Traveling to Japan has become a hot topic recently, however, when you travel to Japan, you should pay attention to the local toilets, because the Japanese media reported that almost 20% of women eat in the toilet compartment , which is about 1 in every girl 6 to 7. Girls have the experience of eating in the toilet. So it is not uncommon to smell rice in the toilet!
Don’t panic when you see it in the toilet! Almost 20% of women in Japan will eat in the toilet Is it a social phenomenon?
Japanese media editorial department fummumu recently conducted a survey on “toilet usage habits” among 1,000 Japanese people between the ages of 10 and 60. As many as 13.5% of the respondents said they had eaten in the toilet compartment. The data shows that the proportion of women who eat in the toilet is 15.2%, which is 4.3% higher than boys, Around 1 in 6 to 7 women experience eat in the toilet.
Why eat in the toilet? A related report by the Japanese media fummumu pointed out that this is a condition called “fan-friend syndrome (ランチメイト syndrome)” (also known as dinner companion syndrome, dinner phobia), which n referring to the fear of not having a partner who eats together in social life The phenomenon has been widely reported by the Japanese media in recent years and has received attention.
What exactly causes “fan-friend syndrome”? The report said that there are sometimes film and TV related to the theme of fan friend syndrome in 2018. The main character was a sophomore girl in high school. After her classmates humiliated her lunch, she ate alone in the toilet .
In addition to interpersonal relationships, the toilet is more fragrant and other reasons are involved. A 30-year-old woman told Japanese media fummumu: “I don’t have fan-friend syndrome, but I used to work as a freelancer. Because there is no smoking break in the staff lounge, my colleagues smoke cigarettes one by one. one. The smoke is full of smoke and smells of smoke. It stinks and makes him quite uncomfortable. Drinking in the toilet is the reason he doesn’t want to eat in that place and the air in the toilet is cleaner.”
Although it can be understood that under the “fan-friend syndrome”, there is no choice but to go to the toilet to eat, but according to the report, there have been discussions on the Japanese Internet, thinking that eating in the toilet will happen . causing taste and hygiene problems, and throwing sweets and pastry bags and bentos. The box also became a subsequent condition.
