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Hello, everyone! Are you a fan of The Moffatts? Do you live in Japan, or plan to travel here in the future? If so, this post is for you!

This is a project that has been in development for over five years, but I was unaware of what it would become at the time that I sent my first email to Frank. I have been spending much of my off time working to get Music Travel Love and Dave Moffatt Music (formerly known as The Moffatts) to Japan. It has seriously been a privilege!

I work as a teacher here, and I quickly realised that most teachers from the Philippines are fans of The Moffatts, or they are at least familiar with the band due to their massive popularity over there. It became apparent to me that there is a market for the band here. So, what can we do to make a concert or an extended tour here a reality?

There are a lot of things that I have been working on behind the scenes that I cannot disclose yet, but I still thought it was important to start making some noise about it on social media to bring the fans in Japan together.

In order to do this, I started with a video that I took back in September where I documented the Traveler's Company Caravan event in Kyoto. There, stationery fans were given a chance to customize their very own notebook. Please watch the video below:
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I know that some of you might be thinking, It's just stationery. Who cares?

On the one hand, I understand this line of thinking. It is just a notebook after all. But, it is so much more than just a notebook.

Traveler's Company (formerly under Midori branding) is a subsidiary of Designphil. The brand started in 2006 as a line of diaries focused on a travel theme, which encourages users of the products to document their travels - even if it's just localized travels in your creative mind, or in your community. It doesn't matter! The goal is to have fun documenting your life in your notebook. There are no rules, and there are plenty of creative examples on the #TravelersNotebook and #トラベラーズノートhashtags across social media. I have also posted my most recent entries from a YouTube community post below as my own samples:
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As you can see, the Traveler's Notebook is so much more than just a notebook. It is a record of your life. The diary is a leather journal that uses an elastic system where notebooks known as refills or inserts can be added and removed as needed. The leather covers themselves are produced in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and the majority of the inserts are produced in local Japanese factories. The company encourages users not to stress over damage to the leather covers, as the wear and patina from daily use enhances its beauty, and tells a story.

I eventually followed up from the Traveler's Company Caravan video with a series of videos that I created on the #MusicTravelFans playlist on my YouTube channel as seen below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2gUeEoeTwk...

What I am asking you to do is to please spread these videos far and wide, and let's show Music Travel Love, Dave Moffatt Music, and Traveler's Company that there is a market for the band in Japan! Also, please feel free to add to the conversation with your own fan covers, fan art, and other creative things by tagging it with the hashtags #MusicTravelFans, #ミュージックトラベルファン, #MusicTravelLove, and #ミュージックトラベルラブ on your social media. Please make sure to keep your posts PG-13 and tangibly related to the band. Use your common sense, and do not post anything you would not be comfortable sharing with your grandma!

If you are located in Japan, or intend to come here for a future show, please come and join me at the new Facebook group I created, Music Travel Fans 🇯🇵. This way, we can provide a head count for future collaborators, or sponsors.

If you're able to, please buy Traveler's Company products.
https://www.tfa-onlineshop.com/ (Japan only shipping)
https://travelerscompanyusa.com/ (US and international shipping)

This is not sponsored, but please do tell them that I sent you if you are able to! This, of course, is not required. If you can only help by spreading my message, I appreciate you!

If you have watched all the videos, and read this far into the post, I cannot thank you enough. You are a real one. I want to see the band in Japan 🇯🇵, and I know I can't be the only one. Let's make it happen! 💪

Cheers from a Canadian expat in Japan. 🇨🇦🇯🇵

This is to quickly update LJ on what I've been working on in my recent Twitch streams. Last month, I started a new custom TN insert based on the California themed one released by Traveler's Company USA. Although these notebooks are printed in Japan, they haven't been made available to the Japanese market to my knowledge. Still, it's quite lovely *_*



For my take on this cover, I decided to do a version based on my home province of Alberta. The original version has a more limited colour palette, but I ended up using more colour for mine. This is painted Primarily with Sakura Acryl Gouache. Although these are student grade paints, I found them to work out really well. The only problem is that not all the colours are available to purchase separately when they run out. Namely the French/grass green, and purple if I remember correctly.



This is the update for my custom planner insert. I was a little late to purchase the Traveler's Notebook 2023 Diary, but I did buy the accessories. But by the time I got to the diary itself, the weekly view inserts were already sold out from my local Loft. I had purchased a ridiculous amount of notebooks in my travels to Traveler's Factory during the summer and the fall last year, so I decided to go ahead and make my own inserts. By having your own customize stamps, you will never need to purchase another diary. You can quite literally use any old notebook you have lying around. 



As a final note, I recently posted a video about my experience at the Traveler' Company Caravan event back in September. You can view that video here.