Roca Magazine

Roca Magazine, 2021–, is a Japanese magazine in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

2021–

Era: 2020s

Tokyo-based contemporary kinbaku print magazine edited and published by Kitaro Kasukabe through Studio Roca. Studio Roca's live shop says Kinbaku Magazine Roca began in 2021 and has expanded to five volumes with readers around the world; Kasukabe's 2024 Roca no Kai note frames the magazine as preserving and advancing kinbaku culture, supporting community growth and expanding from his photography into essays, columns, other artists' works and illustrations. The Roca #3 shop record describes the magazine as dedicated to disseminating kinbaku culture in Japan and worldwide, with contents including Naka Akira / Shizuki Iroha / Sato Erisa photography and a Yugen Studio Magazine collaboration. The Roca #5 product page documents a July 2025, 148-page bilingual issue with a special feature on Erisa Satoh, Yukiscream & Miya content and a Roca 2025 exhibition report.

People associated with Roca Magazine: Kitaro Kasukabe, Naka Akira, Iroha Shizuki.