{"id":625580,"date":"2026-09-24T03:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625580\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T03:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:48:19","slug":"a-minimalist-low-cost-japanese-sketchbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625580\/","title":{"rendered":"A Minimalist Low-Cost Japanese Sketchbook"},"content":{"rendered":"


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These Blank Note<\/a> sketchbooks by MUCU, a Japanese stationery brand, almost look like some kind of military surplus. But in fact they’re just as minimal a sketchbook as possible: Two pieces of recycled paperboard for the covers, a canvas strip for the spine, and 60 pages of recycled “comic paper” (what manga is printed on in Japan).<\/p>\n

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They come in three sizes, and have the model numbers printed on the spine, presumably for manufacturing\/inventory purposes.<\/p>\n

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These run \u00a5770 (less than five bucks) in Japan, but there’s no U.S. distribution. Tariffs and shipping would eat up any cost savings.<\/p>\n

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The images here are from New Zealand importer Kiosk.<\/a> <\/p>\n


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