These tiny memo pads look exactly like vintage Japanese matchboxes, but instead of matches you get a stack of charming little notes lined up like matchsticks.

Each design features a different retro café illustration by Furukawa Shiko:

• Café Penguin – a dapper penguin advertising ice cream and ice pops.

• Café Neko Kaburi – a black cat café logo with just the right amount of attitude.

• Café Cat’s Tail – a white cat enjoying a parfait under the café lights.

• Usagi Onsen – two rabbits sharing tea at a hot spring tearoom.

Slide open the “matchbox” to reveal mini memo sheets with printed matchstick lines and a tiny character in the corner—perfect for quick notes, to-dos, bookmarks, or tucking into happy mail.

When the paper is gone, the box becomes a ridiculously cute home for paperclips, stamps, washi samples, or other small treasures.

Why We Love It

• Wonderful art – The retro café designs look like they were pulled from a Showa-era matchbox collection. They’re tiny pieces of illustration you can actually use.

• Clever note stash – The matchstick lines make writing short lists or messages weirdly satisfying, and the box is small enough to toss in a pencil case or wallet.

• Reusable box – When you’ve used the 35 sheets, you still have an adorable little box perfect for storing clips, charms, or emergency washi samples.

Specs

• Brand: Furukawa Shiko

• Product type: Mini memo pad in matchbox-style sleeve

• Designs:

  • LM320 – Café Penguin

  • LM321 – Café Neko Kaburi (Black Cat)

  • LM322 – Café Cat’s Tail (White Cat)

  • LM326 – Usagi Onsen (Bunny Bathhouse)

• Memo size: Approx. 45 × 63 mm (about 1.8" × 2.5")

• Sheets per box: 35 memo sheets

• Paper: smooth, cream-toned memo paper

• Packaging: printed matchbox-style paper box, slide-open

• Made in Japan