planner, and sticking sheets into the planner later.
Because each pad is a separate booklet, you can also give each one a job: one for lists, one for meeting notes, one for drafts. The three cover colours make that easy to see.
What paper does it use?
Tomoe River, the same thin planner paper as the Hobonichi Techo. That’s how Hobonichi fits 48 pages into a 2 mm pad. The trade-off is the usual one for thin paper: writing shows through from the other side, and wet inks take longer to dry.
See our Tomoe River paper guide for how it handles fountain pens. If you want more pages of the same grid in one bound book, the Hobonichi Graph Notebook has 240 pages in A6.
Is it worth it?
For a Hobonichi user, yes: it’s cheap, thin and made to fit. Hobonichi Japan lists the A6 set at ¥660 (about US$4.20), and split three ways it falls in our $ band (under $5) per pad in the US.
On October 22, 2026, its Amazon US listing (ASIN B0B6TN9H7K) averaged 4.9 stars from about 129 ratings, with “50+ bought in past month”. If you don’t use a Hobonichi cover, any pocket memo will do the same job; these are worth it for the fit and the matching grid.
Frequently asked questions
How big are the Hobonichi memo pads?
The A6-size pads are 140 × 95 × 2 mm (5.5 × 3.7 in), slightly smaller than an A6 page, so they fit inside an A6 Hobonichi cover. The A5 pads are 210 × 144 mm and the Weeks pads 176 × 80 mm.
How many pages does each Hobonichi memo pad have?
48 pages per pad in the A6 and A5 sets and 40 in the Weeks set, per Hobonichi. The A6 set has three pads, so 144 pages in all.
Are the Hobonichi memo pad pages perforated?
In the A6 set, yes: every sheet has a perforation so you can tear it out. Hobonichi says the A5 set's sheets are not perforated.
Where do you put the memo pads in a Hobonichi cover?
Hobonichi says the A6 pads fit the back pocket or the inside of an A6 Original or Planner cover. At 2 mm thick they don't add much bulk.
What colors are the Hobonichi memo pads?
The A6 set comes in gray, yellow and aqua blue; the A5 set in navy and ivory; and the Weeks set in wine red, light blue and dark brown.
Is the Hobonichi Memo Pad Set made in Japan?
Hobonichi doesn't say on its store pages, and the Amazon listing we read doesn't either, so check the package. Hobonichi is a Tokyo company.
