AWAI WORKS LLC Launches "Sanshokudo" in Naha, Okinawa: A New Model Separating Restaurant and Community Welfare Roles While Ensuring Coexistence

AWAI WORKS LLC (Location: Naha City, Okinawa; Representative: Saori Komori; hereinafter, AWAI WORKS), in collaboration with Tacorice Lovers (Location: Naha City, Okinawa; Representative Director: Masami Motokariya; hereinafter, Tacorice Lovers), has participated in the operation of "Sanshokudo" in Naha City, Okinawa, which enables restaurant business and community welfare functions to coexist in the same space.
This initiative is a new business model with a structure that allows different domains, namely food service (for-profit) and community welfare (public interest), which have distinct systems and revenue structures, to coexist while remaining separate.
The operation of "Sanshokudo" by AWAI WORKS will commence on April 15, 2026 (Wednesday).

## Background: Why this initiative now?
Until now, food service and community welfare have been operated under different systems and revenue structures. Although both deal with "food," their differing conditions for establishment have made it difficult to operate them sustainably in the same place.
Meanwhile, there is a demand in communities for places where multiple generations can interact, not limited to specific targets or functions.
"Sanshokudo" addresses this division by having AWAI WORKS and Tacorice Lovers collaborate to implement a new form of place where functions, revenue, and targets are separated but coexist in the same space.
Furthermore, institutional collaboration with the administration and connection with the community will be carried out through Tacorice Lovers.

## Features: How Sanshokudo works
1. Coexistence structure through separate design
By operating functions, responsibilities, and revenues separately in the same space, areas that were traditionally difficult to coexist are now made possible.

2. Operational foundation through fixed cost allocation
By clarifying and sharing the fixed costs required to maintain the space, an operational foundation is established that allows each entity to be sustainably involved.

3. Conditions for establishment as a for-profit business
The food service business is based on profit, with operational standards including withdrawal lines. By separating it from community welfare functions, the sustainability and judgment criteria as a business are ensured.

4. Structure independent of subsidies
While based on a structure that allows the business to be established without relying on subsidies, collaboration with the administration strengthens its connection with the community.

5. Space utilization designed for time and target
Sanshokudo has a structure that switches functions according to time slots and targets.
- Restaurant business
- A community space where multiple generations interact
- Meal provision for specific after-school care users
By clearly separating targets and operating in the same space, it realizes a place that cannot be established with a single function.