Abstract
Recently, a growing number of people have difficulty with daily shopping.
As the purchase of perishable food is difficult for people with shopping disadvantages, their healthrisks are increasing. The deterioration of living conditions in farm villages, where the primary industry is major, might weaken the autonomy function, lead to population outflow, and consequently, influence the productive activity. Therefore, shopping support is necessary for them.
This report aims to understand the situation ofpeople with the disadvantage of shopping in hilly and mountainous areas, where many of the farm villages are located, and to consider the opportune direction for developing shopping support.
The objects of the investigation are the city office and small-scale wholesale market in TakahashiCity, Okayama Prefecture, where the aging of and decrease in population is remarkable; the business of individual delivering of Okayama Copland JA Hiroshima City.
