Q Could you share a little about yourself?
The Future Publishing was set up in 2013 with a simple idea. We wanted to create an opportunity for our friends (usually without art educations or institutional backing) and later for everyone, to express their ideas and to archive those ideas for future generations. Since then we do a great deal more than conventional publishing — more along the lines of “making things public”, and encompassing residency programs to music albums, and performances — but always with the goal of making a book.

Q Please tell us about your booth plans for Pages | Fukuoka Art Book Fair 2025.
This year, at Pages, we will have two hats on: as publisher but also as co-curators of the Editorial Studio program — part of the Dutch cultural program for the Osaka World Expo. We will be bring 6 new title — new at Pages, and some old archived books from when we just started. We are also planning to start a new tour.

Q Please tell us about a place in Fukuoka that you recommend or would love to visit.
The place closest to our heart in Fukuoka is the Chikuho area, and specifically: Mount Kosho, Senzu Temple, and Idebiki Shrine.

Mount Kosho was our favorite mountain to climb from the old elementary school, and for the discerning eye you will also see a lot of the old stone roads and small ruins.
Senzu Town town is simply beautiful, the old roads into the mountains, the houses, the fields, and the historical buildings. The highway and tunnel roads have taken a lot away from the scenic-ness but still wonderful to walk around.

Q What inspired you to start publishing? And what motivates you to continue?
Our initial inspiration was a book called Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller) — a book that first nearly bankrupted its publisher, but decades later became the catalyst of a new contemporary writing and storytelling style (the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs). Our motivation is still that sincere ideas are worth keeping for coming generations, and the book is the best way to preserve them. It is not about being led by what audiences want.

Q Message for visitors.
We are mostly interested in how everyone is doing. These are weird times, and sometimes you just need to talk with someone.