// Disciplines
Hospitality Research
5 topics
- Cafés and Coffee Shops
About Choosing Place Over Coffee Taste in Cafés
This question re-examines the priority between 'taste' and 'place' in choosing cafés. In the era of specialty coffee, what does it mean to c…
- Onsen
What is the difference between entering an onsen alone and with someone?
This question probes the essential difference in experience between entering an onsen alone versus with someone in this highly bodily and in…
- Cafés and Coffee Shops
Is Entering a Café Alone the Same Place as Entering with Someone?
This question fundamentally re-examines the essence of place. Even within the physically identical space of a café, does it remain 'the same…
- 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…
- Cafés and Coffee Shops
Why Do Thoughts Flow Well in Cafés?
This question scientifically and philosophically explores why the specific environment of a café activates human thought and creativity. How…