世論 What Japan Thinks

Today, 22nd of February, or 2/22, can be read as “nyan, nyan, nyan”, the sound of a mewing cat, therefore it has been designated as the Day of the Cat. To celebrate, goo Ranking looked at where cats like to enter. Yes, that is a stupid question!

Demographics

Between the 22nd and 25th of January 2008 1,126 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private online questionnaire. 45.6% of the sample was male, 3.6% were in their teens, 15.8% in their twenties, 35.1% in their thirties, 27.3% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 7.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. How many were cat owners or cat lovers was not documented.

Two of the top cat blogs are Mako and the superstar of the cat world, Hatchan, who is immortalised in not just photo books, but they also have stuffed toys of him in real-life poses, real-life size and weight. Number 11 might be unfamiliar to you, but searching Google images for 猫なべ,neko nabe, will soon educate you as to what it is all about. Alternatively, here’s a video via Japan Probe:

Ranking results

Q: What locations do cats like to enter? (Sample size=1,126)

Rank		Score
1	Kotatsu	100
2	Futon (quilt)	57.5
3	Under the bed	48.6
4	Under the sofa	41.4
5	Gaps between sliding doors	40.0
6	Empty boxes	38.9
7	Into crossed legs	35.0
8	Cage	32.4
9	Under fringes (of curtains, perhaps?)	27.0
10	Gaps between curtains	26.9
11	Nabe pots	24.5
12	Piles of washing	21.0
13	Paper bags	20.1
14	Supermarket bags	18.0
15	Rubbish bins	6.4
16	Bookcase	6.0
17	Human toilet	6.0
18	Carry case	3.6
19	Shoes box	3.5
20	Washing machine	3.0

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