Summer plans in Japan
AdvertisementWith the rainy season lifting this weekend in Japan (we’ve just had a cracker of an electrical storm to finish it off!) this survey (well, actually just a single question) from iShare looked at people’s main plan for the summer.
Demographics
Between the 17th and 22nd of June 2010 481 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.7% of the sample were male, 32.2% in their twenties, 33.3% in their thirties, and 34.5% in their forties.
My plans for the summer are first taking the in-laws for a drive round some graveyards, then going to see an amateur play that my wife’s schoolmate is appearing in. If I had a free choice, I’d spend a week asleep…
Research results
Q: What do you most want to do this summer? (Sample size=481)
All Male
N=263Female
N=218Domestic travel 15.6% 15.6% 15.6% Diet 12.9% 9.9% 16.5% Fall in love 7.5% 8.7% 6.0% Foreign travel 5.6% 4.2% 7.3% Watch fireworks display 4.2% 2.3% 6.4% Swim in the sea 3.7% 3.4% 4.1% Watch a concert, live event 3.5% 1.5% 6.0% Go to a traditional festival 3.3% 3.4% 3.2% Go to a barbeque 2.9% 4.2% 1.4% Go for a drive 2.5% 4.2% 0.5% Go to the movies 2.3% 3.4% 0.9% Let off fireworks 2.3% 1.1% 3.7% Watch sport 1.5% 2.3% 0.5% Go to a theme park, funfair 1.5% 2.3% 0.5% Climb a mountain 1.5% 2.3% 0.5% Go camping 1.2% 1.5% 0.9% Go to a swimming pool 1.0% 0.8% 1.4% Participate in a sporting event 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% Participate in some other event 1.0% 0.4% 1.8% Other 5.4% 6.1% 4.6% Nothing in particular 20.2% 22.1% 17.9% Domestic travel was the top choice for people in their thirties and forties, but love was tops for the twenties.
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What, you’re not working?
I’ve just realized I probably can’t use the three days that would be OK for me to take up through September. Too many deadlines.
Yes, of course I’m working, but we have 6 days off (or 10 by Japanese counting method of including weekends) at Obon where the whole company shuts down. And I suppose there’s the weekends too…
[BTW, I wish I knew why my blog has started posting the name of the browsers people are using!]
No Obon for me. I’m allowed to take three days (over Obon or other time) but there’s just not enough time. Deadlines don’t care about holidays, and I prefer staying with a regular schedule over taking time off, then having to work weekends afterwards to make up for it.
yes, for some reason the blog tells me what browser and OS I use (which I presumably can find out on my own), but it doesn’t show it on the comment afterwards. Which is kind of a shame; it would be fun to see what people use.