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A Study on the Characteristics of the Kaku-uchi (liquor store) culture in Kitakyushu City, Japan |
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| Creator | 1. Yuki Nakashima 2. Bart Dewancker |
| Title | A Study on the Characteristics of the Kaku-uchi (liquor store) culture in Kitakyushu City, Japan |
| Publisher | Thammasat Printing House |
| Publication Year | 2558 |
| Journal Title | International Journal of Building, Urban, Interior and Landscape Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 5 |
| Page no. | 37-47 |
| Keyword | Kaku-uchi,Kitakyushu city,Liquor stores,Factory workers,Standing drink |
| ISSN | 2228-9194 |
| Abstract | The Kaku-uchi culture has a very long tradition in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan.Kakuuchi means that people don't sit but stand during they drink inside the liquor shop.In former times, this way of drinking played an important role in the daily life of manyfactory workers, as refreshing themselves after a tough long working day. Unfortunately,recently the number of those kind of liquor shops are decreasing rapidly because thereis a decrease of the number of factory workers and the way of enjoying liquor stores haschanged too. In this study we have investigated the characteristics of kaku-uchi liquorstores. The method we have used is a survey on site, by interviewing the owners of theliquor stores, to understand better the current local business conditions. We also havecollected data to find out about the historical background of the Kaku-uchi culture, as wellas statistical data information. We found several sources to collect our data, literaturereview, interviews, site survey, and the more recent data we've found on the internet.We found that of all the liquor stores which had been in Kitakyushu, only 57% of the storesdo still have commercial activities. Most of the liquor stores were built during the period1910-1970. We searched whether the stores had been renovated during that period.And we found that 79% of the stores were renovated. Mostly, the interior of the storeshad been changed, to make the store more attractive to the customers. Because of theaging of population in Japan, 79% of the liquor stores has no successor. This is one of thebiggest issues on how to preserve the local traditional businesses, in times were moderncommercial facilities are increasing rapidly. |
