ayu pointed her finger
 

I found this somewhere.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4232/ayumi030202.jpg

that just screams crazy. haha.

Made me laugh though cause of her face!!! :D

LOL funny xD

i can't tell it's edited though.

LOL that's in Singapore during the MTV Asia Awards 2002!

Why would it be edited? I don't think the middle finger means anything in Japan... :laugh

^ Guys I'm sure edited by someone else, I think I have the original pic. But I'll seach later

There's another photo of her flipping the bird somewhere..

i remember seeing this when it happened and thinking "hmm, why would she do that? maybe she`s just pointing", at the mtv music awards in singapore in.. 2002 or something, hEh. pretty sure it`s not edited, but ya never know.

It isn't edited!

maybe she's just trying to adjust her hand holding the fan? :shrug

I found this photo at some Singapore photography forum.apparently the photographer(self-claimed at the forum) mentioned that Ayu Really DID pointed when she held the fan.

And I honestly cannot see that it's edited

i dont know if its edit or not but for sure jpaanese dont use ut on a everyday basis . tey dont know the meaning

Yea, it's not edited, I saw this years ago. The look on her face is priceless, too! xD But I don't think she intentionally flipped anyone off. I think she may have been adjusting her hand to hold the fan and they snapped the shot at the moment. But then again, maybe Ayu was being a bad girl. :roflmao

It's NOT edited, BUT Japanese people use the middle finger a lot to point at things and NOT to insult somebody or something.
This gesture doesn't have the same meaning in Japan as in other parts of the world.

Yeah, she's held up her middle finger before, but like others have said, it doesn't mean anything bad in Japan :) Her expression is hilarious, though :laugh

How about this one?

^ That's not even her middle finger. @_@

Poor them if they come to America or somewhere and someone shows him the finger. Japanese guy: "Huh?? *looks up*"
lol

But it really looks like an accident or something :yes

I know, but it's somewhat like her middle finger XD

anyone want to elaborate on what the middle finger does mean in japan? you know, for those of us like me who don't go to japan and exercise the middle finger right?

lol. i know people here in the US who use it to point to things ya know
i dont. . .but some people make a habit of it lol

ayu. so cute XD

Wait...so it means nothing in Japan?

http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

:yes

I think, she's not really mean to pointed the finger. She just wanna pointing at something and at the same time holding the fan. so, the middle finger is used. I can't find that it's her habit or meant for anything.

I didn't even noticed the finger the first thing I noticed was her face...I thought something terrible might have happened that day xD

yeah same here :P

nwy,never saw this pic,but i dont think she means anything with that or otherwise if it not an accident then Ayu should aware of the culture outside of Japan next time :yes

yeah... i have it.. :D

I think it means nothing at all. Like I said in my last post, Japanese people use the middle finger a lot to point at things.
I don't know, if it has another meaning.

There's like, a lot of mixed answers in there lol.

BUT, I don't think it means the same thing...I need to ask my friend.

LOL, of course the middle finger means exactly the same thing like here.
i know that from actually seeing people doing it there, when i was on vacation in japan (not to me though, lol) and also, i remember seeing it a couple of times in the manga, ranma 1/2.

the japanese are not clueless.

Her expression is just hilarious; I can't get over that lol

I'm sure Ayu and other Japanese knows it they're not dumb but that aside they're not making a big fuss about it.

The middle finger only means something when you want to put some meaning into it.

She's too innocent to know the meaning XD *ok joke*