Interview with Yuki Kageyama> Places are more interesting than Tokyo! Japanese local publications convey warmth and charm, showing local values

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Japanese local publications flourish, with local characteristics, daily life, food and people as the main axis, conveying the unique local features. It not only makes local people communicate more closely with others, but also makes outsiders want to go to the local area to see if it is really as beautiful and warm as described in the book. Japanese editor and writer Yuki Yoyama spent a year exploring the charm and mode of operation of local publications and assembled into the book "attacking Japanese Local Publications".

In an exclusive interview with upstream and downstream, Yingshan Yushu came to Taiwan a few days ago and said that the reason why local publications are important is that localities can have their own voice and no longer passively accept the values dominated by Tokyo. Yingyama Yuki pointed out that 80% of the Japanese publishing houses focused on Tokyo. For example, when the typhoon came, the mass media paid more attention to the disaster in Tokyo, but there was little local information. "in the mainstream media, it is the message of how Tokyo views the place, focusing on Tokyo's values. But local values must be determined by the local itself. The value of local publications lies in the place to define their own value. "

Kitakyushu, Japan's local publication "on the Cloud" (photo taken from "on the Cloud")

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