Japan's popular Super-cured Silent Cafe

Recently, a kind of "mute cafe" which "forbids conversation in principle" is quietly popular among young people in Japan. Enjoying the relaxing time of reading and drinking tea in a quiet environment has become a reason why people flock to it. It is said that this completely quiet coffee shop can give people a wonderful feeling of being away from the noise of daily life, and it is one of the most "cured" cafes.

At 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, at the CAFE KESHiPEARL store in Kobe, about 15 guests wrote and read in the dim light. There was soothing music, the sound of grinding coffee beans, and the ticking of the clock, but there was almost silence, and even the clerk whispered as he ordered for the guests.

According to the "CAFE KESHiPEARL", conversation between guests is prohibited from 06:30 to 10:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and the time period is named "Silent Cafe". This is the idea put forward by Xishanda, the store manager, three years ago.

When Xishanda opened its store that year, it was determined to create a time and space for customers to respect each other. However, due to the increase in the number of guests, guests who have no scruples about talking loudly are becoming more and more prominent. "regular customers who want to enjoy their time quietly are becoming more and more unsheltered." In order to enable customers to spend their own time quietly, the store decided to implement a "mute cafe" within a limited period of time. As soon as the news came out, it attracted a large number of guests to come.

About 70% of the guests are women in their twenties and thirties, and their average stay is about one and a half to two hours. Most of the guests choose to study at the store during the silent period and enjoy their own time. About 90% of the guests are alone, but there are also guests who come with friends. They don't talk to each other, but they just enjoy their own time, and there are even many couples.

Ms. Hanagawa Makoto, a regular customer who began to come to the store two years ago, also said: "A lot of times I realized that I had been here for two or three hours." There is a different feeling here, and you can come here to look for a cure when you are stressed. "

There is also a coffee shop called "R Block Reading House" in Tokyo. Talking is forbidden all day there. There are seven or eight "written talk books" in the store, and it is found that "almost let's go", "I'll go to the bathroom" and so on. Because this store forbids talking to customers, friends can only communicate with each other by handwriting.

The furniture in the shop is antique, and there are about 1000 books on the shelves. Store manager Takei Watanabe said: "studying in the store, there is a feeling of being in the forest."

In addition to reading, there are many guests in the store from opening to closing shop has been in a daze. Yamamoto Yamamoto, 24, who visits once a week, said: "there are too many people in the chain store. It is quieter than the library and you can enjoy reading at ease."

Due to the rapid development of chain stores, the number of coffee shops is increasing. Unlike coffee shops where young people get together to spend time in the past, more people use their spare time in their busy daily life to patronize this chain of coffee shops. What modern young people may pursue is this kind of space that can liberate the mind and relax themselves like the "mute cafe".

Source: Hugo net