世論 What Japan Thinks

An interesting little survey from iShare into Warm Biz at home found a majority kept their room temperature under 20 degrees celcius or 68 degrees fahrenheit for the metrically-challenged.

Demographics

Between the 15th and 20th of October 2010 677 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.2% of the sample were male, 23.9% in their twenties, 32.9% in their thirties, and 43.1% in their forties.

My keeping warm technique falls under the “other” category, cuddling up.

Oh, and no, I don’t know what the red underpants are all about either! Google informs me that apparently a TV program mentioned that they help recover from fatigue, warm you up, relieve back pain and stiff shoulders, and overcomes stress! Here’s a machine translation of a red underpants shop.
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My wife is one of these frigid women, as her feet and hands are often painfully cold even on warm days, a sympton shared with many others of both sexes according to this survey from iShare into taking measures to address cold extermities.

Demographics

Between the 21st and 26th of October 2009 544 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were male, 35.8% in their twenties, 32.4% in their thirties, and 31.8% in their forties.

I’ve read a bit of research that suggested that stiff shoulders is a cultural thing; under conditions where many westerners report headaches, Japanese report stiff shoulders; however, ethinically Japanese people brought up in the west tend to report headaches rather than stiff shoulders. Therefore, I wonder if cold hands and feet are a similar issue, as poor circulation or narrowed blood vessels is one cause of both stiff shoulders and cold extremities.
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