Author: Hersey Shiga

I know the Capitol Tokyo gets its share of celebrity hut surprised when I went in there one day recently and saw…

I’ve been putting this week’s column together on the go and, believe me, Tokyo’s party scene seems a million miles I started…

If and that’s a big word the way my schedule’s been lately-things go as planned I should be in good ol’ New…

As much as I dig the ol’ sun, Tokyo’s summer weather’s a bit too much as far as I’m concerned. I’ve been…

For once, decided I should do a bit of planning before taking off on another trip. In doing this, found out many…

Al a party one evening a year or so ago, another journa. list who drops names he/she doesnst even know, said: “Oh,…

“Ran” is making big news this week ….and “run” is the word if you’re trying to cover Tokyo’s very busy social scene….

As you all know, Tokyo has always been a pretty busy city and seems to be getting busier all the time. This…

There’s been so much happening the last few weeks its hard to know where to start. Anyway, impossible as it seems, last…

February has never been one of my favorite months in Tokyo. It tends to be just a bit too gloomy and cold…

Hey, it’s 1985 and here we go again. I sort of laid low. on the resolutions this year but, like just about…

Sitting here scribbling this offering of “Party Line” in the restaurant in the San Francisco airport waiting for my connecting flight to…

July … the rainy season should be over in about a week and it will really warm up. This is also the…

If you haven’t noticed in the dailies, there’s a big crackdown on the use of and trafficking in drugs here. I don’t…

Sunday the 8th . . . what a beautiful day! I started out the morning at the antique market at Nogizaka ….

Just about everyone who was here for the Tokyo Music Festival has left. Happy to report it was a big success in…

I’ve been running the last few weeks …not just around Tokyo, but out of the country as well. First there were three…

We are about to move into February, the shortest month of the year and usually one of the coldest and dreariest months…

I’d like to begin this final Party Line of the year by thanking you all for your support and readership in 1983,…

Well, it’s that time again, and thanks to our many friends out there I think this year’s special looks better than ever….

Thanks to my column in the Weekender, my affiliation with some of Tokyo’s hottest nightspots, coffee breaks in the Hilton’s Garden Cafe,…