In Japan, Christmas is almost exclusively an occasion for sex and buying things (possibly not in that order) – as a result, gifts to female partners take on an air of particular importance for any man hoping to spend Christmas at a seedy love hotel and not alone with Nene.
The survey asked 1200 Japanese women in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya what they would like to received as a Christmas present (from a spouse or hopeful supplicant) – the ranking:
1. Cosmetic devices
2. Wristwatches
3. Bags
4. IT/AV products (PC, phones, etc.)
5. Home appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, etc.)
6. Flowers
7. Apparel
8. Makeup & perfume
9. Jewellery & accessories
10. Books, CDs, DVDs
For those wondering just what is meant by “cosmetic devices” (an established product category in Japan), examples given include “steamers” (devices placed by the bed at night to moisturise the skin by creating steam), luxury hair-dryers and so on – generally these kinds of items cost around $150-$250.
Men asked how much they anticipated spending on such gift gave an average of ¥20,000, whilst women asked how much they expected their gift to cost indicated a slightly higher figure of ¥21,000 – perhaps not coincidentally just enough for one of Panasonic’s latest steamers.
how can shoes not be a seperate item from apparel?
i always ask for new shoes.
so true! I am dying for a steamer…
1. Cosmetic devices
(Useless pre-preparation on getting cheated on.)
2. Wristwatches
(Two uses, time & if its gold/diamond good to pawn when the wallet is at a low.)
3. Bags
(Good for moving, unless its a purse).
4. IT/AV products (PC, phones, etc.)
(Useless toys and timesink, unproductive, clean your house or build a sink from scratch).
5. Home appliances
(Most useful thing finally stated; refrigerators, washing machines, etc).
6. Flowers
(Buy her the seeds, tell her ass to grow them and watch love bloom, tired of lazy women who just want things at their finished product).
No different the fast food.
Cook for me, and I’ll cook for you too.
7. Apparel
(Buy her a Moo Moo, it just reaks Anti-Hard-on and keeps you in the pimp house, she thinks its cute and you make sure it pussy repellant to other men.)
8. Makeup & perfume
(If I wanted to smell a garden, you’d think we go to a forest and smell some real flowers/pine trees, now STFU and suck me off, my scent/cream is all you need.)
-Friends quote
9. Jewellery & accessories
(As long as its a engagement ring, you can get it back for a 90day return fee in America, +15% RESTOCK IF THAT MOMENT GOES BAD).
10. Books, CDs, DVDs
(Books, worthless. Just buy them a dictionary and teach them to write their own books, instead of reading others. Who knows, you might be successful like me and make something TOTALLY DIFFERENT what the Anime/Manga industry needs now, s♥♥t is so stagnant and saturated.)
Guys are so poor… Women are so demanding, nuff said!
2. Wristwatches
I kinda find that one odd
I was reading a newspaper Gasp and they were like Watches are obselete the reason why
Cellphones come with watches whose going to want a wristwatch and I was like hmm. Considering Japan is the tech nation and like 90% have cellphones and its still #2 guess that was BS.