PROGRAM
photo: minamiasami
Tokyo Festival Program
Hand Saw Press
"Riso Zine Studio: Make, Print, Connect!"
by Hand Saw Press
From me to you. From you to me. Connecting the world through zines.
A zine is a handmade, personalized publication: each one is different because the creator is different. The Riso Zine Studio is a place for individual creativity: people of all ages can drop in, make their own zines, and then exchange what they made with other people’s zines. After its previous appearances at the 2019 and 2020 editions of Festival/Tokyo, which generated 1,294 different zines, this popular project is back for a third time. In addition to a studio space temporarily open in Toshima as well as a “mobile studio” roaming the city on a truck, the project is partnering with libraries and junior high and high school facilities in Toshima. Zine stands appear at public facilities and bookstores not just in Toshima but nationwide, transforming the project into a platform for people throughout Japan to exchange and enjoy zines. In this way, it offers anyone the chance to express themselves and encounter a rich range of zines.
Schedule
Thursdays, Fridays: 3:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (reception closes at 8:00 p.m.)
Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays: 11:00 a.m.–7 p.m. (reception closes at 6:30 p.m.)
The times above indicate when the Riso Zine Studio is open.
*The schedule for the Pop-up Print Truck can be found here
*The schedule for the Pop-up Zine Stand can be found here
*The schedule for the workshops and events can be found here
The festival will take photographs and video for publicity and documentary purposes.
As well as being published in the festival report and on the official website, images will be used in a wide range of public relations activities.
Please also be aware that photographs and video may be taken as part of media coverage of the festival. We appreciate your understanding in advance.
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When visiting, please ensure you have read and understood “Tokyo Festival 2021 coronavirus (COVID-19) control measures and notice to visitors” on the Tokyo Festival website (*URL ▶https://tokyo-festival.jp/en/info/covid19/)and wear a mask. (*Visitors not wearing a mask may be refused entry).
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Entry fee
Free to make up to 2 copies of an A4 single sheet or bifold zine (1 zine per person per day)
After preparing the manuscript, the zines are printed and then later displayed at the stand locations.
You can print zines for a fee at the Riso Zine Studio and collect them at a later date.
If you would like your manuscript returned to you, it can be picked up at the Riso Zine Studio.
Cash only.
Access
Riso Zine Studio
3-49-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0005
Zine Stand
3-55-1 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0005
Pop-up Print Truck (various locations around Toshima)
Schedule: HERE
Pop-up Zine Stand (various locations around Toshima and Japan)
Locations: HERE
How to Take Part
You can take part in this project at the main Riso Zine Studio and Zine Stand, or at the Pop-up Zine Stand and Pop-up Print Truck that will appear at various locations around Toshima and nationwide.
A4 (single sheet)
A4 (bifold)
Prepare the manuscript for the zine you want to make. Then hand it in at the Riso Zine Studio or post it to the studio from the Zine Stand. A few days later, your Risograph-printed zine will be on display at the Zine Stand.
The project aims to provide a platform for self-expression and sharing and exchanging with others. Zines are only available while stocks last.
Entry to the Riso Zine Studio may be restricted to avoid crowding.
●Photography
The festival will take photographs and video for publicity and documentary purposes. These may be used in the festival report or on the festival website. Please also be aware that photographs and video may be taken as part of media coverage of the festival.
Bookings
If you wish to make a zine at the Riso Zine Studio (Otsuka), please use the booking site below to book your preferred date and time.
Bookings will close once the maximum capacity has been reached.
Bookings can be made at the venue’s reception desk on the day if any spaces are still available.
There is no need to book if you do not wish to prepare your zine at the venue. You may prepare your zine manuscript at home or another location of your choosing in advance and then bring it to the venue.
Booking site: https://coubic.com/tokyo-festival/595191
Available Zines
① A4 (single sheet, bifold) (up to 2)
Free for 1 per person per day. After your zine is printed, it will be put on display at the Zine Stand. If you would like to take your zine home, you can print it out for a fee at the Riso Zine Studio. If you would like your manuscript returned to you, pick it up from the Riso Zine Studio.
② Make a Zine in a Group
You can make a page for free in a group zine. The content should follow a certain theme that is fixed for each zine.
*For further details, please refer to the “Workshops and Events” section further down the page.
③ Other
You can make A3 zines and print three or more editions of your zine at the Riso Zine Studio in Otsuka for a fee.
*Entry may be restricted to avoid crowding.
*Printed zines can be collected at a later date.
How to Make Your Zine
① Decide the format
*Zine templates can be downloaded from the “How to Take Part” section further up the page.
② Prepare your manuscript
Prepare the manuscript for the zine by writing the text, drawing pictures, and making collages with photos. You can do this at home in advance.
③ Decide the color
Decide the color (black, red, blue, yellow, or fluorescent pink).
④ Hand in the manuscript
Take your manuscript to the Riso Zine Studio or post it to the studio from the Zine Stand.
Your manuscript will be printed by a Risograph at the studio.
⑥ Display your zine
Display your zine at the standYour completed zine will be put on display at the Zine Stand. Visit the stand to see the zines that everyone has made.
Pop-up Print Truck
10/10 (Sun) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
TRAM-PAL Otsuka (3-58-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0005)
10/17 (Sun) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Minami Ikebukuro Park (2-21-1 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0022)
10/24 (Sun) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Kami-Ikebukuro Kusunoki Park (4-19-1 Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013)
10/31 (Sun) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
IKE SUNPARK (4-42 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0013)
11/6 (Sat) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
11/7 (Sun) 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
TRAM-PAL Otsuka (3-58-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0005)
・Canceled in the event of rain. Cancellations will be announced on the Tokyo Festival’s official Twitter account at least an hour before the scheduled start time of each event.* However, changes may still be made after this time at the organizer’s discretion.
・If you wish to make and print a zine, please cooperate in undergoing a temperature check and completing the participation register at the reception desk.
・Venues and schedules may vary.
Bookings
If you wish to make a zine at the Pop-up Print Truck, please use the booking site below to book your preferred date and time.
Bookings will close once the maximum capacity has been reached.
Bookings can be made at the venue’s reception desk on the day if any spaces are still available.
There is no need to book if you do not wish to prepare your zine at the Pop-up Print Truck. You may prepare your zine manuscript at home or another location of your choosing in advance and then bring it to the venue.
Booking site: https://coubic.com/tokyo-festival/537165
Pop-up Zine Stand
Pop-up Zine Stand Locations (Toshima)
honkbooks
https://honkbooks.com
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays
Book Gallery Popotame
http://popotame.net
* May be open for reduced hours or temporarily closed. Please check the store’s website or social media channels before visiting.
Junkudo Ikebukuro 1F Information Corner
https://honto.jp/store/detail_1570019_14HB320.html
*May be temporarily closed or open for different hours, due to measures to combat COVID-19.
Junior and Senior High School Student Center Jump Higashi Ikebukuro, Nagasaki
https://www.city.toshima.lg.jp/256/kosodate/kosodate/hokago/jump/005698.html
For junior and senior high school students in Toshima-ku only / Not open to the general public
Pop-up Zine Stand Locations (nationwide)
Nora Coffee (Akita City, Akita Prefecture)
http://nora-coffee.com/
Closed: Mondays, Thursdays
SHIOGAMA SUGIMURA JUN MUSEUM OF ART（Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture）
http://sugimurajun.shiomo.jp/
Closed: Mondays
book cafe Kasei no Niwa (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture)
http://www.kaseinoniwa.com
Closed: Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Hajimari Art Center (Inawashiro, Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture)
https://hajimari-ac.com/
*Closed for exhibition changeover October 25–29 and November 8–19
Ishi Biki Public (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
https://www.ishipub.com/
Closed: Sundays, Mondays
Sennenichijitsu Coffee Roastery (Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture)
Closed: Tuesdays and Wednesdays (see website)
Sennenichijitsu Coffee Roastery Cafe (Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture)"
http://1001coffee.jugem.jp/
Closed: Tuesdays and Wednesdays (see website)
CRY IN PUBLIC (Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Twitter: @cry_in_public
*Please check the facility’s Twitter account and newsletter.
hand saw press Kyoto (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture)
https://journal.handsawpress.com/
Kinokuni TrainART (Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture)
https://tanabe-enplus.jp/
http://trainart.jp/2021/
Kisui Kuko (Yurihama, Tohaku District, Tottori Prefecture)
https://www.kisuikuko.com/
Opening hours may change. Please check the facility’s website or social media channels.
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media（YCAM）
https://www.ycam.jp/
Closed: Mondays (the following day if the Monday is a national holiday)
Natasho (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
https://www.facebook.com/natasyo/
Twitter: @kikinonatasyo
Ao-Hata Bookstore（Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture）
http://www.aohatabooks.com/
Closed: Wednesdays
Kirishima Open-Air Museum (Yusui Town, Aira District, Kagoshima Prefecture)
https://open-air-museum.org/
Closed: Mondays
・The Pop-up Zine Stand will be at each venue between Friday, October 8 and Sunday, November 21. (Excluding some stands)
・The deadline for posting zines to the studio using the box at the Zine Stand is Sunday, November 7.
・As the purpose of this program is to provide a platform for self-expression, sharing information, and exchange with others via zines, the completed zines will only be available while stocks last. We request your understanding in this matter.
・The Pop-up Zine Stand is available during the opening hours of the stores and other locations where it is installed.
・Please check the website and social media channels for each Zine Stand for details of measures to combat COVID-19 and current opening hours before visiting.
・Locations are subject to change.
Workshops and Events
Program in Partnership with Libraries: Our Library
Using your book selections to create the Our Library zine.
1. Think of someone to whom you would like to give a book
2. Choose a book from the library
3. Fill in the template. Write it in the form of a letter to someone!
4. Print your letter on the Risograph to create a zine.
Choose a book at the library, write a letter to the person to whom you want to recommend it, and then post your zine in the special zine post box at the library. You will find letter templates at the library, too. We will compile the letters collected during the participation period to create the Our Library zine, to serve as a kind of personalized library guide for each of the three participating libraries.
Guest artist: Aramahoshi Books
*Artist profiles can be found here
The letters collected will also be showcased on the Aramahoshi Books Instagram account.
Instagram: @aramahoshi_books
Participation period: 10/8(Fri)〜10/31(Sun)
We plan to display the completed zines at the Finale Zine Festival (November 6 and 7)
Participation fee: Free
Venues: Central Library, Sugamo Library, Chihaya Library（Toshima-ku, Tokyo)
Closed: 2nd Monday and 4th Friday of the month (except if these days are national holidays)
*Opening hours may change, due to efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Our Library: Special Workshop
Why not come along to choose your book and write your letter in the company of our guest artist, Aramahoshi Books? The Pop-up Print Truck will also be visiting Sugamo Library!
Schedule: 11/3 (Wed) 11:00〜/15:00〜
Venues: Sugamo Library（3-8-2 Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo）
Applications:
If you wish to take part, please complete the application form, which is available at the Our Library Corner in Sugamo Library.
You may also apply via the booking site below.
Booking site: https://coubic.com/tokyo-festival/475534
・Bookings will close once the maximum capacity (around 15 people per session) has been reached.
・Bookings can be made at the venue on the day if any spaces are still available.
Our Library on the Road
The Our Library project to collect letters about your book selections and use them to make a zine is planned by Aramahoshi Books. For two days only, Aramahoshi Books will also be playing the part of a participant and writing their own letters about their book recommendations. These letters will also be included in the Our Library zine.
Venues:
10/10 (Sun) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
TRAM-PAL Otsuka (3-58-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0005)
10/31 (Sun) 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
IKE SUNPARK (4-42 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0013)
・Bookings
If you wish to take part, please use the booking site below to book your preferred date and time.
Bookings will close once the maximum capacity has been reached.
When booking, please specify “Request to take part in Our Library on the Road” in the notes column.
Bookings can be made at the venue’s reception desk on the day if any spaces are still available.
Booking site: https://coubic.com/tokyo-festival/537165
Program in Partnership with the Junior High and High School Student Center JUMP: Workshop “Let’s Make a Zine: My fav, Society, and Me”
Zine-making workshops for junior and senior high school students will be held at the Higashi-Ikebukuro and Nagasaki branches of Junior High and High School Student Center JUMP. The theme will be “My fav, Society, and Me.” This is your chance to express your worries and ideas through the medium of a zine and build connections between yourself and society.
*This workshop is for junior and senior high school students in Toshima-ku only.
Guest artists: Satoko Miyakoshi and super-KIKI
*Artist profiles can be found here
Connect through Zines! Finale Zine Festival
We plan to hold an event with a livestreamed component, featuring booths at which the zines created during the festival period can be displayed.
Saturday, November 6, 11:00–16:00: Zine booths on display
Sunday, November 7, 11:00–17:00: Zine booths on display and livestreamed event
Venues: TRAM-PAL Otsuka (3-58-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0005)
*Details will be published on this page once finalized.
*As this event will be livestreamed, those watching at the venue may appear in the images on the video feed. We request your understanding in this matter.
Listen! Zine Radio
The official podcast of “Riso Zine Studio: Make, Print, Connect!”—episodes released as they become available!
Spotify: Listen! Zine Radio
Archive streaming
Finale Zine Festival archive streaming
Profile
Hand Saw Press
Hand Saw Press is a DIY space equipped with a Risograph printing press and woodworking tools. Launched by three people with different backgrounds and specialties—architect Shinsuke Kanno (AM-A-LAB), spatial designer Ryoko Ando (design musica), and restaurant owner and editor Akinobu Oda (map/Nagi Shokudo)—there are currently two locations (Tokyo and Kyoto). By opening up a place and tools to the community through making zines, printing posters and art books, and DIY, Hand Saw Press brings people, the city, and the world together.
https://handsawpresstokyo.com/
Takuo Miyanaga
Born in Tokyo in 1981, Takuo Miyanaga is producer of the theatre company mamagoto. He also runs the (temporarily closed) mamagoto Cafe. Miyanaga launched mamagoto with playwright/director Yukio Shiba in 2009. Since then his main activity has been creating and producing the company’s productions. In recent years he has been working energetically on theatrical creation/projects that focus on relationships among places, people and time. In 2019 he relocated to Shodo Island in Kagawa prefecture, and he currently divides his time between the island and Tokyo. Following the launch of mamagoto Cafe on Shodo Island, Miyanaga hopes to open an inn and a library there. He also plans to become a taxi driver (create taxi plays) on the island in 2022.
YUKI
Bike messenger / Traffic god
After graduating from Musashino Art University and working as a designer, YUKI became a bike messenger in 2005. She has won bike messenger races around the world and came second in the main race of the Cycle Messenger World Championships in 2009. She has raced 3,000 km around Europe and served as director for the Uber calendar. She also runs the fashion brand Traffic god.
https://trafficgod.theshop.jp
Aramahoshi Books
A project focused on enjoying the little connections we make through books, with an emphasis on choosing, lending, and making. The group is composed of three people who appreciate books from a variety of angles: director and editor Ejiri, book designer Kotagiri, and book director Nakamura Sora. Based at their rental library in the Nishiogu district of Arakawa-ku, they hold workshops and book selection events at places including Kyoto and Tottori. They also publish the magazine Ono-ono [Each of Us] for the individuals with whom they engage in dialogue.
https://aramahoshi-books.tumblr.com/
Satoko Miyakoshi
Designer. Principally handles editorial and graphic design work, including for Music Magazine, Akkogorilla’s album “GRRRLISM,” Women in Battle: 150 Years of fighting for freedom, equality and sisterhood, BL Textbook, and Taiko Genron [More Speech]. Editor and designer of the feminist zine NEW ERA Ladies.
super-KIKI
Adopts a DIY approach to highlighting political and social problems through the medium of placards, banners, graphics, apparel, and selfies. Designed the logo and flyers for Waifu, a group campaigning to stop discrimination against transgender people. Participated in Encounter - Infinite Variety of Faces (2021) at Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, among other exhibitions. At these workshops, super-KIKI will be providing support for Satoko.
Staff
Project Director:Hand Saw Press (Ryoko Ando, Shinsuke Kanno)
Guest Artists:Takuo Miyanaga (producer / mamagoto), YUKI (bike messenger / Traffic god)
Publicity Design:Nobuyuki Eguchi
Publicity Photograph:minamiasami
Operation Assistants:Shiho Sakashita, Tetsuya Shiomda,Hinako Fujiga
Production Coordinators:Miki Kanai, Keisuke Shimada (Tokyo Festival)
In special cooperation with RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Credit
Organized by Tokyo Festival Executive Committee[Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo)]
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal 2021
Inquires
Tokyo Festival Executive Committee
+81(0)50-1746-0996 (Weekday 10:00 - 18:00)