Table 6.
Summary of the responses to the open question asked to self-defined wasp-chasers (Questionnaire B): ‘Why did you start keeping wasps?’ Example responses from each category are given in the final two rows (in both Japanese and English)
| Why did you start keeping wasps? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasp festival | N | Tradition/Influence of parents | For use as food | Enjoying nature | Enjoyment | Influence of non-relatives |
| Kushihara | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Ina | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Higashi-shirakawa | 37 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Totals | 73 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| Example response (Japanese) | 子供の頃からやっていたから (kodomo no koro kara yatte ita kara) | 食用の為 (shoko yō no tame) | 山が好き (yama ga suki) | 楽しそう (tanoshisō) | 回りの友達 (mawari no tomodachi) | |
| Example response (English) | Because I’ve done it since I was a child | For use as food | I love the mountains and forests | It looked like fun | Friends around me | |