Spaces for One-Person

In urban areas such as Tokyo and Osaka, unique services for one-person are provided. For example, a ramen shop called Ichiran has installed dividers in between each customer’s seat so that a customer can focus on the taste of the ramen. Another example, would be karaoke rooms good for one person because of the increasing popularity of single-customer use. It is said that Japanese people prefer to be surrounded by walls and not to be seen by others for privacy compared to European and American people. Most elderlies whose spouses died, and those who are single for life prefer to live alone. Thanks to the increase of effective medicines and safe diet food, life span of most are longer. I felt that connecting to those loners like them can be good business in the future.