■When you go out to eat, what types of food do you eat? (housewives nationwide)

(ベターホーム協会「和食は好きですか」2001年度)
http://www.betterhome.jp/anq/13anq/13anq.php

■When the types of lunches that are eaten in restaurants were examined, it was found that 50% of both women and men like Japanese food, such as soba or udon noodles. When women's lunches were examined, it was found they tend to eat simple foods like sandwiches/pastries and sushi.

(厚生省『国民栄養の現状』1996年版)

■When 5,100 junior high school students in Tokyo were surveyed, it was found that the places where the students chat with their friends during out-of-school hours was on the street (30.3%), and at fast food restaurants (21.4%). Still more hang out at their friends houses (20.5%), and 6.0% at convenience stores.

(平成9年度青少年健全育成基本調査「青少年の生活と意識及び青少年関連の各種統計資料に関する調査」1997)
http://www.seisyounen-chian.metro.tokyo.jp/index9files/inv6/inv6.htm

■How often do you go to coffee shops or fast food restaurants? (asked to 1,989 local high school students)

(「モノグラフ高校VOL.48」チャイルド・リサーチ・ネット、ベネッセコーポレーション1996)
http://www.crn.or.jp/LIBRARY/SEARCH/sassi3.html

■Statistics on eating out, in 1975 showed that 15.6% of people in general surveyed ate out, while in 1996, the proportion increased to 17.4%. About 30% of people in their 20s and 30s ate at restaurants.
(厚生省『国民栄養の現状』1998年版)

■ The history of Japanese food
http://www.yumyumtown.com/db/history/history_showa.html

■The menu at McDonalds in Japan
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/sales/menu_h_f.html

■McDonalds around the world

http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/shop/search_h_f.html (in Japanese)
http://www.mcdonalds.com/countries/index.html (McDonald's Country Specific Sites: in English)

■The menu at Mos Burger
http://www.mos.co.jp/menu/index.html

■Dominos Pizza's menu in Japan
http://www.dominos.jp/items/index.html

■Pizza California's menu in Japan
http://www.pizza-cali.net/pc/menu.html

■Items purchased at convenience stores
The percentage of housewives who say they often or sometimes shop at convenience stores is 93.4%. Of housewives surveyed 55.6% said that they shop at convenience stores more than they did three years ago. Foods housewives once usually shopped for in supermarkets, but now buy at convenience stores include #1: milk and #2: bread. For each item, 20% of the women surveyed said they bought it at convenience stores.

(リビング生活研究所2000)

■How often do you go to a convenience store or rental store? (high school students)

(「モノグラフ高校VOL.48」チャイルド・リサーチ・ネット、ベネッセコーポレーション1996)
http://www.crn.or.jp/LIBRARY/SEARCH/sassi3.html

■Convenience stores websites

LAWSON: http://www.lawson.co.jp/
am/pm: http://www.ampm.co.jp/home.html