Changes in the Type of Restaurants Opening during the COVID-19

- A Case Study of Kiyamachi and Ponto-cho Area -

Abstract

　This paper clarifies that a chronological survey of the type of restaurants opening in the Ponto-cho and Kiyamachi areas, which are Kyoto's most prominent dining and drinking districts during the COVID-19. The results suggest that, although many restaurants voluntarily closed or shortened their business hours after the first emergency declaration was lifted, as the years passed after the second emergency declaration, they operated according to the requested content and period, and a high percentage returned to normal business during the period when no request was made to restaurants and bars. It was suggested that the percentage of restaurants returning to regular business was high during the period when no request was made to them. The March 2021 survey also confirmed that the largest number of closed restaurants was 11. However, 22 stores were closed as of the end of November 2021, suggesting that these restaurants may go out of business in the future, therefore, it is necessary to continue the survey to confirm the trend of closed restaurants in the future.