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Komyakusha

A Miyazaki-based regional publisher and printing house best known for the monthly city information magazine Town Miyazaki and the adult lifestyle magazine jupia.

Last updated September 28, 2026

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Overview

Komyakusha (有限会社 鉱脈社) is a regional publishing and printing company headquartered in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. According to its company profile, the business was founded on 15 August 1972 (Showa 47) and was incorporated as a limited liability company (yugen kaisha) in March 1973 (Showa 48). Its stated lines of business are printing, publishing and information planning, and its representative director and president is Atsumi Kawaguchi. The company is based at 263 Tashiro-cho, Miyazaki City. Komyakusha's best-known title is the monthly information magazine Town Miyazaki (月刊情報タウンみやざき), which functions as a local city guide covering events, dining, shopping and community news across Miyazaki. The company also publishes jupia, a magazine aimed at adults who want to enjoy Miyazaki, along with a range of practical local guides such as restaurant, lunch, housing, hospital, nursing-care and high-school guide titles. In addition to magazines, Komyakusha issues books, including the Miyazaki Bunko and Fumikura Bunko series, the Miyazaki 21st Century Bunko series, and titles spanning poetry, haiku, photography and painting, most of them themed on Miyazaki and its culture. As a small regional publisher, Komyakusha occupies a niche role in Miyazaki's media landscape: it connects local businesses with readers through advertising-supported magazines and free papers, while also preserving regional writing and art through its book imprints. Its operations are concentrated in Miyazaki Prefecture, and it is a privately held company rather than a listed enterprise.

History

Komyakusha was founded on 15 August 1972 (Showa 47) in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, and was formally incorporated as a limited liability company (yugen kaisha) in March 1973 (Showa 48). From its base at 263 Tashiro-cho, Miyazaki City, the company built its business around printing, publishing and information planning. Its central product became the monthly information magazine Town Miyazaki (月刊情報タウンみやざき), a local city guide that reports on events, dining, shopping and community topics across Miyazaki. Over time the company expanded its magazine line to include jupia, a title aimed at adults who want to enjoy Miyazaki, as well as practical local guides covering restaurants, lunches, housing, hospitals, nursing care and high schools. It also published the free paper Kanko Miyazaki (月刊 速報 観光みやざき) until its April 2011 issue. Alongside its magazines, Komyakusha developed a book publishing programme focused on Miyazaki. Its series include Miyazaki Bunko, Fumikura Bunko, the Miyazaki 21st Century Bunko series — described as collecting works representative of Miyazaki to be preserved into the 21st century — and the Mokichi research series (牧水研究). Its book list spans genres from local-interest titles to poetry collections, haiku collections, poetry anthologies, photography books and painting, most of them themed on Miyazaki and its culture. As of its published company profile, the firm remains a privately held limited liability company led by Representative Director and President Atsumi Kawaguchi, with operations concentrated in Miyazaki Prefecture.

  • 2011

    Free paper Kanko Miyazaki (月刊 速報 観光みやざき) ended with its April 2011 issue.

  • 1973

    Incorporated as a limited liability company (yugen kaisha) in March 1973 (Showa 48).

  • 1972

    Founded on 15 August 1972 (Showa 47) in Miyazaki City.

Products and positioning

A small, privately held regional publisher and printer serving Miyazaki Prefecture, combining advertising-supported local magazines with book imprints devoted to Miyazaki culture and literature.

  • 月刊情報タウンみやざき (Town Miyazaki)

  • jupia

  • みやざき21世紀文庫

  • みやざき文庫

  • ふみくら文庫

  • 牧水研究

  • わざわざ行きたい 古民家れすとらんシリーズ

  • ランチパスポート

  • 住まい

  • 病院ナビ

  • 介護ナビ おひさま

  • 宮崎の高校ガイド

  • 月刊 速報 観光みやざき

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