Nice to meet you. I run an occasional bookstore while working as a freelance writer in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture. I'm interested in history, culture, and local folklore, and have published zines about topics such as 夜叉ヶ池 and Taira no Masakado. You can read my work on Wagaku web (Shogakukan) and "Tokai Saizensen." I also help with making creative works. Thank you.

An easy-to-understand talk on how Nagoya's yūkaku changed over time, including explanations of terminology. Lecturer: Tokai Pleasure-Quarter History Study Group

This is a tanka class for beginners — from people trying tanka for the first time to those who have tried composing a few poems. The instructor is Miyako Asai, a tanka poet who has received the Mahiru-no Prize. Please feel free to join us.

A zine event themed around vehicles and railways: “3rd ZINE TRIAL Kawasaki.” It will be held on June 7 (Sun) from 11:00 to 17:00 at 幸盛HOUSE (Kashimada, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki). There will be in-person sales, consignments, free paper placements, and a book cafe corner. Exhibitor entries are being accepted.

Hiroshi Tanaka, who has had a wide-ranging career at Bungeishunju—from a weekly magazine reporter to marketing—will investigate the current state of bookstores and discuss with participants the future of bookstores that emerges from that investigation.

●Title "Write and Light the Signal Fire! — Four Months Making and Selling an Essay Book" A6 (bunko) size 146 pages ●About this work I loved writing but lacked confidence, and I was afraid to put a price on "just my own writing." I made an essay book and sold it. Through experiences like people who discovered me on SNS and at ZINE festivals buying it, and having bookstores carry it, I slowly gained confidence. I wrote candidly about realizing, "I was lonely," and about coming to feel, "I'm not alone." I hope this book can, in a grubby and awkward way, spark the passion of those who lack confidence but secretly want to try something, or of those who tend to hold back but actually have something burning or a strong commitment inside them.

ZINE Fest to be held in Kumamoto on October 10, 2026. The venue is the Kumamoto City International Exchange Hall, 6th floor. General admission is 11:00–16:00; admission fee is 500 yen. Approximately 100 exhibitors are planned, and exhibitor applications are being accepted (fees vary by exhibition plan). Exhibitors are required to cooperate with event operations, and payments are non-refundable. There are rules regarding load-in and sales.

Saki and Shiori are a duo who have been friends for about ten years since high school. We publish a reading-related zine with a casual, friendly vibe! We mostly make it while laughing.

This is a collaborative work with Propeller, who works as an illustrator. An anthology themed around "words." Two creators produced works on the theme of "words" in six formats: tanka, essays, audio recordings, illustrations, manga, and analytical essays. At the end, it reflects on what words are and what became visible through the act of creation. Bunkoban (A6), 20 pages. Published 2025/11/7 (Fri).

This is a collaborative work with illustrator Propeller. We combined tanka with illustrations to depict the life of a new graduate entering the workforce. Published on 2024/10/16 (Wed). B6 size, 36 pages. Contains 15 sets of tanka and illustrations. [Example poems included] ・Pigeons—though you aim for the bread, you act innocent; don't close the distance ・When someone reads 重複 as “juufuku,” it gives me the feeling that I'm being tested Tanka: 奈々生ん, Illustrations: プロペラ

I started writing tanka on a matching app. A6 (bunkobon) size, 36 pages, 53 tanka. This collection was published through the “If you compose tanka, let's compile a collection. SPBS THE SCHOOL Tanka Collection Editing Workshop [2nd term]”. Examples of included tanka: ・The profile photo on a dating app—if I died right now, it could serve as my memorial portrait ・Coats wrapped in transparent covers; I'll wake you when autumn ends ・Behind an izakaya called "Togenkyo", a staff member is being scolded ・Men and women of all ages asking for an autograph from the gentleman I met in the restroom five minutes earlier

When did I become able to write? I remember that in an elementary school composition class I couldn't write a single character. Not knowing where to begin or what to do, I spent time staring blankly at the composition paper. ----------------------- This is my first collection of essays. Published on Sunday, 2025/10/12. Bunkoban (A6), 32 pages, includes eight essays. [Included essays] ・The motive for writing ・What does a dog feel when it pees? ・Peanuts' Bump ・The name "奈々生ん" ・Small talk in Hanoi ・Fox's Wedding ・A girl working overtime while eating cup noodles ・Wanting to play in a band across three generations of a family

Born in 1992 | Raised in Kumamoto, based in Yokohama | I work as a company employee while doing music and writing. ZINE▶️https://nananaman.base.shop

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.

Announcement calling for vendors for “Setomachi Book Marche Vol.4,” to be held at multiple venues in Seto City. The event will include a bookstore market featuring bookstores, second-hand bookshops and independent sellers; a Hitohako small bookstore market; and a ZINE market. The event date is June 7, 2026. Information is provided on vendor slots (including 13 slots for ZINE creators / general slots, etc.), booth sizes, and participation fees. First-come, first-served.

A book event held at Toyama Station. Over two days, a market brings together secondhand bookstores, new releases and little presses, records, food & drink, and artist booths from mainly the Hokuriku region as well as Tokai, Kansai, and Tokyo. Free admission.

A book event held at Toyama Station. Over two days, a market brings together used-book dealers, new releases and little presses, record sellers, food and drink vendors, and artist booths from the Hokuriku region and from Tokai, Kansai, and Tokyo. Free admission.

A flea-market–style book event held at Nishiyama Shopping Street where bookstores, zine creators, and general participants set up stalls. Booths are limited to approximately 25 groups on a first-come, first-served basis. There are two types of booth spaces, and items sold are primarily books (other goods are allowed if roughly half of a stall's offerings are books). The event will go ahead in light rain; it will be canceled in severe weather.

5/16 Fukiage Hall, 2nd Fashion Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00 Admission ¥500. My booth is E-22 (∩´∀｀)∩ It looks like this will be the last Nagoya event this year, so please come by! I'll be bringing a scary story themed around an 'accident property' titled 'My Grandparents' House', two previously published zines, and the paperback pouches that sold out at ZINE Fest Osaka. Thank you very much!