Milk Hall - Milk Hall

Japanese: ミルクホール - みるくほーる
Milk Hall - Milk Hall

A Japanese-English term for a simple restaurant that served milk, bread, mandarin oranges, soft drinks, etc. They were popular in Tokyo and other regional cities from around 1907 (Meiji 40) to the early Showa period, and provided a place for ordinary people and students to relax and converse, stocking newspapers, magazines, official gazettes, etc. for free viewing, but from around 1921 (Taisho 10), they gradually changed into coffee shops, and today, faint vestiges of the name can be seen in milk stands at train stations and amusement parks.

[Noh Sato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

牛乳、パン、ミカン、清涼飲料などを供する簡易飲食店をいう和製英語。1907年(明治40)ごろから昭和初期にかけて東京をはじめ地方都市に流行し、新聞、雑誌、官報なども置いて自由に閲覧させ、庶民や学生に憩いと談合の場所を提供していたが、1921年(大正10)ごろからしだいに喫茶店に変わり、現在では駅や遊園地のミルクスタンドにわずかにその名残(なごり)がみられる。

[佐藤農人]

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