School: Women And Japanese Culture is a zine devoted to the lives of women in the arts, as well as a Japanese arts and culture magazine. The publication aspires to represent women in creative fields working in Tokyo who maintain a spirit of rebelliousness and sincerity. Concomitantly, the editor sheds light upon certain issues in Japanese culture that are otherwise overlooked by popular media.
Issue 2 features articles on musician, Minako Yoshida; artist, Henrikku Morisaki Terayama; costume designer/fashion stylist, Michiko Kitamura; shojo-manga artist Chieko Hosokawa; artist, Toshio Saeki; photographer, Chikashi Suzuki; novelist, Midori Osaki; the second installment of Goddess Worship; Interwar Japanese Popular Women’s Magazines; Creative Open Space in Kouenji Tokyo; Brooklyn Zen Center; India-Tokyo Organic Cotton Business; Immigrant Youths in Japan; Souko Kado’s, “Tokyo Girl Depression Diary 2;” and The Back Trails of Japan.