The Answers Are: In Here & Out There
Cheah Wenqi, 2024
SGD 21
B5
72 Pages
Offset Printing
Published by: the slow club
At the end of 2023, I left my job and packed my bags for Japan, where I was based for seven months. I was lost and struggling with the grief of losing my mum to cancer, and spending time moving slowly in rural Japan felt like the perfect place to lose myself in.
Living with farmers and craftsmen of rural Japan, I learnt and experienced new ways of being. The zine chronicles my journey of rest and self-discovery in Japan, and it also features five inspiring stories of people in Japan, including two Singaporeans who are making a home for themselves there.