Kokeshi Jidai n°10

Magazine: Kokeshi Jidai
Title: Zao Takayu special 
Language: Japanese
Volume: n°10 (all editions are hardcover)
Dimensions: 18 cm x 25,5 cm (7in x 10in)
Pages: 228
Special Edition only: Includes a handmade mini Kokeshi, limited to 700 pieces

Kokeshi Jidai is a Japanese magazine specialized in Kokeshi stories and onsen, the Japanese hot springs. In this volume, you will read articles about the Zao style, Atsumi hot spring and 30 pages of a comic written by Fujiko F Fujio. Zao kokeshi are from the Yamagata prefecture. 

This magazine is no longer published, it's a collector product for all lovers of Kokeshi. Although it is in Japanese, the many photos and illustrations inside make the discovery of this book very pleasant.
You can also translate the text by taking a simple photo with the Google Translation application (available here for Android, here for Iphone).

Three hot spring postcards are included in this volume.

Only in the Special Edition: Extra thick cardboard cover.
Includes a handmade mini Kokeshi, limited to 700 pieces.
(you have to choose the Special Edition from the drop-down menu)