The other day, I was reading Nikkei and came across an article about the rediscovered appeal of personal organizers.
Indeed, compared to the world of SNS where you constantly think about how others will see you, how much empathy you can generate, and how many "likes" you can get, it's quite enjoyable to record your hobbies however you like, without worrying about what others think, assuming only you will see it.
Since I was going to do it anyway, I wanted to be particular about my planners and notebooks, and while researching, I found a wonderful video by Canadian YouTuber Mauruce Moves talking about Traveler's Notebooks.
In the video, I learned for the first time that there's a Traveler's Notebook store in Nakameguro, and he said he had endured three years of the pandemic, waiting to come here.
Thinking about how fortunate I am to be in an environment where I can easily visit a store that people all over the world dream of visiting, I decided to go there myself.
Most of the customers were from overseas, and seeing them happily choosing from dozens of customizable notebooks or contentedly stamping their Traveler's Notebooks with Tokyo-exclusive stamps made me feel incredibly happy too.
And there, I found this book, "TRAVELLER'S notebook."
When I opened it, I was captivated by the beautiful pages where people who deeply love Traveler's Notebooks shared their own entries. These weren't meant to be shown to others like on SNS, but rather seemed to be a plot of their own lived records and who they are as individuals.
