世論 What Japan Thinks

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Following on from a previous survey that looked at toothbrush habits, this survey addresses another popular stereotype of the Japanese, the wearing of spectacles. DIMSDRIVE Research interviewed 7,851 members of their internet monitor group, 56.9% female, by means of an internet-based questionnaire. The age demographics were 1.5% teenagers, 20.8% in their twenties, 35.6% in their thirties, 25.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 4.8% aged sixty or older.

I found it a bit strange that many of the women voted for seemed to be more a list of sexy women who have once or twice been photographed wearing glasses rather than a list of regular wearers who suit them.

Also, Mari’s Diary recently published an entry regarding eyeglass fetishes.
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[part 1] [part 2]

Following on from a previous survey that looked at toothbrush habits, this survey addresses another popular stereotype of the Japanese, the wearing of spectacles. DIMSDRIVE Research interviewed 7,851 members of their internet monitor group, 56.9% female, by means of an internet-based questionnaire. The age demographics were 1.5% teenagers, 20.8% in their twenties, 35.6% in their thirties, 25.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 4.8% aged sixty or older.

If you are shopping for glasses in Japan, one thing to watch out for is the chains with fixed-price offers; quite often the frames available are rather limited, and the extras, such as less Coke bottle-like lenses or anti-glare coating soon add up. In fact, my wife got a pair of prismatic lenses with a nice imported frame from a wee private shop cheaper than I got my supposed 7,000 yen set from a big chain – once I added in the test, frames, coating, etc the price quadrupled. And of course, beware of shop owners shooing you away.
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