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Limited-edition featuring Enshu Orimono

• Interchangeable cover made from carefully selected fabrics
• Two refill options to suit your needs (pad or spiral)
• Refillable for long-lasting use
• Please note that the cover and refill are packaged separately. Individual refills are available.

COVER DESIGN

Enshu Orimono is a traditional Japanese weaving craft, passed down over generations in western Shizuoka Prefecture since the Edo period. Thanks to the region’s mild climate, cotton and indigo cultivation has flourished here for centuries, giving rise to an enduring textile industry. Production continues on traditional looms to this day, enabling a rich variety of woven expressions.

This fabric presents a classic motif with a modern twist, woven with multicoloured kasuri (ikat) yarn. The meticulously crafted design reflects the skill and care invested in its creation.

MINI NOTES

There’s nothing quite like handwriting to capture moments of inspiration or jot down quick notes. This pocket notebook series comes to life with your choice of cover and refill.

The cover, made from carefully selected fabrics, can be refilled time and time again. Choose your refill from two styles: an easy-tear notepad or a spiral-bound notebook that keeps your written pages intact. The B7 size fits perfectly in your hand.

With pages that tear off easily, the notepad is perfect for quick notes or handing messages to others. When used as a desktop pad, the cover maintains a tidy appearance at all times.

The spiral-bound notebook keeps your writing intact, making it ideal for notes you want to revisit or for writing while you’re out and about. The perforated pages can be neatly removed when needed.

A small but mighty notebook that inspires writing. As well as being a highly functional notebook, it also serves as a small sketchbook with its premium, fountain pen-friendly pages. 

From yarn to notebook: A story woven by Enshu Orimono

Kakimori’s notebooks are designed much like fashion collections, with fabrics carefully chosen for each season or collection. Our previous editions have featured fabrics from fashion labels, kimono makers and traditional textiles producers — and we’re pleased to introduce our latest addition: Enshu Orimono.

Enshu Orimono is a traditional Japanese woven textile, with its craftsmanship passed down through generations in western Shizuoka Prefecture since the Edo period. Thanks to the region’s mild climate, cotton and indigo cultivation has flourished here for centuries, leading to the establishment of a cotton weaving industry during the Edo period.

We were introduced to Enshu Orimono by Itohen, a local business offering curation services with the goal of promoting Japanese craftsmanship. Located just around the corner from our shop, the company runs Sanchi No Gakko (School of Regional Production) — providing comprehensive education in textile production for those looking to enter the textile and apparel industries — and is also involved in a range of media, exhibition and activation projects that celebrate all things textile-related.

In creating our latest notebooks, the team at Itohen helped us select a range of Enshu Orimono fabrics, giving us an opportunity to discover more about these beautiful traditional textiles.

Enshu Orimono is renowned for its cotton weaving, and one of its distinctive characteristics is the type of loom used in its production. Since modernisation, there has been a steady rise in high-speed looms capable of producing uniform fabric with greater efficiency. Enshu Orimono, on the other hand, is still woven using older ‘shuttle looms’, in which a shuttle passes through the weft yarn. Though slower and less efficient, this method creates fabric with a firmly woven, textured surface that highlights the richness and depth of each design. Even today, this region has the highest retention of old-fashioned shuttle looms, and is home to a wide variety of textile factories.

The Itohen team visits each factory in person and handpicks new fabrics while they are still in development. Each factory has its strengths and unique characteristics, allowing them to find one-of-a-kind fabrics and hear each maker’s passion and story.

Here are the five fabrics selected by Itohen for Kakimori from four different factories, along with what makes each one special.

SPECIFICATIONS

Product name Mini note cover

• Dimensions W101 x D16 x H142mm
• Weight 41g
• Materials Main: Fabric, paper
• Pocket: PVC　
• Made in Japan

Product name Mini note pad

• Dimensions W90 x D10 x H135mm
• Weight 90g
• Materials Pages: Book paper
• Pages 80 sheets
• Made in Japan

Product name Mini note spiral

• Dimensions W91 x D13 x H132mm incl. spiral
• Weight 72g
• Materials Cover: GA File
• Pages:Book paper
• Pages 60 sheets
• Made in Japan