What percentage have regular date arrangements at Univa dropped by now?
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This is a serious question.
Professor Nishiura, nicknamed “the 80% guy,” has proposed that limiting person-to-person contact by 80% would prevent an explosive rise in infections.
However, Professor Nishiura has said that the figure is actually 60% mathematically, but was set at 80% because the extent of close contact in nightlife districts is impossible to determine. You can find videos about this on Twitter under the hashtag “Seminar on Countermeasures Against Novel Coronavirus Clusters,” so please check them out.
Yesterday evening, April 11, the number of taxi passengers in my area (Nagoya) was down 60%, while the number of love hotel customers was down 50%.
If the number of regular date arrangements at Univa is down 50–60% from normal, I wonder whether an explosive rise in infections could be avoided even if daytime contact only decreases by 60–70%.
Also, if anyone knows how much love hotel usage has declined in different areas, please let me know. Even rough impressions are fine. If it’s a love hotel you’re familiar with, I bet the front desk staff might tell you if you ask tactfully.
Incidentally, I went to a love hotel last night for the first time in five days. I normally go once or twice a day, so that’s a solid 80% reduction. Even after stopping my medication, I still get restless after five days.
If you’ve read this far, you already know who I am. That’s right—the questioner was Mac.
P.S.
Maezawa-san, could you make a graph of the daily number of regular date arrangements since March and publish it every day? I think it would be a useful indicator of how much contact in nightlife districts has been reduced. I’m serious. Please consider it.
I’m Saito, the column writer♪
There have even been reports of love hotel employees getting infected, so please be careful.
P.S. After reading to the end, I realized it was Mack, so I figured this answer probably wasn’t necessary either. lol
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I’m Paper Airplane, a male member.
Online dating is really great!
Over the past two weeks, I’ve made 20 online offers and gone on more than 20 dates. Two people even met with me three or four times in that span.
In exchange, I’ve had almost no contact with anyone outside of my dates.
Until a few days ago, it seemed like love hotels in Kansai were actually getting more popular. But once the authorities started talking about requesting closures, the streets became completely deserted. Today, probably because it was raining too, not a single person was walking from one end of the busiest downtown area to the other—it was practically under lockdown, and even the convenience stores were closed.
Even so, the love hotels were still pretty full today. Last week, it felt like only one or two rooms were available, whereas now there seem to be four or five rooms free.
At this point, there’s nowhere else to go but love hotels. Even karaoke ends up being at a love hotel…
Starting tomorrow, it looks like almost all the restaurants will be closed too. The places that were open tonight seemed to have virtually no customers…
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Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office here as well.
When I previously said 80%, that was simply my rough estimate of the number of offers made by men—not the number of dates that actually took place.
I wondered whether my impression was off, so I compared the data from January 31 and March 31 in our emails. Looking specifically at the offer-related figures for one branch group, the decrease was 76.74%, so I was relieved that my estimate was roughly on target. (笑)
That said, even if a man makes an offer, it won’t lead to a date if the woman declines. I’ve also seen quite a few replies saying they’re declining because of COVID-19.
With that in mind, I think the actual number of dates is even lower.
Also, since these figures are only rough impressions and not real-time data, there’s a good chance they dropped significantly after the state of emergency was declared.
So the number of dates may indeed have fallen by 80%, as President Kida said.
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I’m Meg, one of the female members.
Woooow!
His Highness Hisakikida has made an appearance♪
But of course, it turned out to be Question Mac after all (*＞∇＜)ﾉ
Even Sencho seems to be holding back a little these days (^_^;)
Hehe.
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Dear Mac,
Thank you for your question! Kida, our representative, will answer.
The number of date arrangements has currently fallen by about 80%. Since we’re already down 80%, I think there’s a high possibility that the number will eventually decline by 90%.
However, online dates are unexpectedly starting to catch on. The idea of talking with women over Zoom or LINE is the kind of thing most people would normally laugh at dismissively, but it has increased considerably.
Since the rates are low, it hasn’t done much to improve revenue, but I’m still excited about it as a new possibility.
As for publishing a graph showing the number of date arrangements, we would consider doing so if it could benefit society. However, we’re currently putting our employees under considerable strain by shortening their working hours and cutting expenses, so I feel it would be difficult when taking their feelings into account.
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