According to this survey from Katte2Q, there’s a lot of cheese fans in Japan, and a worryingly large number of fans of cheese-flavoured plastic. I remember the first time that I ate Japanese processed cheese squares; after grilling it was difficult to tell whether or not I had remembered to remove the wrapper…

By the way, much of the Camembert available in Japan is actually from Hokkaido (as is some of the Mozzarella), as illustrated by this pack of Hokkaido Camembert cheesy Collon:

Research results

Q1: Do you like cheese? (Sample size=around 10,000)

Love it	21.9%
Like it	44.4%
Can’t say either way	25.4%
Dislike it	3.2%
Hate it	5.1%

Q2: What is your most favourite kind of cheese? (Sample size=around 10,000)

Camembert	29.0%
Mozzarella	23.5%
Processed cheese	14.3%
Cream cheese	11.3%
Cheddar cheese	7.1%
Gouda cheese	3.1%
Parmesan cheese	2.6%
Gorgonzola cheese	2.2%
Cottage cheese	1.7%
Mascarpone cheese	1.1%
Other	4.1%

Q3: Which of the following cheese-based recipes have you made? (Sample size=around 10,000, multiple answer)

Pizza	59.1%
Pasta	53.3%
Gratin, Doria	50.0%
Omelette	26.8%
Risotto	18.8%
Cheese-filled hamburger	17.4%
Breaded cheese pork cutlet	14.9%
Cheese fondue	14.2%
Cheese fry	10.3%
Caprese	7.3%
Other	11.7%

Demographics

Between the 25th of July and the 2nd of August 2017 around 10,000 members of the Katte2Q monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. No further demographics were given.

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