世論 What Japan Thinks

Another quick survey from goo Ranking to finish off Sunday, this time looking at what rules people follow to have an enjoyable solo holiday.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 25th of March 2010 1,128 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.5% of the sample were female, 15.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.8% in their thirties, 21.1% in their forties, 9.4% in their fifties, and 8.7% 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.

B-grade delicacies have been getting a lot of coverage on the television over the last couple of years – they are the soul food, I suppose, of the region; Osaka would be okonomiyaki or takoyaki, or for a reference from my home country, Glasgow would be deep-fried Mars Bar washed down with Irn Bru.

I don’t know if I have any particular rules when I’ve been on solo holidays; before I got married I did travel a bit around the Kansai region and didn’t often ask the way, but that was as much due to not knowing the language and being an anti-social git!

Ranking result

Q: What are your rules for having an enjoyable solo holiday? (Sample size=1,128, male)

Rank		Score
1	Eat the local B-grade delicacies	100
2	Don’t use more than a specific amount of cash (including none at all)	77.2
3	Only travel by train	34.0
4	Learn some of the local dialect or language while there	27.8
5	Make friends at the destination	22.5
6	Get around by Seishun 18 tickets	19.8
7	Blog every detail of my travels	14.8
8	Don’t go to any touristy places	12.7
9	Get around by bicycle only	12.3
10	Don’t ask the way	11.1