// Disciplines
Environmental Psychology
6 topics
- Onsen
The special atmosphere that onsen areas have
This question asks where the unique 'air' or 'atmosphere' of onsen areas comes from. The townscape with rising steam, wooden ryokan and publ…
- Cafes and Coffee Shops
The Meaning of Cafes as Third Places
The question 'The Meaning of Cafes as Third Places' asks what role cafes play as 'another place to belong' — neither home nor work — in mode…
- Onsen
About the bodily sensation after getting out of the hot spring water
This question explores the unique sensations the body feels immediately after emerging from the hot spring water. After long immersion in ho…
- Cafe & Coffee Shop
What Do We Seek When Choosing Window Seats in Cafes?
'What do we seek when choosing window seats in cafes?' interrogates the psychological and sensory desires behind why many people prefer wind…
- Hot Springs
The Anticipation When Planning a Hot Spring Trip
The anticipation when planning a hot spring trip is a sense of preemptively experiencing the future beyond mere 'excitement.' As you decide …
- Cafe & Coffee Shop
The Cafe as a Place to Protect One's Solitary Time
The 'cafe as a place to protect one's solitary time' questions why we seek to secure time alone in cafes, and the symbolic and practical mea…