Things in a Japanese Woman’s Room Make You Want to Run a Mile

April 22, 2008

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Japanese Poll: What Things in a Girl Friend’s Room Make You Want to Run a Mile?

This fun survey from goo Ranking looks at what stuff in a friend of the opposite sex who lives alone’s room makes you want to run a mile, for both men looking at women’s rooms and women looking at men’s rooms. Whatjapanthinks had a great translation work.

Demographics

Between the 22nd and 25th of January 2008 1,126 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.4% of the sample was female, 3.6% in their teens, 15.8% in their twenties, 35.1% in their thirties, 27.3% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 7.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

This survey is looking at friends who invite you round to their home for just an innocent visit, but they are also the sort of friend you might consider going out with.

Ranking results

Q: What things in a woman who lives alone’s room make you want to run a mile? (Sample size=513, men)

Rank		Score
1	Cute “moe” anime goods, DVDs	100
2	Vast quantities of pet clothing	93.8
3	Pin-up idol posters	83.9
4	Gambling-related magazines	75.8
5	Cigarettes by the carton	72.7
6	Cigars	71.4
7	Men’s magazines (male manga, weekly scandal mags, etc)	66.5
8	Power Rangers superhero items	63.4
9	Adult-oriented (nudge-nudge, wink-wink) books, magazines	62.1
10	Mah-jongg table, tiles	55.9
11	Photos of myself on display	54.0
12	Cat ears, bunny ears	53.4
13	Figurines	47.2
14	Three or more game consoles	45.3
15	Huge cuddly toys	44.1
16	Dolls (Japanese or Western)	35.4
17	Punchbag	34.8
18	Child-oriented animation goods, DVDs	34.2
19	Souvenir paper lantern, travel ticket, tapestry	29.2
20	Model train set	26.7

Q: What things in a man who lives alone’s room make you want to run a mile? (Sample size=613, women)

Rank		Score
1	Cute “moe” anime goods, DVDs	100
2	Pin-up idol posters	66.1
3	Photos of myself on display	60.5
4	Cat ears, bunny ears	60.5
5	Dolls (Japanese or Western)	57.1
6	Vast quantities of pet clothing	56.4
7	Huge cuddly toys	52.8
8	Women’s magazines (female manga, weekly gossip mags, etc)	51.1
9	Gambling-related magazines	47.7
10	Child-oriented animation goods, DVDs	46.7
11	Souvenir paper lantern, travel ticket, tapestry	39.5
12	Power Rangers superhero items	39.5
13	Adult-oriented (nudge-nudge, wink-wink) books, magazines	39.2
14	Figurines	38.3
15	Lace or flowery pattern curtains, etc	34.9
16	Cigars	32.7
17	Mah-jongg table, tiles	29.1
18	Hello Kitty, etc, electrical items	27.6
19	Cigarettes by the carton	27.4
20	Beads, crochet set	25.9