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Event
Jul
26
Sun

ZINE Square Kyoto(Unofficial)

The first ZINE sales event, "ZINE Square", will be held at Miyakomesse in Kyoto. July 26, 2026, 11:00–16:00. Free admission. A reading/sample corner will be available. Vendor applications via STORES.

Sunday, July 26, 2026 11:00〜16:00 Kyoto City Industry Promotion Hall Miyakomesse (9-1 Okazaki Seishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
Zindies Zindies
Event
Sep
26
Sat

ZINE Fest Tokyo(Unofficial)

ZINE Fest Tokyo is a zine event held on September 26, 2026, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Taito Hall in Asakusa. Admission: ¥500, 12:00–17:00. There is detailed information for exhibitors such as booth details and move-in restrictions, prohibited items for sale (erotic/gore content, specific political or religious assertions, consignment sales, etc.), and operational cooperation (staff assignments on the day). Photos taken at the venue may be posted on social media.

Saturday, September 26, 2026 12:00〜17:00 Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center, Taito Hall, 4th & 5th floors (2-6-5 Hanakawado, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0033 / 5-minute walk from Asakusa Station)
Jun
28
Sun

Hajimete-zukuri Market

An event where you can enjoy and purchase handmade books (ZINE), illustration/photo books, and handmade items from 50 exhibitors on the spot. In recent years, watching the news and social media has increasingly left people feeling down. Precisely because of times like these, there is great meaning in not just receiving information but in creating something new, appreciating the works that are born, and enjoying them. Also, I think places full of the feeling "I love this!" are wonderful. We've prepared that kind of happiness you can experience at the venue. Please come and visit us!

Sunday, June 28, 2026 11:00〜16:00 Asaka City Industry and Culture Center (669-1 Hamasaki, Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture 351-0033)
Goodbye to My Love

Goodbye to My Love

Ice flowers flutter down and die on the surface of the pool. Into the pool where my corpse sinks. 『水葬花火』 Does it matter whether you like men or women? But, is sex necessary for love? 『必要十分条件』 Also includes 『夏の水底』『Other's』『fragrance』 — five stories in total. A short-story collection themed around boys and heartbreak. A requiem for the end of love.

With That Hand

With That Hand

Not foolish enough to want to die, nor hopeful enough to want to keep living. Nai, a girl who has nothing, is drawn to the second floor of the gymnasium. There she meets a boy with a cigarette in his mouth. The girl asks the boy, 'Will you kill me?' The girl, who keeps thinking about death, and the boy, who wants to be forgotten by the world, meet and fall in love. A bleak love story set in the early Heisei era.

You Take My Hand in the Sunlight

You Take My Hand in the Sunlight

A fourth spring has come since Rei Aihara and Nagisa Sakemoto began dating. Nagisa has landed her dream job in stage design. Meanwhile, Rei starts a part-time job introduced by Hana Ougita. As they each set out on their own paths, the two gradually drift apart... In addition to the title story, a four-year tale of lovers growing apart, this volume includes two other pieces, including "It Doesn't Fade Because It's Not a Dream," which follows Hana Ougita, who is aiming to become a painter, and her unrequited love Shizuku Aihara. If you can't move forward, I'll take your hand and lead you.

Kakushigoto. (Photocopy zine edition)

Kakushigoto. (Photocopy zine edition)

A collection of essays in which the 'work of writing' I encountered after the hardships of living intersects with my 'hidden things'—the overthinking side of me shaped by experiences of struggling to fit in with society. Putting these into words makes the contours of who I am more precise. It is a practice of meeting myself through writing. This ZINE reprints a series that was serialized on note.

Trying Out ZINE Fests

Trying Out ZINE Fests

A person who had been distributing books in the doujin scene until 2024 steps into the ZINE world in 2025. While wavering over the differences between doujinshi and ZINEs, they participated in events called ZINE Fests and wrote about how ZINE fests were in various places. This is an honest account of their activities over six months, from February to August 2025: exhibiting at 7 venues and attending 3 as a general visitor. A must-read for anyone planning to exhibit at ZINE fests.

Sharing from a Very Tall Person

Sharing from a Very Tall Person

The author is 200 cm tall, and on the street various people ask questions about their height. They performed a self-analysis of their height, prepared so they can answer immediately when asked, and compiled the information gained from that self-analysis into a single ZINE. A foundational book about being tall. 2025/07/14 Featured on Nippon TV's ZIP!.

Station ZINE

Station ZINE

Not just for “reading” — a new way to enjoy the station. On Sunday, July 26, 2026, the unique ZINE market "Station ZINE" will be held at Musububa in Shapo Ichikawa! The venue will feature distinctive ZINEs themed around food, experiences, and local character. What kind of deep worlds await is something to discover when you come to the venue on the day♪ You’re sure to find a book that makes your everyday life more interesting — one you’ll want to tell someone about. Come add a new page to your knowledge! Please use #駅ZINE when sharing impressions or introducing ZINEs you purchased on SNS! [Date] Sunday, July 26, 2026 [Time] 11:00 - 17:00 [Admission] Free [Place] Shapo Ichikawa 1F Musububa (5 seconds on foot from Ichikawa Station) [Organizer] Station ZINE Executive Committee (planning cooperation: Iroha-ken, Iroha-ni-warabi)

Sunday, July 26, 2026 11:00〜17:00 Musububa
Mint Mint
Creation

Dazzling

Relaxed! A super free-form tanka collection 🏝️ Like bobbing and floating on the sea, I hope you'll read it while loosening your body in that kind of mood. It's a collection of tanka. Not yet for sale.

Mint Mint
Creation
Tracing the Contours

Tracing the Contours

This is a handwritten collection of poems made up of four very short stories and 22 sporadic poems, written as if gently tracing the contours of the memories and recollections in my head with a soft cloth—telling myself it's okay not to forget even while I want to forget the scent and the eyes of that day. 🪡📖

Mint Mint
Creator
Mint

Mint

I create poetry collections and song collections 🪡📖 Poetry collection: リンカクをなぞる Song collection: まばゆい I'll be engaging in various activities from now on, so please support me. 😌🫧

Zindies Zindies
Event
Nov
22
Sun

IMöZINE / 芋人 #3(Unofficial)

An indie culture event held in Kawagoe, Saitama. A day where zines, items, music, coffee, baked goods, and more come together. Scheduled to take place within Kawagoe City on November 22, 2026. Free admission. Further details will be announced later.

Nov 22 00:00 within Kawagoe City
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Event
Jul
20
Mon

The 2nd Jimbocho ZINE Fair(Unofficial)

The 2nd Jimbocho ZINE Fair held in Jimbocho. An event gathering unique publications such as zines, little presses, and art books. It will take place at Ochanomizu Sora City Conference Center on July 20, 2026, from 11:00–18:00. Free admission.

Monday, July 20, 2026 11:00〜18:00 Ochanomizu Sora City Conference Center
The Town of Memories — Matsusaka & Owase

The Town of Memories — Matsusaka & Owase

The quintessential landscape of my hometown, Mie— memories of people and the town that surface in my mind. In the 1950s (the Showa 30s), to a child's heart, the presence of everyone was the whole world. I quietly recorded the things that were gradually being lost in the passage of time.

R42 — Summer on the Kii Peninsula and the Ise Road

R42 — Summer on the Kii Peninsula and the Ise Road

At 17, I rode a bicycle— Tsu, Kumano, Owase, Matsusaka. Tracing the sea and roads of my hometown, Mie, this book records days of youth and memories of an era. The winds of the Showa era, the breaths of the people who lived on the land, and a boy's feelings. I have recorded 'that summer' left beyond National Route 42.