[Maruzen-Yushodo Co., Ltd.] The Fall 2025 issue of “Gaku-Abumi” features “Food Questions and Answers”
Maruzen-Yushodo Co., Ltd. Press Release: September 5, 2025 The special feature in the Fall 2025 issue of Gaku-Abumi is “Food Questions and Answers” Available at Maruzen Junkudo bookstores nationwide and other locations from Friday, September 5, 2025 Gaku-bu, a corporate PR magazine published by Maruzen-Yushodo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo;
Representative: CEO Masaya Yano), will go on sale its Fall 2025 issue (Vol. 122 No. 3) on September 5th.
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This issue features a special theme: “Food Questions and Answers.” Contributions from a diverse range of writers have revealed a variety of perspectives, including communication through deliciousness, cultural choices and refinements, connections with ancestors, non-human life, and the natural world, social issues linked to business, and “food” as a tool for defining and protecting oneself. Eating is both a way of building relationships with others and a confrontation with oneself. How do we approach the process of eating? What do we think about, or do we not think about, when we eat? With whom do we share the flavor? While food is an act of survival, maintaining our bodies, it may also reflect how we live. Autumn is the season for appetite. What will you eat today? Special feature “Eating questions and answers” Taste…Yoko Hiramatsu (Essayist/Writer) Created by microorganisms and humans together, Fermentation: The Art of Time…Hiraku Ogura (Fermentation Designer) Food Loss Communication ・・・Tomio Kobayashi (Professor, Department of Home Economics, Japan Women’s University) How to Deal with Life ・・・Shinya Senmatsu (Hunter) Sweets from a Thousand Years: Kudzu Pancakes and Ancient Confections ・・・Kayo Maekawa (Research Associate, Center for Ancient Studies and Sacred Site Studies, Institute of Yamato-Kii Peninsula Studies, Nara Women’s University) A revival of “careful living”? ・・・Mari Ako (writer/life history researcher) Planning series Where knowledge is born: A creative corridor library where you can walk around and concentrate… Mitsuru Senda (environmental architect) Living with science: Optical Switch… Takaki Zen (Theoretical Physicist and Essayist) With Books: Bibliophile’s Recollections… Toshiyuki Takamiya (Professor Emeritus, Keio University) Project book review Literary Review: Junya Komada, “In the Case of Bird Dreams” … Yuuma Watanabe (Writer/Book Critic) Hitomi Kanehara, “YABUNONAKA” … Bun Mizukami (Writer and literary critic) Books to Read Now Sarah Ahmed, “Complaints Always Fall On Deaf Hear” ・・・ Toko Tanaka (Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo) Issho Sanhyo: Koga Chikako, “I Can’t Find a Food I Like” ・・・ Higuchi Naoya (author and chef), Kotani Miyu (model and writer), Yanuma Yuta (publisher Sea and Sunset / Owner of Yunagi Stationery Store) Maruzen Publishing Publications Review: Taichi Maki, “Encyclopedia of Japan’s Local Winds” … Yoshitaka Kurose (Agriculture) Taisho University Comprehensive Buddhist Studies Research Institute, “Dictionary of Everyday Words of Buddhist Origin” … Kazuyoshi Hotta (Lecturer, Faculty of Buddhist Studies, Komazawa University) Summary of the Study
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