Tomoe River 68G Notebooks

[mke]

It seems that the maker of Tomoe River paper realized that it is a business chance to have 68g paper notebooks.

Since June, it is an official product, 368 pages, 2916 Yen incl. tax.

https://www.sakaetp.co.jp/pdf/1906_6.pdf

 

KingdomNote sells it online (on their HP, on Amazon, Yahoo and Rakuten).

For searching either use the JAN code of this product 4909171665154 or the product code TMR-A5NM68W

 

FPN member fudefan alerted me that he has seen a notice on IG. Thanks.

Edited August 24, 2019 by mke

[pararis]

On Amazon, it's 52gsm, dot grid and over $40.

[mke]

I am talking of course about Amazon Japan where KingdomNote is selling.

LINK

 

Sent a request to Amazon or your favorite shop to resell this product. Eventually, they don't know yet that it exists.

Edited August 24, 2019 by mke

[City74]

In America, Goulet pens sells them. That’s where I got mine from

[Karmachanic]

Interesting to note the Stalogy notebooks, in the scroll bar immediately beneath the main offering, as an alternative.

[mke]

Goulet? They don't. They sell a small notebook with 64 pages. At least, I only saw the 64 pages notebooks and the Endless Recorder notebooks.

The Sakae notebook has 368 pages.

 

If I am wrong, please provide a link.

Edited August 24, 2019 by mke

[TheDutchGuy]

Looked it up, put it in the basket and proceeded to checkout. Including shipping (+50%) and import duties (+25%), the price ends up at 42 euros. While still the best deal I’ve yet seen for 368 pages of Tomoe, it is more than I am willing to pay.

[BlueJ]

The Taroko Design Enigma is a substantially similar product (384pp 68 gsm Tomoe River A5) at $30, or $22 for "B-grade" notebooks with minor flaws. See

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/281843784/b-grade-taroko-enigma-a5-notebook-with?ref=shop_home_feat_3&bes=1

 

I have one each of the Taroko Enigma and Breeze and am pleased with them, though only using the Breeze so far (192pp).

[XYZZY]

Thanks for pointing this out. The Sakae 52gsm notebook has been on U.S. Amazon for a while, maybe this will show up soon.

 

I have a vague recollection that I once found a link to the Sakae notebooks from the Tomoegawa web site, but I'm having trouble locating it again. Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, or maybe their web site is just tedious to navigate for non Japanese readers. Not to mention that they aren't consumer oriented.

[Karmachanic]

Smaller 68gsm Tomoe Notebooks are EU available here

[TheDutchGuy]

Smaller 68gsm Tomoe Notebooks are EU available here

Thanks!!

[Theroc]

Taroko Enigma 68gsm notebooks are excellent. AFAIK, Taroko were the first to offer 68gsm Tomoe River paper. They also sell the Mystique with their own Orchid paper, which I found very FP friendly. It's not Tomoe, but it's half the price of the Enigma.

 

 

The Taroko Design Enigma is a substantially similar product (384pp 68 gsm Tomoe River A5) at $30, or $22 for "B-grade" notebooks with minor flaws. See

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/281843784/b-grade-taroko-enigma-a5-notebook-with?ref=shop_home_feat_3&bes=1

 

I have one each of the Taroko Enigma and Breeze and am pleased with them, though only using the Breeze so far (192pp).

[mke]

In my case, shipping fees from the TarokoShop would be 40-50% of the selling price. No problem for me, I buy one at KingdomNote.

[Karmachanic]

The Taroko Design Enigma is a substantially similar product (384pp 68 gsm Tomoe River A5) at $30, or $22 for "B-grade" notebooks with minor flaws. See

 

I have two of these. Flaws are indeed minor, and cover related.