It's been a week since Ms. Shimaji's new book was released, and it's selling very well!


"And Then the Monsters Departed" is an essay collection in which Shimaji attends funerals of great figures, wise men, and villains, and reads eulogies. It is filled with anecdotes that only Shimaji, who is well-versed in historical figures, could provide.


Shimaji : "I tried to express the feeling of reading eulogies at the funerals of 100 people. It's a book that combines facts I've met and heard, which aren't written in history textbooks, with my imagination. There are anecdotes you may not know. Please do read it."

With the release of her new book, many customers have come to the store, and Ms. Shimaji is extremely busy signing autographs, but it's a happy kind of busy, so she can't help but smile.


Shimaji: "I'm so happy to be so busy signing autographs. It's all thanks to you all. Thank you. Please come back to Salon de Shimaji and tell me your favorite character from the book. Let's have a long chat."

Why not come and have a passionate chat with Mr. Shimaji about your favorite people?

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Katsuhiko Shimaji is the producer of the Isetan Men's Residence Salon de Shimaji, located on the 8th floor Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building . Born in 1941, he graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University and 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 the representative director of Shueisha International, he retired in 2008. He is currently a writer and essayist.

Photo: TAKU FUJII

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