NEW — LAUNCHED 3 AUGUST 2026

On that one page of a book,
that one moment of a video:
leave your note.

Daiko Dokusho is a reading notebook where notes meet on the same page. A page number in a book, an elapsed time in a video, a slide number in a deck. Anyone who opens the same spot finds what you wrote.

Open Daiko Dokusho See what it does

Problems you may recognise

A note without a position rarely reaches anyone. These are the situations Daiko Dokusho was built for.

😰 Sound familiar?

Each of these is solved by writing directly onto that one page, that one moment.

What you can do

An identifier that pins down the work, and a position inside it. When both match, notes written far apart end up in the same place.

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Books, by page number

Books are identified by ISBN and annotated page by page. Every edition is treated separately, so "page 128 of the third edition" never drifts. Kindle locations, percentage and whole-book notes are supported too.

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Videos, by elapsed time

YouTube, Niconico and Vimeo. "The steps at 12:34 no longer work on the current version" can be left at exactly that timestamp.

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Slide decks, by slide number

Speaker Deck and Docswell. Write the remark that belongs inside the deck — "slide 17 is where the real subject starts".

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Tips for notes worth having

Corrections and added context cost the writer effort and are worth a great deal to the reader. Tipping sends value back to them: creators receive 90% of every tip.

What you can annotate

If a position can be pointed at, it can be annotated.

BOOKS

Books, print and digital

ISBN × page number

Technical books, textbooks, workbooks and novels. Kindle locations, percentage and whole-book notes are supported. Titles can be searched through the National Diet Library.

SLIDES

Slide decks

deck URL × slide number

Speaker Deck and Docswell. One comment thread per slide, and every link to the same deck gathers in the same place.

Who it is for

Reading, watching, studying, talking. If a position can be pointed at, it can be annotated.

⌨️

Engineers

"This sample no longer runs on the current version" on page 212. "The real subject starts here" at 23:40 of a talk. Knowledge only a reader has stays attached to where it belongs.

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Students and exam candidates

Every edition is treated separately, so "page 128 of the third edition" always points at the same place. You can teach each other without page numbers drifting apart.

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Reading and study groups

Each member leaves notes chapter by chapter, so anyone who missed a session can catch up later. Easier to find than minutes, and tied to the book forever.

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Fans

The scene you love by its timestamp, the line you love by its page number. It reaches exactly the people who know what "that moment" means.

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Teachers

Put the missing context on slide 17. Put an explanation on the page where students always stumble. The same explanation no longer has to be repeated every year.

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Writers and reviewers

You stay anonymous and are judged on the quality of what you wrote. Notes that move people receive tips from readers.

Passing on what moved you — and finding it again

What one reader writes becomes a signpost for the next.

Ways to pass on what moved you

Public notes
Everyone's impressions gather on the same page. Opening it, you are no longer alone.
Live mode
Notes drift across the screen as you read, the way comments do on a video.
Emoji reactions
"Made me cry", "This is intense", "Now I get it" — one tap for what is hard to put into words.
Tipping
Say thank you with an amount, to a note that moved you.

And from there, you can find your way to the information

Notes are not a dead end. They are how the next reader arrives.

  • Search by feeling: reach works through the reactions they gathered — moving, intense, enlightening
  • See where the notes are: in a long book or video, see at a glance where people responded
  • From search straight to the spot: arrive not just at a title, but at that particular page of it
  • Editions line up: because entries are separated by ISBN, the page number you arrive at always matches

Three steps

Free to use. An email address is all you need — no password, just a magic link.

1

Find

Register a book by ISBN or title, a video or deck by its URL.

2

Open

Go to a page of that book, or a moment of that video.

3

Write

Leave your note. Private at first; make it unlisted or public later.

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Free to use, and safe to write in

🆓 Free to use Posting and reading notes costs nothing. Money only changes hands when you choose to send a tip.

Earning as a creator

  • Readers support notes that move them with a tip
  • Creators receive 90% of each tip (10% platform fee)
  • Compete on the strength of your writing alone, anonymously, and let support become income

Designed to be safe to use

  • Notes are private by default. Start as a record for yourself and choose to publish later
  • The works themselves are never reproduced — only your notes and bibliographic references
  • Videos and decks are opened on their original service, never embedded
  • Anything marked as adult content is shown only to viewers who have confirmed they are 18 or over

Tips range from ¥100 to ¥10,000 each, up to ¥20,000 per calendar month. Payouts follow the schedule of the payment provider (Stripe), normally weekly. See the commercial transactions notice inside the service for details.

About us

Daiko Systems LLC

大劫システムズ合同会社 — daiko-systems.com

Name Daiko Systems LLC (大劫システムズ合同会社)
Domain daiko-systems.com
Services Daiko Dokusho (note sharing) · Daiko Vault (personal data storage) · IT consulting and AI enablement
Registered in Japan
Languages Japanese, English, Spanish
Other services are offered in Japan only. Daiko Vault (personal data storage) and our IT consulting services for SAP, medical billing operations and legal research are provided in Japanese for the domestic market. Details are on the Japanese page.