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  • October 2026
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    17

    Open Call Exhibition 🐅 The 6th Animal Exhibition On now

    Sunday, October 4, 2026〜Saturday, October 17, 2026
  • Oct
    17

    Komikawa Unofficial

    Saturday, October 17, 2026 10:00〜17:30
    This was the first Comiket held in the Mikawa region, in October 2025. Comiket + Mikawa → “Komikawa”. 2026 is the second year and the official website has been launched. We are recruiting creators/exhibitors. Information for exhibitors is here: https://cosall01.localinfo.jp/
  • Oct
    20

    Ekinishi Small Tanka Gathering — 2nd Session — Theme: "Books"

    Tuesday, October 20, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    This is an event (a tanka meeting) for beginners interested in tanka and uta-kai. Please compose one tanka on the theme "Books" in advance (it's OK if you don't explicitly mention "books" in the poem) and send it as a message to the X account @seihitsudou. Deadline: October 10.
    2 participants
  • Oct
    20
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    Oct
    31

    Open Call Exhibition 🐈 1st Nekoten 🐾

  • Oct
    24

    Henri Ohara & Ruko — The Book-Obsessed Duo Are Back to Talk Their Hearts Out!

    Saturday, October 24, 2026 13:00〜14:30
    This is the second installment of Henri Ohara and Ruko's love-of-reading talk. The two unabashed book obsessives will once again gush about their passion for reading — from the one book that hooked them, to favorite authors, when and where they read, their reading histories, and recent recommendations. Chances are you'll start looking at the unread stacks in your room with new fondness! A signing will be held after the talk.
    3 participants
  • Oct
    24

    Mystery Reading Group — Assigned Book: 'Swan and the Bat' by Keigo Higashino

    Saturday, October 24, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    Keigo Higashino, the celebrated mystery writer with ties to Aichi, who recently passed away to much regret. Let’s talk about your favorite works by Keigo Higashino. This time we will take the film-adapted and much-talked-about 'Swan and the Bat' as the assigned book. Keigo Higashino fans and mystery fans alike, please join us. The event is hosted by Mephisto Prize-winning author Kenji Kuroda, a devoted fan of Keigo Higashino.
  • November 2026
  • Nov
    1

    Aisei Inukai & Ritsu Kakutani: Parent-and-Child Exhibition

    Sunday, November 1, 2026 10:00〜16:30
    October 9 to November 1 A parent-and-child exhibition by Aisei Inukai and Ritsu Kakutani (S-kun) will be held at Hon Hitoshizuku in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. Please see Instagram for details!
  • Nov
    6

    The Subtle Relationship Between Comprehension and Reading — Talk Event for the Publication of 'The Myth of Declining Reading Comprehension Among Young People'

    Friday, November 6, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    We will hold a talk event to celebrate the publication of publishing journalist Kazufumi Iida's new book, 'The Myth of Declining Reading Comprehension Among Young People', published by Shueisha International.
    1 participants
  • Nov
    15
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    Nov
    28

    Solo Exhibition 🌹 Ms. Hanaka

    Sunday, November 15, 2026〜Saturday, November 28, 2026
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  • Nov
    17

    Yodaka Some — Snack-Munching Tanka Gathering 2

    Tuesday, November 17, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    An introductory tanka gathering hosted by Yodaka Some. Enjoy tanka while munching snacks. Snacks will be provided by Yodaka Some, but you are welcome to bring your own. If you would like to participate, please send your tanka (theme is free) by e-mail to [email protected] addressed to store manager Fujisaka by November 17.
  • Nov
    21

    Publication Commemoration Lecture for "The Science of Working" — A Health Economics Researcher on Working Productively Without Compromising Health and Happiness

    Saturday, November 21, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    Question the conventional wisdom about how we work! Based on research findings (evidence) from researchers around the world, why not reassess the "ways of working" we consider common sense? We will welcome Goryu Sato, a health economics researcher and full-time lecturer at Keio University, who recently published "The Science of Working" with Diamond Inc., to hear him speak.
  • Nov
    27

    Book Club — My Favorite Author: Let's Talk About the Works of Noran Nijino

    Friday, November 27, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    Fans who adore the works of Noran Nijino, a writer from Nagoya — let's get together to discuss Noran's works. Noran Nijino will also join as a guest!
    2 participants
  • Nov
    28

    What Is the Black-Market Nagoya Cuisine Depicted in the Manga 'Leftovers Make a Meal'?

    Saturday, November 28, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    Set in the black markets of Nagoya after the end of the Pacific War, the manga 'Leftovers Make a Meal' portrays young people growing through food. We welcome the manga artist Megumi Tsuji to talk about Nagoya's black-market cuisine of that era and the behind-the-scenes of creating the manga. We will also invite Koichiro Hayashi, editor/compiler of 'Nagoya Station West Time Trip' and Associate Professor at Nagoya City University, to join Tsuji in discussing the west side of Nagoya Station during the black-market period.
    1 participants
  • December 2026
  • Dec
    5

    Roundtable for Working Creators' Creative Worries — Hosted by Yuzuha Hosaka

    Saturday, December 5, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    How to avoid frantically printing a free handout at 2:00 AM on the day of the event Yuzuha Hosaka, the organizer (and the one who’s struggling), will host a roundtable with the dependable Kanayu and Koyu Yuya. Let's talk about maintaining motivation, schedule management, and carving out time. Consultations and questions from participants are very welcome!
    4 participants
  • Dec
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    26

    Call for Entries 📙 One-Page ZINE Exhibition

    Sunday, December 13, 2026〜Saturday, December 26, 2026
    “I want to make a ZINE but don’t know where to start” “I feel making an entire book might be a bit too much” For those people, we wanted to offer an easy way to get into ZINEs by starting from just one page. A single page inside a ZINE. On that one page you can pack in whatever you like — the things you love, what you’re thinking about, your everyday life, and more. Illustration, photography, writing, poetry, collage — the form of expression is up to you. Whether you have made ZINEs before or never made one, you are welcome to participate. Would you like to send your one page to someone?
  • Dec
    18

    3rd Ekinishi Yunagi Tanka Gathering

    Friday, December 18, 2026 19:00〜20:30
    This is a tanka gathering hosted by tanka poet Miyako Asai for beginners and those with only a short history of composing tanka. First-time participants are very welcome. If you would like to join, please compose one tanka (theme is free) and send it to: [email protected], Attn: Fujisaka. The deadline is December 15. Please feel free to participate. Profile of Miyako Asai: Born in Nagoya. Member of the tanka society Mahiruno. Winner of the Mahiruno Prize in 2017. She also teaches tanka classes at Tempaku Library in Nagoya. Her tanka collection "Tsubasa no Orime" is published by Hon'ami Shoten.
  • January 2027
  • Jan
    9

    Introduction to the Yukaku for Beginners — Part 3: Nagoya's Yukaku and the Oiran Procession — Perspectives on the Yukaku

    Saturday, January 9, 2027 13:00〜15:00
    This session is a special program. We will be joined by Harumi Kato, author of "Living the Yukaku / Remembering the Yukaku" (published by Hitsuji Shobo). "Oiran processions" are held across the country. While they have become popular as symbols of yukaku culture, they may simply capture a glamorous aspect of a particular era and not reflect the realities of the yukaku since the modern period. How did this event spread, and how has it been received by the public? We will examine records and sources from prewar Nagoya to consider the actual circumstances.
    23 participants
  • Jan
    11

    ZINE Fest Nagoya Unofficial

    A ZINE event held in Nagoya. January 11, 2027, 11:00–16:00 at Fukiage Hall, 2nd Floor, 1st Fashion Exhibition Hall. Admission fee: 500 yen. Exhibitors are being recruited; tables and chairs are provided. Information about exhibitor plans and fees, move-in and prohibited items, and requests for operational assistance (help on the day) is posted.
  • Jan
    21

    Literature Seminar: Walking the Horizons of Kenji Miyazawa

    Thursday, January 21, 2027 19:00〜20:30
    Would you like to walk, now, in the world Kenji Miyazawa once gazed upon? In his poems and children’s tales unfold the land of Iwate, the starry sky, the wind and the light. And the gaze toward the people who live there――. In Miyazawa’s works a distinctive world spreads in which nature and humanity, science and faith, life and death resonate with one another. Guided by Professor Masataka Ota, this literature seminar traces the words of the works and leads to the “horizon” Kenji Miyazawa looked toward. It is a literary course that both longtime readers of Miyazawa and those who would like to start reading him can enjoy.