What Sushi is Popular in Japan

So far, several surveys about people's favorite sushi were conducted on the internet.

The result was varied. I cannot see common trend in those surveys.

Survey 1: Men's favorite sushi, conducted by goo.ne.jp in 2006

	Sushi	Meaning	Point
1	Chutoro	Medium fatty tuna	100.0
2	Otoro	Fattest tuna	75.7
3	Negitoro	Minced fatty tuna & scallion	74.9
4	Anago	Conger eel	74.1
5	Uni	Sea urchin	72.1
6	Maguro	Tuna	68.1
7	Ikura	Salmon caviar	65.7
8	Ika	Calamari	65.3
9	Engawa	Flounder edge	62.5
10	Buri	Yellowtail	62.2

source: ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/013/sushi_man

Survey 2: Women's favorite sushi, conducted by goo.ne.jp in 2006

	Sushi	Meaning	Point
1	Chutoro	Medium fatty tuna	100.0
2	Salmon	Salmon	93.6
3	Ikura	Salmon caviar	79.8
4	Negitoro	Minced fatty tuna & scallion	78.3
5	Amaebi	Sweet shrimp	74.6
6	Uni	Sea urchin	74.0
7	Otoro	Fattest tuna	65.4
8	Anago	Conger eel	63.0
9	Maguro	Tuna	60.2
10	Botan'ebi	Jumbo fresh shrimp	59.6

source: ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/013/sushi_woman

Survey 3: Working women's favorite sushi, conducted by Mynavi Woman in 2013

	Sushi	Meaning	Point
1	Salmon	Salmon	19.2%
2	Ikura	Salmon caviar	5.9%
3	Engawa	Flounder edge	5.0%
4	Maguro	Tuna	4.6%
4	Hotate	Scallop	4.6%
6	Anago	Conger eel	3.8%
6	Uni	Sea urchin	3.8%
6	Chutoro	Medium fatty tuna	3.8%
6	Negitoro	Minced fatty tuna & scallion	3.8%
10	Amaebi	Sweet shrimp	3.4%
10	Ika	Calamari	3.4%

source: woman.mynavi.jp/article/131028-013/

Survey 4: Favorite sushi, conducted by Asahi Group Holdings in 2013

	Sushi	Meaning	Point
1	Chutoro	Medium fatty tuna	15.3
2	Salmon	Salmon	9.0
3	Maguro	Tuna	8.8
4	Otoro	Fattest tuna	8.3
5	Uni	Sea urchin	6.4
6	Ikura	Salmon caviar	4.8
7	Hamachi	Young yellowtail	4.0
8	Ika	Calamari	3.8
8	Anago	Conger eel	3.8
10	Engawa	Flounder edge	2.9

source: www.asahigroup-holdings.com/news/2013/0226.html

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