Ayu @ Matsumoto Shave Ice
 

I'm not sure when this was taken, but I just ran into this picture of Ayumi at Matsumoto Shave Ice in Hawaii. I hope that this isn't somethign that everyone already knows about, but the pic is from their website along with pictures of other famous people that have been there. Just thought I'd share. :D

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...umatsumoto.jpg

http://www.matsumotoshaveice.com/famous.htm

Judging by her hair it looks like 2002.

^yeah, i thought it was older. i swear i've seen the pic before, but i wasn't sure if i had or not.

Wasn't she there in her (miss)understood photobook?

The picture, going by hairstyle, actually reminds me more of 2000 then 2002. It was in the (miss)understood photobook, but even so, thanks for sharing anyway. :D

I think that was when she recorded SURREAL in Hawaii ^^

^ oh i didnt know Ayu went to Hwaii to film Surreal PV~

yeah her hair looks alot like the hair in Surreal PV!

I would venture that it's when she went to Hawaii to film SURREAL (year 2000). In the SCawaii August 2005 issue, the headline says that she hadn't been to Hawaii in about 5 years.

Actually I think Ayu might've gone to Waiola in 2005~:p

Waiola Shaveice is world-reknowned~ :p

And I WENT THERE WHEE <3 x3

[gay]I love her shirt, it's so cute[/gay]

LOL, I go there sometimes. But it's WAY out of town, so not that often. Pretty awesome.

I remember that spot where they took the picture in front of Macy*s in the "On my way" photobook. I stood there for about 5 minutes listening to "fairyland". LOL.

Eh.. too bad the site lists her as "Hamazaki"

...xD

I did the same thing Daisukidayo did. xDDD!

Except I freaked out and almost fainted yo. xD

yeah i think its in 2002. her hairstyle in the picture is exactly the same as her's in ARENA TOUR 2002.

2000 SURREAL XD!

Eh? I dun't know! *Shrug* It seem like photoshoped for me...

ayu looks great in that pic! so cute!

I don't think it's photoshopped, I remember someone pointing out this little pic in the on my way photobook:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1661/framed4rg.th.jpg

The photos on the website look like they were all taken of the framed photos hanging somewhere, so they're not the best quality.

I think Ayu looks cute in that picture. :yes

Hey, that picture is also in "on my way"!

I got the article from SCawaii August 2005 and translated the part where she mentions Matsumoto shave ice from when she was in Hawaii 5 years prior (didn't translate the whole article for this, so the sentence may sound odd and out of context):
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8...g0522sr.th.jpg http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4...g0510wy.th.jpg

With this timeline, she was there in 2000. Feel free to double check my translation.

i've never seen it before... cool ^^

Mmmm....shaved ice.

I guess...This picture took from 2000 when ayu went to Hawaii to shot "SURREAL" PV. There was a tv program from Japan which has talked about it.

I probably wrong tho.

Thanks for sharing the pic!

I don't see why'd they photoshop that xD

Ayu probably went back in 2005 ;_;

/sad

I just hope she doesn't go again this year xD [PLEASE NO MORE AMERICA.]

i want her to come to NYC...i'd be so tempted to go look for her, hahaha!

I thought she already went to New York LOL~

/cough Pride / B&D

She's gone there 3 times so far in her life it seems xD Or not.

1] for vocal lessons when she was like 18
2] for appears
3] for B&D :p

I don't understand why ayu only goes to few cities in US only. LA, NYC, and Hawaii. Why can't her go to other countries and cities instead of those?
England, Brazil, Spain, Italy are also good choices to go!

^ she has gone to other places, including HK, Taiwan and Thailand. She only goes to America recently for work reasons (ie photoshoots, PV, etc). It's probably her own preference. But obtaining permission to shoot photos/videos may also have to do with it.

O_o;;

The Dearest PV looks like a San Francisco-y place, and I don't think Ayu would go to Germany to shoot a PV.. we'd know that wouldn't we? I remember when we thought 'rainy day' was in Germany or something..

I don't know about the calendar~ :O I know that the 2005 one was done in LA during the shooting of INSPIRE~:]

^ I'm with truehappiness on this one.

The "Dearest" PV was definitely filmed in Los Angeles. The windmills are specifically in Palm Springs. Those turbines are a common sight in many film ventures because it's not easy to find a windmill farm like that. While she was there filming "Dearest", she was also able to fit in photography sessions for a number of magazines (so she didn't go to LA for two different trips in 2001 and 2002)

I've never heard of her going to Germany to film Daybreak and haven't read any articles talking about Germany, so maybe someone else has more details on that PV?

But the 2003 calendar was definitely shot in NYC (too bad it's so photoshopped, the background looks fake)

...do you even really know what you're saying? O_o? If they were true facts wouldn't people know of them? :/

x.x Don't kids say things like 'if you don't know it doesn't mean its not true :> :>'? Oh well :> xD

Dang, I need to make a new set. BLUE BIRD come out already xD

well, i meant, i wish she'd go to nyc and we'd know about it beforehand. no one knew she was there until after she filmed B&D/Pride.

Sweet pic.Thanks.

ooooh wow, thats so cool ~