Cafe on Ishigaki Island is open for business
Owner Gentleman retired from show business
August 25, 2011, Ishigaki, Japan - A figure made to look like Shinsuke Shimada shows the way to the cafe Japan's popular TV personality owns on Ishigaki, the country's southern most island in the East China Sea, on Thursday, August 25, 2011.
Cafe TOMURU is owned by Shimada, one the most sought-after TV hosts, who abruptly announced his retirement at a late night news conference in Tokyo on The 55-year-old punk-turned-comedian had hosted six TV shows broadcast in Osaka and Tokyo. His sudden exodus left TV major stations scrambling to edit or cancel the programs. (Photo by Wataru Kohayakawa/AFLO) [2133] -mis-