Hotly Debated New Literary Magazine "GOAT" to Release Latest Issue on "Food" Theme with 150,000 First Print Run on June 3! Collaborative Goshuincho Also Appears!
The new literary magazine "GOAT," which has surpassed 570,000 copies in cumulative sales, will release its latest issue, "GOAT Summer 2026," themed "Food," on June 3 with an initial print run of 150,000 copies. It features novels by a stellar lineup of authors including Mina Minajima, essays on food by celebrities, and collaborative projects with popular TV programs, offering a rich variety of content.
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Since its launch in autumn 2024, the new literary magazine "GOAT" has become an unprecedented hit, surpassing 570,000 copies in cumulative sales! The highly anticipated fourth issue, "GOAT Summer 2026," will be released on June 3 with an initial print run of 150,000 copies.
The grand feature is "Food." Following themes that have generated buzz every issue, such as "Love," "Evil," and "Beauty," this issue once again brings together a luxurious lineup of authors to tackle "Food" with an unprecedented approach.
Mina Minajima, whose "Naruse wa Tenka wo Toru" series, which won the 2024 Honya Taisho (Japan Booksellers' Award), has surpassed 2.1 million copies in cumulative sales, will feature her latest work "Soreike! Heianbu" in "GOAT"! Various novels with different flavors will be presented by Sao Ichikawa, Nashi, Azabu Keibajo, Mio Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Maekawa, Hisakuni Oda, Yui Sakuma, Ao Ashizawa, Kazuki Kamijo, and others.
Mina Minajima (Photo: Takeshi Asano) Yui Sakuma
In line with the special feature "Food," novels by Sekaikan Ozaki will use paper made with "carrots," and novels by Mariko Yamauchi will use paper made with "tea."
Sekaikan Ozaki Mariko Yamauchi
A collaborative project between Hiroo Ueno, former editor-in-chief of "dancyu," and his program "Nihon-ichi Futsuu de Oishii Ueno Shokudo" (BS Fuji, Fridays at 10 PM) and "GOAT" has also been realized. Mitsuyo Kakuta was invited into her home kitchen to make takoyaki, which she is "still practicing." Enjoy Kakuta's essay in the magazine and the cooking scene on the program.
*The program featuring Ms. Kakuta is scheduled to air on June 12 at 10 PM.
For more details, visit https://www.bsfuji.tv/ueno_shokudo/
Mitsuyo Kakuta (Photo: Mikako Kozai)
For the "Picky Eater Essay" project, where participants write about their food preferences, such as picky eating or loving certain foods so much they can't stop eating them, prominent figures from various fields, including Jane Su, Kenta Shokudo, Sakura Inoue, Erika Yoshida, and Shusuke Fukutoku, will participate.
Jane Su
Food essayist Sakiko Hirano will have a dialogue with Juichi Yamagiwa, a leading authority on gorilla research. They will discuss "eating without conflict" from the perspective of primates. For the theme "Food and War," agricultural history researcher Tatsushi Fujiwara and writer Erika Kobayashi will have a dialogue.
Home cooking expert Yuka Yamaguchi will conduct a "Home Cooking Lesson" in the magazine. Da Vinci Osorezan, who claims to never cook, will participate as a student. Beginners will be delighted to learn the "basics of cooking," such as how to boil vegetables, and those who are not good at cooking will find many eye-opening tips.
Furthermore, Mizuki Tsujimura's latest full-length mystery novel, "Fire Dome," to be released on June 5, will be extensively featured in the magazine. In addition to an excerpt from the work, reviews by Kumiko Kakehashi and Kaori Kawai will be included.
The guest for Taisuke Fujigaya's popular series "Taisuke Fujigaya and Novels," featuring book-loving Taisuke Fujigaya, is Mizuki Tsujimura.
Mizuki Tsujimura (Photo: Kasumi Osada)
Other luxurious projects will also be delivered.
As a bonus, there will be a cut-out "Goat-kun's Bento Bookmark"!
"GOAT Summer 2026" lineup revealed!
[Novels]
Mina Minajima, Sekaikan Ozaki, Mariko Yamauchi, Sao Ichikawa, Nashi, Azabu Keibajo, Mio Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Maekawa, Hisakuni Oda, Yui Sakuma, Ao Ashizawa, Kazuki Kamijo, Mikoto Mashimo, Kie Hojo, Aoto Aoyagi, Chisano Nakanishi, Mina Miki, Natsuki Murakumo, Boichi Yoshida
[Essays]
Hiroo Ueno, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Shuto, Maiko Takehama, Izumi Hoshi, Toriko Yoshikawa
[My Picky Eating Essays]
Awa Ito, Sakura Inoue, Kenta Shokudo, Toko Furuya, Jane Su, Zettai ni Shuden wo Nigasanai Onna, Shiho Namayuba, Shusuke Fukutoku, Hiroshi Homura, Erika Yoshida, Nagi Yoshida
[Food Diary]
Dekami-chan
[Dialogues]
Juichi Yamagiwa × Sakiko Hirano
Tatsushi Fujiwara × Erika Kobayashi
[Home Cooking Lesson]
Yuka Yamaguchi × Da Vinci Osorezan
[My GOAT Books]
Utamaru, Megumi Kawamata, Mikage Sawamura, Miyuki Miyabe, Rena Yamazaki, Honobu Yonezawa
[Literary Awards]
Announcement of the winner of the 1st GO-mono Long-form Literary Award
Selection Committee Chairman: Shigeaki Kato
[Series]
Taisuke Fujigaya
[Goatham Tanka Award]
Machiko Tawara × Shigeru Kishida
[Unsent Letters]
Ryoji Arai
[Goat-kun Goes!]
Printing Museum Edition Interview: Director Natsuhiko Kyogoku
[Special Feature]
"Fire Dome" (Mizuki Tsujimura)
Many other luxurious projects!
"GOAT" Goshuincho Appears!
A collaborative product between "Goshuin" (collecting stamps from bookstores) and "GOAT" has been born!
"GOAT" collaboration goods are also appearing one after another. This time, a cute "Goat-kun" character designed Goshuincho was released, which can also be used as a Goshuincho or a notebook.
"GOAT Goshuincho" is a Goshuincho necessary for collecting Goshuin.
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The grand feature is "Food." Following themes that have generated buzz every issue, such as "Love," "Evil," and "Beauty," this issue once again brings together a luxurious lineup of authors to tackle "Food" with an unprecedented approach.
Mina Minajima, whose "Naruse wa Tenka wo Toru" series, which won the 2024 Honya Taisho (Japan Booksellers' Award), has surpassed 2.1 million copies in cumulative sales, will feature her latest work "Soreike! Heianbu" in "GOAT"! Various novels with different flavors will be presented by Sao Ichikawa, Nashi, Azabu Keibajo, Mio Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Maekawa, Hisakuni Oda, Yui Sakuma, Ao Ashizawa, Kazuki Kamijo, and others.
Mina Minajima (Photo: Takeshi Asano) Yui Sakuma
In line with the special feature "Food," novels by Sekaikan Ozaki will use paper made with "carrots," and novels by Mariko Yamauchi will use paper made with "tea."
Sekaikan Ozaki Mariko Yamauchi
A collaborative project between Hiroo Ueno, former editor-in-chief of "dancyu," and his program "Nihon-ichi Futsuu de Oishii Ueno Shokudo" (BS Fuji, Fridays at 10 PM) and "GOAT" has also been realized. Mitsuyo Kakuta was invited into her home kitchen to make takoyaki, which she is "still practicing." Enjoy Kakuta's essay in the magazine and the cooking scene on the program.
*The program featuring Ms. Kakuta is scheduled to air on June 12 at 10 PM.
For more details, visit https://www.bsfuji.tv/ueno_shokudo/
Mitsuyo Kakuta (Photo: Mikako Kozai)
For the "Picky Eater Essay" project, where participants write about their food preferences, such as picky eating or loving certain foods so much they can't stop eating them, prominent figures from various fields, including Jane Su, Kenta Shokudo, Sakura Inoue, Erika Yoshida, and Shusuke Fukutoku, will participate.
Jane Su
Food essayist Sakiko Hirano will have a dialogue with Juichi Yamagiwa, a leading authority on gorilla research. They will discuss "eating without conflict" from the perspective of primates. For the theme "Food and War," agricultural history researcher Tatsushi Fujiwara and writer Erika Kobayashi will have a dialogue.
Home cooking expert Yuka Yamaguchi will conduct a "Home Cooking Lesson" in the magazine. Da Vinci Osorezan, who claims to never cook, will participate as a student. Beginners will be delighted to learn the "basics of cooking," such as how to boil vegetables, and those who are not good at cooking will find many eye-opening tips.
Furthermore, Mizuki Tsujimura's latest full-length mystery novel, "Fire Dome," to be released on June 5, will be extensively featured in the magazine. In addition to an excerpt from the work, reviews by Kumiko Kakehashi and Kaori Kawai will be included.
The guest for Taisuke Fujigaya's popular series "Taisuke Fujigaya and Novels," featuring book-loving Taisuke Fujigaya, is Mizuki Tsujimura.
Mizuki Tsujimura (Photo: Kasumi Osada)
Other luxurious projects will also be delivered.
As a bonus, there will be a cut-out "Goat-kun's Bento Bookmark"!
"GOAT Summer 2026" lineup revealed!
[Novels]
Mina Minajima, Sekaikan Ozaki, Mariko Yamauchi, Sao Ichikawa, Nashi, Azabu Keibajo, Mio Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Maekawa, Hisakuni Oda, Yui Sakuma, Ao Ashizawa, Kazuki Kamijo, Mikoto Mashimo, Kie Hojo, Aoto Aoyagi, Chisano Nakanishi, Mina Miki, Natsuki Murakumo, Boichi Yoshida
[Essays]
Hiroo Ueno, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Shuto, Maiko Takehama, Izumi Hoshi, Toriko Yoshikawa
[My Picky Eating Essays]
Awa Ito, Sakura Inoue, Kenta Shokudo, Toko Furuya, Jane Su, Zettai ni Shuden wo Nigasanai Onna, Shiho Namayuba, Shusuke Fukutoku, Hiroshi Homura, Erika Yoshida, Nagi Yoshida
[Food Diary]
Dekami-chan
[Dialogues]
Juichi Yamagiwa × Sakiko Hirano
Tatsushi Fujiwara × Erika Kobayashi
[Home Cooking Lesson]
Yuka Yamaguchi × Da Vinci Osorezan
[My GOAT Books]
Utamaru, Megumi Kawamata, Mikage Sawamura, Miyuki Miyabe, Rena Yamazaki, Honobu Yonezawa
[Literary Awards]
Announcement of the winner of the 1st GO-mono Long-form Literary Award
Selection Committee Chairman: Shigeaki Kato
[Series]
Taisuke Fujigaya
[Goatham Tanka Award]
Machiko Tawara × Shigeru Kishida
[Unsent Letters]
Ryoji Arai
[Goat-kun Goes!]
Printing Museum Edition Interview: Director Natsuhiko Kyogoku
[Special Feature]
"Fire Dome" (Mizuki Tsujimura)
Many other luxurious projects!
"GOAT" Goshuincho Appears!
A collaborative product between "Goshuin" (collecting stamps from bookstores) and "GOAT" has been born!
"GOAT" collaboration goods are also appearing one after another. This time, a cute "Goat-kun" character designed Goshuincho was released, which can also be used as a Goshuincho or a notebook.
"GOAT Goshuincho" is a Goshuincho necessary for collecting Goshuin.
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