Kyototto Publishing is an independent publisher in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. Its founder and director is Kyohei Ogawa.

We would like to make our books available to readers all over the world and hope you will be interested in having our books translated and published in your country.
Kyototto Publishing produces books that are both locally concerned and universally aware.

Misako Ichimura’s Dear Kikuchi-san, Buru Tento Mura to Chokoreto (Chocolate in a Blue-Tent Village – Letters to Kikuchi from the Park), a book about homeless women who live in a park in Tokyo, is one example.
The portrayal of these women who, even without money, manage to get by through their resourcefulness and cooperation, and still keep faithful to themselves, contains a sense of deep abundance and encouragement that all those who struggle through every day will surely understand.
Arrangements now underway with the publisher Olbyeo for the sale of a Korean edition.
(An English translation is being prepared as well.)

At Kyototto Publishing, we hope to communicate and exchange with independent publishers all over the world. We would be most grateful to receive information on published works from your company.

Kyototto Publishing’s Credo

1
Anti-globalization
Globalization is bleaching our world.
We believe that what is needed is abundance, in other words, culture. Diverse cultures are existing and coming into being in small places everywhere. We hope to be sensitive to this.

2
We oppose violence. We agree with feminism.

3
Make society a little more punk.
We are attracted to things of subtle resistance.

4
Neither lifestyle nor art should be ridiculed.

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