世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s a short but often sweet survey from goo Ranking looking at what foods people choose from the outside appearance more than the stuff inside.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 24th of September 2009 1,156 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 63.8% of the sample were female, 10.1% in their teens, 20.8% in their twenties, 30.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.3% 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. This does seem like a rather unusual demographic spread for goo Research.

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Ranking result

Q: What foods do you choose from the outside appearance more than from the stuff inside? (Sample size=1,156)

Rank		Score
1	Melon bread	100
2	Tai-yaki	88.2
3	Tempura (batter-fried bite-sized fish and vegetables)	78.1
4	Choux cream (cream puff)	72.0
5	Waffle	63.6
6=	Pie	55.9
6=	Fried chicken	55.9
8	Chinese steamed bun	55.1
9	Dora-yaki	47.4
10	Crepe	45.8
11	Imagawa-yaki, Oban-yaki	45.1
12	Tart	42.0
13	Gyoza	41.0
14	Daifuku	39.1
15	Spring roll	36.6
16	Curry-filled roll	33.1
17=	Fried fish	31.1
17=	Hamburger	31.1
19	Manju	28.6
20	Monaka	26.3