Introduction Case: Time-Based Self-Service Car Wash - A New Unmanned Business

Born in Kyoto! 'Time-based Self-Service Car Wash Whitepit' operated by Fujitaka.

In November 2022, Fujitaka Co., Ltd. opened a time-based self-service car wash called "Whitepit Kyoto Fushimi Main Store" in Kyoto. A time-based self-service car wash charges customers based on the time used, allowing unlimited use of the facilities inside. The basic fee for facility use is 800 yen for 30 minutes (900 yen on weekends and holidays), and after 30 minutes, an additional 100 yen is charged for every 10 minutes. The background to this is the increasing number of "car wash refugees" who want to wash their cars by hand but lack a place to do so. Particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in unmanned businesses, and the management of a hand wash car wash that can operate unmanned and meets demand is seen as a new unmanned business opportunity, leading to its commercialization. The company has been developing various unmanned businesses. For example, centered around its trademarked brand "Whitopia," it has opened over 2,500 coin laundry stores nationwide, and it also proposes many other unmanned businesses to customers, including parking and vending machine operations.

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