抄録
We investigated dietary life from the standpoint of living conditions and dwelling space in the suburban residential area of Gakuenmae in Nara Prefecture. The issues dealt with in this study include actual situations and patterns of eating at home or dining out in other places, such as at restaurants or in children’s house, etc. According to our survey, we found that family members of multi generational household tend to eat at different hours due to difference in the use of time frame, and that parents and children have their own eating spaces. On the other hand, suburban residents living in Gakuenmae tend to eat with their children, either married or single, who live next door. Men are increasingly eating outside the home in the neighborhood after retiring, and this is also likely to be the case for working women in the future. Therefore, there will be a need for more restaurants in residential areas within easy walking distance from residences that customers will be willing to frequent alone. It is necessary to consider dining spaces inside and outside the home in residential areas both in terms of dining with family and friends and dining alone.
