Initially, and like many immigrants of other nationalities, the new arrivals found work in the port of Buenos Aires itself, loading and unloading merchandise and in the areas surrounding it. At the beginning of the 20th century, the society of Buenos Aires, which was going through a period of marked prosperity, tended to hire domestic personnel of Japanese origin, especially as drivers and gardeners. -- Initially, and like many immigrants of other nationalities, the new arrivals found work in the port of Buenos Aires itself, loading and unloading merchandise and in the areas surrounding it. At the beginning of the 20th century, the society of Buenos Aires, which was going through a period of marked prosperity, tended to hire domestic personnel of Japanese origin, especially as drivers and gardeners. But dependent employment was gradually replaced by private initiative and small independent companies emerged, which marked the employment trend for decades for a good part of that portion of the Japanese community living in urban areas. Thus, at the end of the first decade of the 2000s, an important line of work began to develop among the members of the Japanese community: that of the cafes. There are countless cafes run by Japanese immigrants in different parts of the country.