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Food & Drink | Japan Pulse

Japan by the numbers (07.29.10)

by Number Cruncher

Contributing Writer

91% of people surveyed by Ezaki Glico are often worried about whether or not they have bad breath.
82% of OL’s polled by OZmall have karada no hie (shivers) even in the summer (due to heavy air conditioning).
79% of men answering a survey by Trenders Inc. said they would eat gyuunyuu purin (milk pudding) everyday.
31% of respondents to an online poll by rType Research Online said they get the craving to eat somen the most (out of all noodle types) during the summer.
16％ of people surveyed on a website by sunmarie think that the worst place you could take a date to dinner is a ramen shop.

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