NAgoyaBOOKCENTER Business Report — June 27, 2026 (Sat) Rain then cloudy

A few days ago the weather forecast warned that two typhoons would approach Nagoya, so we decided and announced on Thursday afternoon that we would cancel the first session of the event 'Introduction to the Yūkaku for Beginners' scheduled for today. As soon as we began announcing it, applications flooded in and exceeded capacity — the course was so popular that we even changed the venue and increased the capacity (even though it was the first time holding the course) — so cancelling was truly a regrettable decision. However, since participants might have come from outside Nagoya or even from outside Aichi Prefecture, we put safety first and cancelled. Then, as it turned out, this afternoon the weather calmed down after the typhoon passed. Well, that's how it goes. On Thursday afternoon we posted the cancellation on Peatix, sent a mass email to participants, and posted daily on the shop's SNS, the instructor's SNS, and my SNS (I have more followers than the shop's X), but one person who had signed up still came to the store and apologized profusely. Fortunately, they said it was their first visit and exclaimed, 'I didn't expect such a lovely shop!' Thank you. We have decided to hold the event again, and next week we plan to announce both the rescheduled first session and the newly scheduled second session at the same time. Although the forecast predicted a typhoon today, a fair number of customers came to Café River. The bookstore also had a few customers from inside and outside the prefecture. We are truly grateful despite the typhoon. Among them, a young couple — a woman from Osaka and a man from Tokyo who met up in Nagoya — came to our shop. They took their time browsing the shelves they were interested in and each bought a few books. We were grateful. Also today, zine horror author Iyo visited. She delivered additional copies of the popular zine 'Unknown', which had sold out, and a new work titled 'Grandparents' House'. The cover of 'Grandparents' House' is a floor plan of a house, like something by Ameana-san! It's a story about a house with a sad history. Iyo is really talented.