Chinese restaurant that can't be paid for with money | Mercari Haro

DETAIL & EXPERIENCE

Wash dishes. Wear a costume. Hand out tissues. Work as a wait staff member. Become an influencer. etc...
By experiencing a part-time job you enjoy for 10 minutes, you can turn your spare time into delicious meals. We also created a time card that visualizes the amount of time you have worked, and prepared time exchange tickets that visualize the time you have worked like currency.

IMMERSIVE DIRECTION

Just like in a real part-time job, the store manager and senior staff members teach the job, guiding the experience and incorporating immersive elements, the experience is designed to better convey the ease and fun of working through Mercari Haro. Additionally, by providing hidden content based on common experiences that occur during part-time work, the experience is made even more immersive and gives people an opportunity to share the experience with others on social media. (For example, being able to order off the secret menu as staff meal, being able to sample prototype dishes, or having regular customers buy you a drink if you talk to them.)

SPACE DESIGN

The space was created around the theme of local Chinese cuisine, which has been booming in recent years. The retro Showa and Heisei era design created an immersive feeling and made the place look appealing enough to be shared on social media. In addition, the food was produced by the long-established Shibuya restaurant "Choraku," which gave the restaurant a true local Chinese feel in terms of deliciousness and increased the desire to visit.