Is it normal to split the bill on a date in Japan?

May 2, 2023 Shiki 0 Comments 3 min read

If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, do you think Is it normal to split the bill on a date in Japan? Going out with the person you love involves a lot of costs, right? A little movie, and then you need to eat something and so on… But the question is: ”Who pays?”

Omiai is a Japanese dating app that recently conducted a survey of 217 men and 247 women who have a romantic partner, asking their opinion on this question:

Is it normal to split the bill on a date in Japan?

Let’s start with the opinion of women:

”I want the guy to pay everything for me”

Teenage women: 14%
Women aged 20 to 29: 11%
Women aged 30 to 39: 21%
Women aged 40 to 40: 30%
Women aged 50 to 59: 44%

The good news for those women who want their guy to pay for everything for them is that the proportion of men who say they want to pay for everything is quite large.

”I want to pay for everything”

Men in adolescence: 15%
Men aged 20 to 29: 16%
Men aged 30 to 39: 30%
Men aged 40 to 49: 28%

Shall we see the percentage who want to split the bill equally?

Teenage women: 67%
Men in adolescence: 55%
Women aged 20 to 29: 48%
Men aged 20 to 29: 36%
Women aged 30 to 39: 40%
Men aged 30 to 39: 26%
Women aged 40 to 49: 26%
Men aged 40 to 49: 26%
Women aged 50 to 59: 25%
Men aged 50 to 59: 14%

We also had women in this survey who said they want to pay for everything, check it out below:

Teenage women: 2%
Women aged 30 to 39: 4%
Women aged 50 to 59: 2%

We also had some men who said they want the woman to pay for everything on a date, see below:

Men aged 20 to 29: 6%
Men aged 30 to 39: 4%
Men aged 40 to 49: 4%

Many think that it is a man’s duty to pay the costs of a date, but this research has proven that this is not the case, has it? You who are otaku and are stranded, do you know the Otaku Dating app? Tinder for otakus!

Source: SoraNews24

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