Is this my new paper?

Many people ask me what paper I use. As some of you know, I love my 100g/m2 laid paper in cream color but I have huge problems with it in tropical places, probably because of humidity. I can’t recommend it.
I tried many kind of papers in the past and maybe it’s time to start fresh, with less texture therefore less prone to humidity issues, I hope.

Midori Thick looks good quality paper, around 145g/m2 as my calculations (they don’t show the weight) and it holds up very well with fountain pen ink. Even heavy drops of ink! (see the black ink). Also ok for small watercolors. Zero see through. Just small feathering with the first Rohrer & Klinger ink, in one area, which surprises me.

It’s not as creamy color as I’d like but overall maybe it unblocks my current limitations.

And it definitely spreads a Japan vibe: simplicity, quality and well done. In the end these intangible qualities are the most important if they make you love it and write/draw more, which is the goal.

Have you tried this one? How did it feel in your hands?

So… let’s use it and see! And now the question is… how could I replace the unused pages in my current notebook for this one? Binding again.