Farewell Youth “Late Night Family” Jan 20 20:30

Abolished 24-hour operation for all stores for half a century.
News of the policy launched by the family restaurant Skylark Holdings ran all over the country.
On the net, generally favorable opinions stand out.
However, some voices seem to miss the "unique space" of family restaurants at midnight. (Network press reporter Daichi Takahashi Shintaro Matsui)

"great"

"I think it's wonderful and necessary for work style reform."
First of all, the most prominent opinions on Twitter were opinions taken positively.

There were many opinions from the viewpoint of efficiency, such as "It is inefficient to keep open for only a few people per hour, such as midnight."

Also, some people who seem to have actually worked at a family restaurant said, "There will be many staff who are pleased. I worked part time ago several years ago and have problems with late night staff, customers who go to bed, problems with drunk customers There was a note like

Confused

Of course, it's not all.

"The number of places to eat rice late at night is gradually decreasing."
"If you missed the last train, the escape area will be reduced ..."
Some people who actually use it late at night were confused.

"I often use it late at night, so I sometimes have trouble.
There is no way to say that it seems that such air is spreading.

"There were times like that."

Looking at the various reactions, some voices found that the 24-hour abolition was abandoned, along with the former "nostalgic memories".

A man in his late thirties, who heads the architectural design office in Okinawa, said, "When I was a student, I was benefiting from a 24-hour operation before the exams. I guess there were times like that, "he posted on Twitter.

I asked this man directly.

Man (looking nostalgic)
"When I was a student, I used to go to a 24-hour family restaurant in Kawasaki with friends from the same class. In this news, I remember that I spent about 10 people until morning. I divided it into a table for people who wanted to concentrate and a table for fellows who wanted to talk, but maybe she didn't go as far as she wanted to study. ''

Man: “I agree with the abolishment of the 24-hour business, given the times and the current of society. Considering the cheapness of drink bars, the space for many people, I'm not going to do it now.

The story extended to where the young people are now.

Midnight family restaurant “Unique charm”

A little more interesting person is studying late-night family restaurants.

I'm Makochin Ishihara, a manga artist.
One of Ishihara's masterpieces is a cartoon called "The Three People" in which three part-time workers spend a formidable conversation at a family restaurant at midnight.
I immediately listened to the story.

Mr. Ishihara: "I think it is inevitable because there is work style reform, but it is honest. The late-night family restaurant has a unique charm that does not exist in the daytime."

Mr. Ishihara told me that he was drawing this manga based on his own experiences.
Ms. Ishihara said she was immersed in a family restaurant with her friends since she was 17 years old, and continued to talk nothing until morning.
It is said that going to a family restaurant is an entertainment in itself, and the most calm thing was the family restaurant at midnight.
When I was long, I was staying for three days from Omisoka to January 2.

Like a cartoon character, Ishihara, who was a part-time worker at the time, felt that the late night family restaurant had a unique charm.

Mr. Ishihara: In the daytime family restaurant, people with families or working people came in and basically everyone is eating rice.But late night family restaurant asked for a drink bar, There's a lot of people who just stay there. I'm not working on my computer and I'm not doing well. Everyone there feels the same or even equal. "

If you just want to spend the night, you can do it in an internet cafe, but that's the point.

Mr. Ishihara: "The Internet cafe is separated from other people and it is closed. In contrast, the family restaurant is open. You can spend the night and watch the sky come out from the large window in the morning, It's okay to spend the morning with a stranger sitting in a separate seat until morning, creating a kind of camaraderie. I think that's important. "

Certainly, in my school days, I (reporter) had a memory of having no good conversations at the family restaurant until the morning.
At that time, the time that I shared with my friends is something to remember.
In this era, you can easily contact your friends anytime on your smartphone.

Due to the social situation surrounding work styles, it may be inevitable that the world where midnight business was natural may change, but it seems that some people are thinking about the former landscape with this news .