Cinema is top first date spot in Japan

What do you do with your mobile phone at the movies? graph of japanese statisticsThis recent survey from iShare looked at cinemas, touching on where I went for my first date with my wife, the cinema, which is actually a really poor place to choose, but that’s another matter altogether!

Demographics

Between the 12th and 14th of November 2008 just 404 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.7% of the sample were male, 13.6% in their twenties, 47.8% in their thirties, 27.7% in their forties, and 10.9% in their teens or aged fifty or older.

Note that for Q1 there are two reasons why women go to the movies more; first there are more women with the free time to go, and second most cinemas have a “Ladies’ Day” once per week where they charge 1,000 yen per ticket for the ladies. Us men only have the first of the month to get our cheap tickets, although I have seen one cinema, Movix Rokko, that also has a Men’s Day.

Two days I also signed up for a Toho Cinema Mastercard that promises to give one free movie for every six, including movies watched using advance discount tickets.
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Mayo or ketchup? in Japan

Following up on Coke versus Pepsi, this time iShare looked at mayo versus ketchup, although this time there wasn’t a direct match-up!

Demographics

Between the 2nd and 4th of September 2008 412 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.2% were male, 17.5% in their twenties, 48.5% in their thirties, 25.2% in their forties, and 8.7% in their teens or aged fifty or older.

My least favourite thing about mayonnaise is trying to spell it, and my favourite is the Kewpie advertisements.

Let’s look at my readers’ favourite condiment:

Mayo or ketchup?

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Coke or Pepsi? in Japan

Coke or Pepsi? graph of japanese statisticsOne of the eternal questions is “Coke or Pepsi?”, which is also one question from this survey from iShare on cola. I was going to joke that tomorrow I will be doing “Boxers or briefs?”, but then I remembered that I’d already done that one!

Demographics

Between the 29th of August and the 1st of September 2008 464 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private online survey. 54.7% of the sample were male, 14.2% in their twenties, 47.4% in their thirties, 28.2% in their forties, and 10.1% in their teens or aged fifty or older.

I’m a Diet Coke person myself, which in Japan actually contains a little bit of sugar. I can cope with Diet Pepsi, but the full sugar efforts are disgusting. The Diet Coke with added vitamins is pretty awful too. How about you?

Diet or full calorie cola?

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Hot jets of water up the bum enjoyed by majority of Japanese men

Hot water bum washing toilet seat is... graph of japanese statisticsThis is a matter that I have pondered about, so it’s interesting to see BlogCh addressing the issue of hot water bum-washing toilet seat usage.

Demographics

Between the 29th and 31st of July 2008 658 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed an internet-based private questionnaire. 51.2% of the sample were male, 13.2% in their twenties, 47.0% in their thirties, 28.6% in their forties, and 11.2% in their teens or fifty or older.

I’ve used the hot water spray twice; once on a toilet with a built-in drier, and once without. Both were rather unpleasant experiences, and the lingering feeling of dampness downstairs was quite disconcerting.

Bum-washing toilets?

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