• Japan: preferred genres of art and culture events to attend by gender 2022

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According to a survey conducted in February 2022 in Japan, close to 61 percent of male respondents and almost 60 percent of female respondents did not participate in any cultural events within the last year. This is attributable to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Non-animation movies were the most commonly attended cultural event, visited by over 17 percent of both men and women. Animated movies saw the highest gender discrepancy with men attending these screenings at about 3.5 more percentage points than women did.

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

January 28 to February 3, 2022

Number of respondents

20,006 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

9,669 male respondents and 10,337 female respondents; multiple answers possible; attendance within the last year

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

¹Historical architecture includes shrines, temples, castles, remains, and places of scenic beauty, such as a gardens, etc.
²Visual arts includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, crafts, ceramics, calligraphy, photography, design, architecture, fashion design, digital art, etc.
³Modern music includes pop, rock, jazz, folk, and enka (a Japanese chanson-like genre with a distinct vibrato singing style), etc.
⁴Classical music includes orchestras, chamber music, opera, choirs, and brass bands, etc.
⁵Entertainment performances includes several types of Japanese comedy acts (such as rakugo and manzai), magic tricks, street performances, and other physical artistry.
⁶Folkloric cultural assets include local traditional performances and festivals
⁷Traditional Japanese entertainment includes kabuki, noh, bunraku, koto, shamisen, shakuhachi, and other traditional court music, as well as Buddhistic recitations.
⁸Foreign dances includes street dances (like break dance and hip hop), jazz dance, folkloric dances (such as hula, flamenco, salsa), and social dances.

Original question: "Which genre of art and culture did you appreciate within the last year?"