【April Dream】Welfare becomes the successor of the town. Kyoto's Type B employment support facility "Poppo" takes over the signboard and taste of a long-established Chinese restaurant, aiming to spread 'Reversal Noren-gai' nationwide where welfare creates employment.
Welfare becomes the successor of the town, taking over the long-established Chinese restaurant "Beijing-tei" and aiming for a nationwide "Reversal Noren-gai" concept where welfare creates employment.
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Our company endorses April Dream, which aims to make April 1st a day for announcing dreams. This press release is the dream of "Employment Continuity Support Type B Poppo."
## Welfare to the Rescue: A New Era for Towns Without Successors
Today, lights are going out on street corners across Japan.
A local Chinese restaurant loved for decades, a long-established coffee shop that was a regular's haunt, a public bathhouse visited since childhood. One day, the shutters suddenly come down as no successor can be found.
What is lost is not just a "shop." It's a place where people connect, a unique local culture, and "that taste."
We, "Poppo," ask: —Can welfare reignite that light?
### Reopening Beijing-tei is not the "goal," but the beginning of a dream to save the town
"Beijing-tei," a long-established Chinese restaurant in Senkita, Kyoto, closed due to a lack of successors. We are taking over the signboard and taste of this restaurant through the power of welfare, aiming for its revival in July 2026.
However, our true dream is not simply to reopen a shop. It is to create "real jobs" where value is conveyed, properly purchased, and leads to repeat business, and beyond that, to challenge the "reversal of roles."
### A future where members with disabilities employ "professional artisans" and form teams
What we aim for is a future where members themselves generate profits to employ professional chefs as equal partners and run the restaurant together.
People who were "on the receiving end of support" will create local employment and connect the taste of long-established businesses to the future. We are convinced that this form of independence will be an unparalleled source of pride for our members. And this is a challenge to rewrite the very nature of welfare.
## Three Ideas to Spread the "Beijing-tei Model" Nationwide
We will develop this challenge in Kyoto as our first model, fostering it into a grand vision where welfare successively reboots the lights of towns.
1. **[Cloud Preservation of Taste x Welfare] Offering "Traditional Taste, Succession Package"**
We will package the recipes of long-established businesses and the skills of artisans into "universal manuals" (videos and dedicated measuring kits) that are easy for members with disabilities to use. Shop owners nationwide, troubled by a lack of successors, will entrust their tastes to us, and welfare facilities in various regions will take over their "noren" (shop curtain, symbolizing the business). Members will become respected figures nationwide as "artisans who preserve local tastes."
2. **[Licensing of Kitchen OS] "Universal Kitchen Lab"**
We will model the "kitchen environment (OS)" itself, combining technology and assistive devices, enabling even those with limited dexterity to cook at a professional speed. This system, where "anyone can make first-class Chinese food just by introducing this kitchen," will be offered to other welfare facilities and shops employing seniors. Kyoto's "Beijing-tei" will become its headquarters (training center), accepting trainees from across the country.
3. **[Community-Integrated Franchise] "Reversal Noren-gai" Concept**
This model expands the success story of "the supported creating employment" horizontally, regenerating not only Chinese restaurants but also essential community hubs like long-established coffee shops and public bathhouses, one after another, through welfare. We aim for a future where vacant shops in shopping streets are revitalized by members, and conversations like "that shop's staff are actually local employers" become commonplace in shopping streets nationwide.
## Welfare as an "Engine" to Energize Towns
"I want to continue living in this town because that shop is here" — we aim to spread this sentiment from Senkita, Kyoto, nationwide.
The successor problem, regional depopulation, and lack of employment opportunities for people with disabilities are not separate issues. By making welfare a key player in the town, everything starts moving at once.
We are updating welfare from a "place to be protected" to an "owner" that supports local culture and employment.
As a solid first step, we have successfully raised 1.5 million yen through crowdfunding, moving forward with 86 supporters.
This summer, the kitchen of the new "Beijing-tei" will be lit. Please witness the beginning of the "reversal story" we wish to achieve.
HP here → https://poppo-b.net/
**[Image materials and interviews]**
In addition to the images used in this release, we are always accepting requests for material provision of product development and work scenes at our facility, as well as on-site interviews.
**[Organization Overview]**
Organization Name: NPO Keiten Aijinkai
Representative: Takeo Ishihara
Location: 102 Relive Shugakuin, 19 Higashitogawaracho, Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8122
Business Activities: Operation of Employment Continuity Support Type B facility "Poppo," etc.
**[Contact Information]**
NPO Keiten Aijinkai (Employment Continuity Support Type B facility "Poppo")
https://poppo-b.net/
Contact Person: Masato Ogino
TEL: 075-606-5531
MAIL: info@poppo-b.com
## Welfare to the Rescue: A New Era for Towns Without Successors
Today, lights are going out on street corners across Japan.
A local Chinese restaurant loved for decades, a long-established coffee shop that was a regular's haunt, a public bathhouse visited since childhood. One day, the shutters suddenly come down as no successor can be found.
What is lost is not just a "shop." It's a place where people connect, a unique local culture, and "that taste."
We, "Poppo," ask: —Can welfare reignite that light?
### Reopening Beijing-tei is not the "goal," but the beginning of a dream to save the town
"Beijing-tei," a long-established Chinese restaurant in Senkita, Kyoto, closed due to a lack of successors. We are taking over the signboard and taste of this restaurant through the power of welfare, aiming for its revival in July 2026.
However, our true dream is not simply to reopen a shop. It is to create "real jobs" where value is conveyed, properly purchased, and leads to repeat business, and beyond that, to challenge the "reversal of roles."
### A future where members with disabilities employ "professional artisans" and form teams
What we aim for is a future where members themselves generate profits to employ professional chefs as equal partners and run the restaurant together.
People who were "on the receiving end of support" will create local employment and connect the taste of long-established businesses to the future. We are convinced that this form of independence will be an unparalleled source of pride for our members. And this is a challenge to rewrite the very nature of welfare.
## Three Ideas to Spread the "Beijing-tei Model" Nationwide
We will develop this challenge in Kyoto as our first model, fostering it into a grand vision where welfare successively reboots the lights of towns.
1. **[Cloud Preservation of Taste x Welfare] Offering "Traditional Taste, Succession Package"**
We will package the recipes of long-established businesses and the skills of artisans into "universal manuals" (videos and dedicated measuring kits) that are easy for members with disabilities to use. Shop owners nationwide, troubled by a lack of successors, will entrust their tastes to us, and welfare facilities in various regions will take over their "noren" (shop curtain, symbolizing the business). Members will become respected figures nationwide as "artisans who preserve local tastes."
2. **[Licensing of Kitchen OS] "Universal Kitchen Lab"**
We will model the "kitchen environment (OS)" itself, combining technology and assistive devices, enabling even those with limited dexterity to cook at a professional speed. This system, where "anyone can make first-class Chinese food just by introducing this kitchen," will be offered to other welfare facilities and shops employing seniors. Kyoto's "Beijing-tei" will become its headquarters (training center), accepting trainees from across the country.
3. **[Community-Integrated Franchise] "Reversal Noren-gai" Concept**
This model expands the success story of "the supported creating employment" horizontally, regenerating not only Chinese restaurants but also essential community hubs like long-established coffee shops and public bathhouses, one after another, through welfare. We aim for a future where vacant shops in shopping streets are revitalized by members, and conversations like "that shop's staff are actually local employers" become commonplace in shopping streets nationwide.
## Welfare as an "Engine" to Energize Towns
"I want to continue living in this town because that shop is here" — we aim to spread this sentiment from Senkita, Kyoto, nationwide.
The successor problem, regional depopulation, and lack of employment opportunities for people with disabilities are not separate issues. By making welfare a key player in the town, everything starts moving at once.
We are updating welfare from a "place to be protected" to an "owner" that supports local culture and employment.
As a solid first step, we have successfully raised 1.5 million yen through crowdfunding, moving forward with 86 supporters.
This summer, the kitchen of the new "Beijing-tei" will be lit. Please witness the beginning of the "reversal story" we wish to achieve.
HP here → https://poppo-b.net/
**[Image materials and interviews]**
In addition to the images used in this release, we are always accepting requests for material provision of product development and work scenes at our facility, as well as on-site interviews.
**[Organization Overview]**
Organization Name: NPO Keiten Aijinkai
Representative: Takeo Ishihara
Location: 102 Relive Shugakuin, 19 Higashitogawaracho, Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8122
Business Activities: Operation of Employment Continuity Support Type B facility "Poppo," etc.
**[Contact Information]**
NPO Keiten Aijinkai (Employment Continuity Support Type B facility "Poppo")
https://poppo-b.net/
Contact Person: Masato Ogino
TEL: 075-606-5531
MAIL: info@poppo-b.com
FAQ
What is "April Dream"?
It is a project proposed by PR TIMES to make April 1st a day for announcing dreams, providing an opportunity for companies and organizations to share their aspirations.
When will "Beijing-tei" reopen?
It aims to reopen in July 2026, with the kitchen expected to be lit this summer.
What is the purpose of the "Reversal Noren-gai" concept?
To transform welfare into an engine for revitalizing communities by enabling people with disabilities to create local employment and inherit the tastes and cultures of long-established businesses.