Mini note cover - Enshu orimono 03
Limited edition KAKIMORI Mini note cover in Enshu orimono 03 fabric: an Indian cotton moleskin with a soft, smooth feel. Size 101 × 142 mm, PVC pocket, for a B7 block or spiral refill sold separately.
Limited Edition Featuring Enshu Orimono
Interchangeable cover made from carefully selected fabrics
Two types of refills to suit your needs (notepad or spiral)
Refillable for sustainable use
Please note that the cover and refill are packaged separately. Individual refills are available.
COVER DESIGN
Enshu Orimono is a traditional Japanese weaving art, passed down through generations in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture since the Edo period. Thanks to the region’s mild climate, cotton and indigo cultivation have thrived for centuries, giving rise to a sustainable textile industry. Production continues today on traditional looms, allowing for a wide variety of textile expressions.
This moleskin fabric is skillfully crafted from Indian cotton to offer a luxuriously soft touch.
MINI NOTES
Nothing beats handwriting to capture a flash of inspiration or quickly jot down an idea. This series of pocket notebooks comes to life through your choice of cover and refill.
The cover, made from carefully selected fabrics, can be refilled again and again. Choose your refill from two styles:
- a notepad with detachable sheets,
- or a spiral notebook that keeps your pages intact.
The B7 size fits perfectly in your hand.
The notepad, with its easy-to-detach sheets, is ideal for quick notes or leaving a message for someone. Used as a desk pad, it offers a neat appearance thanks to its cover.
The spiral notebook keeps all your notes in place, perfect for ideas to revisit or writing on the go. The perforated pages can be neatly removed if needed.
A small notebook, yet incredibly inspiring, inviting you to write. Besides being very functional, it can also serve as a mini sketchbook thanks to its quality pages, compatible with fountain pens.
From Thread to Notebook: A Story Woven by Enshu Orimono
Kakimori notebooks are designed like fashion collections, with fabrics carefully selected for each season or collection. Previous editions included fabrics from fashion brands, kimono makers, or traditional textile producers. We are pleased to present our latest collaboration: Enshu Orimono.
Enshu Orimono is a traditionally woven Japanese textile, with craftsmanship passed down in western Shizuoka since the Edo period. Thanks to the region’s mild climate, cotton and indigo cultivation have thrived for centuries, leading to the birth of a cotton weaving industry since the Edo era.
We were introduced to Enshu Orimono by Itohen, a local curation company dedicated to promoting Japanese craftsmanship. Located just steps from the Kakimori store, this company runs Sanchi No Gakko (The Regional Production School), which offers comprehensive textile production training for those wishing to work in the textile or fashion industry. They also organize various media projects, exhibitions, and events celebrating the textile world.
For the creation of our new notebooks, the Itohen team helped us select a range of Enshu Orimono fabrics, giving us the opportunity to discover more of these beautiful traditional textiles.
Enshu Orimono is renowned for its cotton weaving, and one of its distinctive features is the type of loom used. While modern high-speed looms produce uniform fabrics more efficiently, Enshu Orimono is still woven on old shuttle looms, where a shuttle carries the weft thread. Although slower and less efficient, this process creates a tightly woven fabric with a rich texture that highlights the depth of the pattern. Even today, this region has the highest concentration of traditional shuttle looms and is home to many textile factories with diverse identities.
The Itohen team visits each factory to handpick new fabrics still in development. Each manufacturer has its strengths and unique qualities, allowing them to find unique textiles and hear the story and passion of each artisan.
Five fabrics were chosen by Itohen for Kakimori, from four different factories.
SPECIFICATIONS
Product Name: Mini note cover (cover)
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Materials:
Main: Fabric, paper
Pouch: PVC
Product Name: Mini note pad (notepad)
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Materials:
Pages: book paper - Number of pages: 80 sheets
Product Name: Mini note spiral (spiral notebook)
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Materials:
Cover: GA File
Pages: book paper - Number of pages: 60 sheets
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Features
- Dimensions
- L101 × W16 × H142 mm
- Weight
- 41 g
- Material
- Cotton, Paper, Plastic
- Color
- Gray
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Brand since
- 2010
A Japanese fabric wrapped around a pocket notebook
At Kakimori, choosing a pocket notebook cover is like selecting a fabric. Some come from Y. & Sons, a specialty shop and creator of men's kimonos, which also offers a custom tailoring service. Others originate from Enshu orimono, a traditional weaving technique passed down through generations in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture since the Edo period. There, the mild climate has nurtured the cultivation of cotton and indigo for centuries. The fabric dresses the notebook, the refill is replaceable, and the notebook accompanies you year after year.
TEXTILE EXPERTISE
What makes the Mini note cover
A cover, refills
The cover is interchangeable and is refilled with a new insert when the previous one is finished. This way, it can be used for a very long time.
Two refills to choose from
A pad with detachable pages for quick notes, or a spiral notebook that keeps your writings intact. The cover accommodates both.
Fabrics chosen one by one
Each blanket is made from carefully selected fabrics, pattern by pattern.
The fabrics of Y. & Sons
Y. & Sons is a specialty shop and creator of men's kimonos, offering a custom tailoring service. Its fabrics also cover part of the blankets.
Enshu orimono since Edo
A weaving technique passed down from generation to generation in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture since the Edo period. The blankets made from it are produced in limited editions.
Sold without its refill
The cover and the refill are packaged and sold separately. Refills remain available individually.