A Study on Essential Condition for Continuous Management of Community Cafes

A Case Study of Yokohama and Kawasaki City

Abstract

Today, so called 'a community cafe' is paid attention as a base of community activities to solve community issues. Community cafe has a problem of its continuity and some community cafes give up their management soon after opening. The purpose of this study is to examine essential condition for continuous management of a community cafe. Community cafes in Yokohama and Kawasaki city are case studied. Through interviews with the cafe owners and cafe staffs, and questionnaire survey to, users, following conditions are identified: (1) Staffs understand purposes of the community cafes and sympathize with them, moreover they work with feelings of pleasure, (2)Have fixed income source other than cafe business, (3) Not to over-expand activities.