What is a lifelong best friend?

Our customers at Salon de Shimaji range in age from their 20s to their late 80s. Often, conversations become lively as customers teach or learn from each other.
Perhaps this bar counter is also a place where close communication easily takes place.


One day, a customer who had just turned 20 came in.
Shimaji: "Make close friends while you're young. Friends with whom you share your formative years will become lifelong friends."
Everyone seemed to agree with this excellent advice, nodding in agreement.

Shimaji : "Even if you don't see each other for years, the best friends you make that way can instantly fill the gap in time as if you had just parted ways yesterday."


Customer : "For some reason, I've been wanting to see my best friend from my hometown for the first time in a while..."

Shimaji: "Well, I suppose friendship is the most precious thing of all."

Mr. Shimaji describes the bar counter as a study desk for life, and the staff learns a lot from him.
Why not join us for a drink?


This week's quote
"The most precious thing of all is friendship."


This week's alcohol
"Alan Shimaji Original" & "Kilchoman Shimaji Original"
These are finally the only two types of Shimaji original bottles left... There are only a few left, so if you haven't tried them yet, be sure to get yours soon!


Katsuhiko Shimaji
Producer of Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building . Born in 1941. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined Shueisha. He was assigned to "Weekly Playboy" and became its editor-in-chief in 1983, where he created a sensation with the "Life Advice" column featuring Renzo Shibata, Toko Kon, and Ken Kaiko as respondents, growing the magazine into a million-copy publication. He later served as editor-in-chief of "PLAYBOY Japan" and "BART." After serving as representative director of Shueisha International, he retired in 2008. He is currently working as a writer and essayist.
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Photo: TAKU FUJII

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