世論 What Japan Thinks

This week’s Silly Sunday looks at love in Japanese high schools, in particular people’s personal memories from there, for both men and women.

Demographics

Between the 11th and 15th of July 2008 1,064 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 55.9% of the sample were female, 10.3% in their teens and 89.7% in their twenties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Ranking results

Q: What are your memories of love in high school? (Sample size=469, men)

Rank		Score
1	Being unable to declare my love to the object of my affection	100
2	Walking back home together after school	94.2
3	Praying that I’d get to sit beside her in class	68.0
4	Watching her taking part in after-school club activities	49.5
5	Working part-time to be able to afford dates, presents	48.5
6	Having her be all “tsundere” (running hot and cold, sarcastic on top but loving underneath)	47.6
7	Going out together without telling our parents	43.7
8	Friends making fun of us when they found out we were going out	34.0
9	Friends lending me courage for me to declare my love	28.2
10	Being in the same club, committee	22.3

Q: What are your memories of love in high school? (Sample size=595, women)

Rank		Score
1	Watching him taking part in after-school club activities	100
2	Walking back home together after school	94.4
3	Being unable to declare my love to the object of my affection	90.2
4	Praying that I’d get to sit beside him in class	76.9
5	Having him be all “tsundere” (running hot and cold, sarcastic on top but loving underneath)	60.8
6	Going out together without telling our parents	53.1
7	Friends lending me courage for me to declare my love	42.7
8	Friends making fun of us when they found out we were going out	30.1
9	Working part-time to be able to afford dates, presents	30.1
10	Being in the same club, committee	24.5