Abstract
This research investigated the visual and sound environments perceived at night in 116 open-air cafés. As a result of the investigation, visual elements tended to be perceived stronger than sound elements. Although the sound elements were not perceived frequently, they were evaluated to be comfortable to the same extent with the visual elements. BGM, tableware, lights of the terrace tables, and trees tended to be felt comfortably, and the elements in connection with traffic, such as cars and pedestrian’s voices, tended to be felt uncomfortably. The open-air cafés which continued inside and outside spaces while the pedestrian’s eyes were controlled tended to provide comfortable visual and sound environments.
