We were recently visited by Junya Matsumura from Tokyo, Japan - where he bakes bagels, writes zines, and runs a small press - Tabi Books! Junya used to live in Oakland ten years ago and was surprised to read about us in the Japanese mag Brutus (see post here for more info!) as we hadn't set up shop yet when he lived in the neighborhood.
San Franshizuko is his first zine and is a written and visual conversation of sorts with Jack Kerouac set in San Francisco. The title is a play on words - Shizuko is a Japanese woman's name, and is also the character that Junya embodies. He dresses as her in photographs and answers to quotes from On the Road.
The photographs are all taken in Tokyo, but are captioned with similar locations in the Bay Area.
The text is both in Japanese and English! We have limited copies of San Franshizuko - please take a look next time you are at ISSUES!
Junya's bagel store is called "Tabi Bagel" which translates to "Travel Bagel" and has been featured in Timeout Japan and many blogs! Please visit him if you are ever in Tokyo (and bring us back an Olive and Rosemary bagel, they sound amazing).
xoxo.
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