Efforts are underway in Kobe to rent out vacant seats for teleworking at restaurants where the number of customers has decreased due to the impact of the new Corona.
As the number of customers in restaurants in various regions has decreased significantly due to the impact of the new Corona, IT companies in Tokyo are providing services that connect restaurants that want to utilize vacant seats with office workers who are looking for a place to telework.
The company posts the registered store information on the website, and those who want to use it can use the space of the restaurant by making a reservation from the site and paying 100 yen per hour.
The store pays 30% of the usage fee to the company as a commission, but Kobe City will bear part of it.
At the izakaya in Sannomiya, the center of Kobe, the number of passengers has decreased by about 70% compared to last year, and I registered for this service in an attempt to help recover sales as much as possible.
More than 40% of the 35 tables have been dedicated to teleworking, and the Internet environment has been newly improved.
Tomohiro Matsunami, a director of a company that runs an izakaya, said, "The restaurant business is in a difficult situation, but I would like users to visit the store to change their mood."