The Locational and Management of Prefecture's Antenna Shops

Cases in Tokyo's Wards

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify the locational choices and the management system of Prefecture's Antenna Shops (PASs). There are 31 PAS in the central part of Tokyo in 2012. PASs sell local foods and provide information concerning local sightseeing. The findings of this paper can be summarized as follows. First, the locational choices of PASs could classify into two types, whether the prefecture has a definite strategy or not. Second, there is wide variety of its management system and the shop size. Third, the cost effectiveness can be confirmed to the main issue for the management system of PASs.