世論 What Japan Thinks

For a change, a relatively postive and normal survey from goo Ranking, looking at surprising places people have been taken to on dates, for bother guys being taken along by girls and girls been taken along by guys.

Demographics

Over the 4th and 5th of April 2013 1,101 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 23.3% in their teens, 25.2% in their twenties, 25.5% in their thirties, and 26.1% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s a date, it appears, at a game arcade (or game centre, as they are called in Japan):

I went to them quite a bit while dating, in particular to play the crane games for cuddly toys!

I also don’t find the herb garden too surprising myself – I in fact proposed at one! I’m trying to work out, though, why people would take someone on a date to their school – I think the wording implies after graduation; I suppose if it was a university there may be something interesting to see on campus, but just a plain school..?

Ranking results

Q1: What surprising date spots have you been taken to by women? (Sample size=557, male)

Rank		Score
1	Lingerie shop	100
2	Game arcade	81.2
3	Inappropriately high-class restaurant	78.1
4	Karaoke booth	75.0
5	Local park	68.8
6	Thrill ride	62.5
7	Cuddly toy shop	59.4
8=	Male pop idol concert	56.2
8=	Manga cafe	56.2
10=	Football match	50.0
10=	Haunted house	50.0
12=	Live rock music club	46.9
12=	Martial arts contest	46.9
12=	Women’s clothing floor of a department store	46.9
12=	Various bread shops	46.9
12=	Various select shops	46.9
17	Local supermarket	43.8
18=	Dirt-cheap shop	40.6
18=	Maid cafe	40.6
20=	Electrical superstore	37.5
20=	All-you-can-eat cake buffet	37.5
20=	Herb garden	37.5
23	Cosmetics shop	37.5
24=	Baseball match	31.2
24=	Fishing hole	31.2
24=	High-class brand store	31.2
27=	Fast food restaurant	28.1
27=	Fan club event	28.1
29=	Stand-up bar	25.0
29=	Her old school	25.0

Q2: What surprising date spots have you been taken to by men? (Sample size=544, female)

Rank		Score
1	Game arcade	100
2	Manga cafe	80.0
3	His old school	76.7
4	Inappropriately high-class restaurant	70.0
5	All-you-can-eat cake buffet	66.7
6=	Local park	60.0
6=	Electrical superstore	60.0
6=	Maid cafe	60.0
9=	Female pop idol concert	56.7
9=	Fishing hole	56.7
9=	Various bread shops	56.7
12=	Local supermarket	50.0
12=	Men’s underwear shop	50.0
14	Karaoke booth	46.7
15=	Baseball match	43.3
15=	Martial arts contest	43.3
15=	Fast food restaurant	43.3
15=	High-class brand store	43.3
19=	Dirt-cheap shop	33.3
19=	Herb garden	33.3
21=	Men’s clothing floor of a department store	30.0
21=	Thrill ride	30.0
21=	Haunted house	30.0
24=	Cuddly toy shop	26.7
24=	Fan club event	26.7