Let’s jump right into this: Japan has the absolute best census in the his­tory of my known world. Not only does it include normal things like age, sex, and the height of each of your pets, but it also legit­imizes the gos­sipy ques­tion of What Are You Doing Right Now? Japan slapped a bunch of people with note­books and a sacred Num­bers Mis­sion: keep a log of what you do during the day, in fif­teen minute inter­vals. And those people did!

Fas­ci­nat­ing. What people really do with their time - in Japan. Go to xox​o​soma.com.