Three day Investigation DAY THREE

posted on Feb 16, 06

Day three
Assignment: Interact in some way with your space. Interview a subject, or take part in some interaction that integrates you into the environment.

In this day I had a lunch at the terrace of temple, and interviewed some people.


Here is a summary of interviews

A woman who is working in one of the buildings
She comes here almost every day unless the weather is too cold or rainy. It is a good place for rest. She loves this very quiet environment. Although this terrace face to grave, it doesn’t matter for her. What is the good point of this terrace is that the terrace does not have atmosphere of religion, so she come to this terrace as if she goes to a park.


Pic: view from the terrace

A man who is working for this open terrace
He is working at here almost one year since the terrace opened. From spring, they will start café at the terrace (now it is closed because it’s winter). His main job is to serve drinks, clean up tables, and talk with people who visit the terrace. He wants to make comfortable atmosphere, and good relationship with visitors.



A priest who started this open terrace
He wanted to use the terrace effectively since no one visited here before, so he started this open terrace and café. In Kamiyacho there are many restaurants, but no quiet place to spend lunchtime with lunch box, so he wants to make the terrace quiet rest place. Everyone is welcome to the terrace and he wants businessmen/women to use this place more often. Long time ago, Buddhist temple was the place where people come to chat, so he wants to reproduce that in modern way.


Pic:the man working at the terrace and the priest

Through the research I found the two faces of one town. It was really interesting exercise, and I want to keep looking at this town for another assignments.