wow she really wants to hide from the cameras! she's wrapped from head to toe!

oh! Ayumi in Europe, that's cool!

yea, she seemed want to hide herself from the paparazzi..but yea, we know how the paparazzis work..they always know!

that's really right rumour..
yea,.. she never stop for her career...

I'm happy to hear there's going to be another Panasonic CM. If she's going to Venice, I hope that means it'll feature some great shots of her in the city.

wow.. she shld get some photo shoots from venice!! i am pretty sick of both photo books being set in the USA. sorry!!

it would be even nicer if ayu is there to film a PV!! what for spend so much on a 30 secs CM? :P

yaaah Ayu in Europe! please come to Frankfurt :P

i hope its ean she will realese some new single or anything..hehehhe

and i hope she not only visit venice,but also milan,rome,etc

LOL, I love that picture. Ayumi looks exactly like some American celeb chased by paparazzi on a daily basis.

I'm french!!! and she is in paris? I live in paris!!

Not sure if this is useful, i did a summary abt the article but not a full translation cos most of it is talking abt the TA msges Ayu wrote..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...i87/ente03.jpg
Is this new pic posted yet? Hmmmm..

Summary:

After announcing that she had just lost her left ear's hearing, all attention had been focused on Ayumi Hamasaki, who had arrived at the airport on 9th Jan afternoon to catch a flight heading towards Paris (later on to Venice) where she will be filming a new Panasonic CM. This is her first appearance after she had made the announcement regarding her hearing problem on the 4th. Around 11am, Ayu appears at the airport, walking towards the gates surrounded by more than 10 of her staffs.

As usual the reporters are questioning her abt her ear, but she tries to avoid it by replying 'Sorry'. Then it goes on talking abt her attire, abt the scarf covering almost half of her fair face. Just before she left the place, one (or more) reporters called out and said 'Ganbatte!'. Ayu thanks them, revealing a smile beneath the scarf.

The article continues regarding her recent blog entry (the one which she mentioned that the msg was initially intended for her fans only etc. TA message 207). It ended saying Ayu had promised that she will be a singer for life no matter what obstacles she will be facing (From her blog) and with that, the 10th anniversary tour will commence on April.

^ Thanks for the new photo. :)

you have something against the US?! :biting

... just kidding :o ...

yeah, it's nice to see a change of scenery, pity it's jut a CM though... but if Panasonic wants to spend the money sending her (it better be them) then no problem?

well.. not against. jus wondering why we have 2 photo books of ayu being in the same country lol :P ayu should have photobooks when she travel to places like Italy!! exotic. and we can see how ayu react to new places :P

and regarding to the article, i wonder how ayu handled the media. i wanna hug ayu!

Paris or Venice then?...

^Venice. She's going Paris first then to Venice.....

she needs to go to Paris first then to Venice because there's no direct flight from Japan to Venice, i guess?

Maybe she needs to go to Paris / Milan first for shopping!:D

yea, maybe..
she seems to be staying at Venice much longer..
the article said that she will be staying until the middle of the month.. for a week there.. seems that she wants to take a vacation..
if it's true, that's good for her..and i hope that her photos at Venice will be featured in the latest ViVi Deji2 Diary~

she really working very hard...stay healthy ayu...i love you...
and can't wait to see a new CM...

Yes. After lots of live performances and CDL, I think it's good for her to take a vacation before the start of ASIA TOUR 2008.

thanks for the pic and the info...

so is true!!!! can't wait for watch the CM ^.^

Oh well, now it was changed...

Anyway, I guess we'll never get a CM making off-shot except for some lame DejiDeji dairy photos - that's too bad, becouse her filming a CM in Venice is really something...

Thanks for the news! Cannot wait to see a new Panasonic CM! :D

large crew in Venice Hilton
 

^riiiiight....

yay~ waiting for your next information..wow so nice to have someone who's at Venice right away..thanks so much!!!!!!

That's so cool XD

Yeah, like the person who was suposed to be in b&d pv -_-

OMG!!! so lucky..try to take a pics of her...C'MON italian fans..its your time to meet her...

Yep. Pretty much.

OMG! Maybe it's TRUE! I phoned the hotel, and asked. They didn't say it was Ayumi (Privacy policy stuff :irked), but a large group of Japanese people had booked a whole floor! :cool

Their phone number: 39-041-2723311

wow, lol, now we know where ayu is probably staying lol~

XD~~~

That's definetely possible... Since she always sings a new song, usually released in the spring, in her tours...

On the subject of this new CM... I feel so excited, since she will be able to see her western fans... Did any fan come to talk with her when she was filming for the b&d/pride PV?

omg lol.. wow. maybe truuueeee!!!! ahhhhh!

Whoa! Thats awesome!! :D Thank you!

no shoot today.
 

I took my camera and went back to the conference center, but there is no activity, so they may have finished the shoot yesterday or are "off" for the weekend.:headache

Tonight at the "skyline" rooftop bar, there is sushi and DJ at 7:30, so maybe some of the team will be there.

The room they are making the CM:' (Ballroom)

http://ayu.no/images/news/306.jpg
http://ayu.no/images/news/307.jpg

Probably where Ayu is staying now: (Presidential Suit)
http://ayu.no/images/news/308.jpg
http://ayu.no/images/news/311.jpg

So let me get this straight.. they went to Venice and are shooting a CM in the ballroom of a hotel? Ok...sounds like they have money to waste.

LOL that is such a waste. Can't they find a ballroom in Tokyo?
OH WAIT. Maybe the ballroom is just one setting and there are some other Venice-specific shots that have already been shot/will be shot.

I think that this is probably for some big promo of a new product..

D:

Also, she probably just wanted to get away, so they maybe gave her the option of shooting the CM where she was staying..

If it's only shot in the ballroom I'm gonna think that Panasonic has more money than brains.

I imagine that you know how they had her take photos of certain things in the part of Me CM? They might actually have her go out and take photos of the things rather than just have readily-taken photos be superimposed into the CM..

Er.. still is that worth the money when a photoshop job was ready at hand? Going to Europe for Japanese is big. When Erika went there she shot her cover artwork and her photobook at one go.

I believe Panasonic isn't the only "company" at work.

If you looked at the photos, I think you'd see Ayu's assistants with her at the time, so perhaps this will be an avex thing as well.


Maybe for tour goods for AT08? She could do a whole bunch of things with a photoshoot in Venice..

Oh well. Looking at all the news articles, it seems that they're gonna perhaps.. take the promo photos and stuff there on location instead of in a white room that's all photoshopped-esque..

I imagine someone like Ayu always has assistants to help her out if she's working. Anyway hope you're right and we're not gonna get another typical Panasonic ad. Otherwise it'll be just a big waste of money and a huge disappointment for us fans :rolleyes

Well, it was mentioned that she had 10 people with her when they were flying out.

I dunno. Ayu's been with Panasonic for 7 years, which is pretty magnificent. They might be trying to go for a Koyuki-esque image right now instead of "PERFECTION..".

[Koyuki promotes the DVD players and Viera]

Yeah I've seen Koyuki's commercials. Might be nice to see something like that.

The hotel that they're staying at [Hilton Molino Stucky] seems to be close to a lot of landmarks..

so , this news is confirmed , right? I wonder what song she gonna use for that CM? probably new song . .

Well, with this, we'll either get a new song, or a new remix that will go on the next album.

[Kinda like how Ladies Night ~another night~ was out long before BLUE BIRD was announced..]

she's definitely staying in a very pretty room XD~

She's probably got the whole floor for her staff [10 people+]~ XD

Sigh...wouldn't it be nice to be she staff for just one day maybe? lol

Yeah.. LOL

In Hawaii, I think they rented a whole house and in NY they used the whole floor of some hotel. :O

Nobody was there for sushi on the roof last night.

Her own staff may be 10, but the TV production crew and local italian support staff was closer to 50. Sorry I didn't know what was going on until I asked last thing on Friday, or I would have borrowed one of the storyboards they were working on in the public lobby Wednesday.

ayu sure has a lot of sponsor...
hopefully the CM will be cool

What a complete waste of money!

You know, all we know is that she's there and she's shooting a CM.

We don't know any details for sure. :|

Why are people jumping to conclusions so fast? Let's wait for the CM and then exclaim that it was a waste. D:

Sorry if I'm being dense, but Ayumi took those pictures of that dog and of that bridge in Sydney? :|

Well, I was talking about how they had her do it "in the commercial.." D:

Perhaps now she might be standing in Venice somewhere, taking the photos on location instead of just simply showing a screenshot of it on the camera..

Maybe it some kinda CM that Anyband did for Samsung's Anycall. It could be like a music video type CM and ayu's not saying PV cuz technically its a CM

*I'm so far of the track it's unbelievable XD*

AnyBand <333333333333333333333333

I would like if they would waste money with me by this form XD

I know we don't but I believe most are speaking in a possible scenario if she does shoot the CM just in the ballroom. I think it would be a waste if that happens, but I'm still hoping that more will come out of it simply because as you know I'm a huge Ayu fan who can't get enough of her :P

Ah, alright, I get it now.

Yeah, but... I dunno. Just what kind of CM would be filmed in a ballroom only anyway? XD

I don't think they need to go to Venice if the CM just be filmed in a ballroom.
I think the Grand Canal must be a filming place for the CM and the buildings there.

Photo related to the CM filming in Venice?

http://ayu.no/news.php?readmore=618

http://ayu.no/news.php?readmore=620

Source: http://ayu.no

^i see sam too..the choreographer...

actually the 1st man in left side looks like i ever see in which making or what..
i forgot

no news on when she go back to Japan ?

Wow, it's a bit confusing but it's good news... I think!

People who live in Paris or in Venice are so lucky!
I really hope this CM will have a new song, and that would mean a new single :shimmy

i guess it is still to early to ask if anyone know when the CM is gonna air?

i feel that a.) we're in for a big surprise or b.) we're in for a big disappointment...haha

why would SAM be there...if it's just a CM? I mean I supppose they could all just be having a mini vacation at the same time...but...hm. whatever, haha. im not gunna freak out about it :D

apart from that, can anybody tell my what georgeous bag ayu has in the picture? sorry to be offtopic but i need some pictures of this bag!!:luv2

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1867/ayupariszv4.jpg
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm.../01/10/01.html
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...008011009.html

i am so excited to see the commercial!!!

Holy sh.. Ayu was in Paris during 4 days (Saturday to today) She stayed at the Bristol Hotel. Verified news from **** (privacy, you know) forum (french)
you can check details on their forum, with picture.

I could have see her :eyes

Internet is for everyone :innocent *joking*, okey, just the link then.

Edit: Removed the link ;)

It's pretty hot.

Ayu's so stylin'. :O

Yes I know, but Ayu Staff didn't want pictures. and in fact this guy was her driver during her stay in Paris, I don't want him to get trouble because of that picture :)

That's pretty hot.

I wonder if she's gonna be back in Japan soon?

Hmm, then he should delete that picture! Japanese gossip media will claim "he's the new boyfriend ect" :tipsy

Isn't that Ayu's drummer on the left in that photo with Max and the rest of the staff at dinner? Interesting..

She has took her plane to Japan just after 4 p.m (gmt+1) according to the driver .
If only I had knew one day before. :(

Hope we get some new song / CM news soon! :)

WHAT! Was she ever in Italy...?

I don't know, the fact is she arrived at Paris (to stay) saturday, the CM recording didn't need more than 2 days apparently.

She went to Paris first apparently, and then from there she'd go to Venice for the CM, and the probably back to Paris until she had to go back..

All the sites reported that she'd be in Paris first..

No exactly, no direct flight to Venice. So at departure, she has done: Tokyo > Paris (direct to) > Venice. at return: Venice > Paris, Stay for 4 days (bargain sales these days in France). And at Paris you have them all: LV, Hermes, Chanel, Dior.. etc :D
Today >Tokyo

so ayu has gone back to japan?

She's in the plane. :D

I removed info, too. I think enough people were able to check the truth of the info

anyway which picture of ayu so stylish one?
is that the pic where ayu with a guy which his face being blocked??

yeah there is a remove link statement...i wonder what link it is?
is there a new pic that can't be upload in here?

hhahahh...she looks like DIVA when she covered almost all of her body

Wow, maybe besides another new single coming soon, she may shot for new covers, mag shots, or maybe new PV lol...

New single to commemorate her 10th anniversarry ^^V

Thanks for sharing the pic, can't wait to hear more about this ^^;

Well, this article detailing her return says that she is going to start rehearsals for the ASIA TOUR 2008 as well as work on a new song.

There's also information that GUILTY has shipped 750,000 copies.

http://www.nikkansports.com/entertai...17-308124.html

^ whoo! new song and ASIA TOUR!

i hope that 750,000 is right^^

wow nice.... new song, new CM and asia tour 08!
but still, Ayu don't strain ur self too much!!
get some rest!