世論 What Japan Thinks

From next weekend it’s the summer holidays for most Japanese workers, so goo Ranking took a look at what summer activity people think would be a good way to get their date alone, for both men and women.

Demographics

Between the 22nd and 24th of June 2009 1,180 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.6% of the sample were female, 10.3% were in their teens, 22.9% in their twenties, 31.5% in their thirties, 19.2% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 6.4% 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.

I’m split between whether the results of this survey are sweet and innocent, or naive and repressed. Watching fireflies is a good answer, but water pistol fights? Doing dares? I’m also not sure how beach volleyball fits in – is it one-on-one? Two-a-side mixed doubles?

Ranking result

Q: What sort of summer-time play will allow you to get up close and personal with your girl? (Sample size=489, men)

Rank		Votes
1	Letting off fireworks	100
2	Watching fireflies	90.6
3	Doing dares	82.7
4	Hand-held fireworks	77.0
5	Summer star-gazing	65.4
6	Playing by the river	47.1
7	Splashing each other with water at the sea, swimming pool, etc	46.6
8	Goldfish scooping	34.0
9	Water pistol fights	30.9
10	Beach volleyball	20.4

Q: What sort of summer-time play will allow you to get up close and personal with your guy? (Sample size=691, women)

Rank		Votes
1	Hand-held fireworks	100
2	Letting off fireworks	98.7
3	Summer star-gazing	91.9
4	Doing dares	86.0
5	Watching fireflies	85.1
6	Splashing each other with water at the sea, swimming pool, etc	51.6
7	Playing by the river	48.4
8	Water pistol fights	26.6
9	Goldfish scooping	25.6
10	Beach volleyball	18.5