Japan Blogs

Tramp juice, a slang term for high-strength canned drinks, including the granddaddy of them all, Carlsberg’s Special Brew, loved by homeless alcoholics, have not got the same bad rap in Japan, but are actually the fastest-growing sector of the market, so this ranking from goo Ranking looks at the tastiest strong (7% or more) canned chu-hi (spirits (or other alcohol) and soda ready-mixed).

Note that many of the names have words in uppercase, particularly STRONG and ZERO; the Japanese often had random English in product names, and it seems the rules for chu-hi state they must be in capitals! Men’s Plums sounds worse than it actually is; plum wine is a sweet drink marketed at women, but this chu-hi uses pickled plum imagery in the design for a more “masculine” appeal.

Here’s a little song about the foreigners’ favourite, Strong Zero:

Ranking result Rank
 
ABV
Votes
1
Hyoketsu Strong
9%
126
2
-196°C Strong Zero
9%
69
3
Kirin The Strong
9%
50
4
Mogitate (freshly picked)
9%
47
5
Hyoketsu ZERO SEVEN
7%
36
6
Hyoketsu Mix Sparkling Wakankitsu (Japanese citrus fruits) Mix
7%
34
7
Kaku Highball Can
7%
32
8
Kodawari Sakeba (fussy bar) Lemon Sour
7%
30
9
Takara Can Chu-hi
8-9%
27
10
Hyoketsu Delicious Pinot Noir
8%
26
11
Chu-hi Bitters Kawagoto Shibori
9%
19
11
Tori’s Highball Can
7%
19
13
Sapporo Chu-hi 99.99 clear
9%
18
14
Tori’s Highball Can Stronger!
9%
17
15
Chu-hi Hailiki Lemon
7%
14
15
Sapporo Man’s Plums Highball
7%
14
17
Wilkinson Hard Nine
9%
13
17
Takara “Shochu Highball”
7-9%
13
17
Sapporo Kire-to Lemon Sour
5-9%
13
20
Takara “Gokujo Lemon Sour”
5-7%
12
20
High Sour Can. (Lemon Chuhi / 7%)
7%
12
22
Seven Premium Strong Chu-Hi
9%
11
22
Suntory -196°C Cider Punch
8%
11
24
Wilkinson Dry Seven
7%
10
25
Sapporo Super Men’s Plums Sour
9%
9
26
Suntory -196°C Black Punch
8%
8
26
Strong Chu-hi Time Zero
9%
8
26
Karaguchi (Dry) Men’s Plums Sour
9%
8
29
Seven Premium Super Strong Chu-hi
12%
7
29
Clear Cooler STRONG
9%
7
31
Seven Premium Clear Cooler STRONG
9%
6
31
Takara “Barrel-scented Shochu Highball”
7-9%
6
33
Tomorrow’s Shochu Sour
7%
5
33
Seven Premium Clear Cooler Torokeru (Melting) Lemon Sour
8%
5
35
Minasama no Osumizuki (Endorsed by Everyone’s) Chu-hi Strong
9%
4
36
STRONG CHU-HI
9%
3
36
Minasama no Osumizuki (Endorsed by Everyone’s) Highball with 3 Years Matured Scotch
9%
3
38
Sapporo Rirakusu (relax)
8%
2
39
Other
208
Demographics

Between the 27th of July and the 10th of August 2019 962 visitors to the goo Ranking site and associated properties self-declared as over the age of 20 completed a public questionnaire. No further demographics were given.

jQuery(window).on('load', function() { var theConfig;theConfig = kenyn_piegraph_stats([45.4, 54.6], ["Yes", "No"], 'Do you experience app crashes once a week or more?', 'myChart1-app-crash.png');jQuery('.chart-canvas').show(); var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart1-app-crash.png').getContext("2d"); new Chart(ctx, theConfig); }); A new to me survey company, SmartBeat, recently conducted a survey into smartphone app crashes in the first half of 2019.

I don’t have any regular crashes, and hardly even irregular crashes on my Android phone, so I find it very surprising that nearly half the sample reports weekly crashes, and on top of that certain genres of apps crash daily! Do any of my readers have such troubles?

Here’s an iPhone that has crashed into the pavement…

Research results Q1: Do you experience app crashes once a week or more? (Sample size=720)

 
Yes
This survey, 2019 H1 (to SQs)
45.4%
2018 H2
32.7%
2018 H1
42.9%

Q1SQ1: Which genres of apps do you experience almost daily crashes? QR code payment app
42.4%
Financial app
34.2%
Leisure, sports training app
30.0%
Lifestyle (physical shop) app
26.1%
Online shopping app
18.1%
Tool (camera, calculator, calendar, etc) app
13.1%
News, weather, magazine app
10.9%
Entertainment (video, music, books, etc) app
10.0%
Game app
9.9%
Messaging, email, SNS app
7.3%
Q1SQ2: For the following genres of apps, if you experience a crash do you never use the app again? Financial app
13.7%
Leisure, sports training app
12.5%
News, weather, magazine app
10.0%
Lifestyle (physical shop) app
9.4%
Game app
8.1%
QR code payment app
7.8%
Entertainment (video, music, books, etc) app
6.9%
Online shopping app
5.9%
Tool (camera, calculator, calendar, etc) app
4.2%
Messaging, email, SNS app
2.7%
Demographics

Between the 27th of June and the 4th of July 2019 720 members of their monitor group agreed between 10 and 69 years old completed a private internet-based survey. The results were then weighted according to national age and sex statistics.