My professor doesn't know who Ayu is. ;___;

[PoetGirl]

no, i have never met japanese person who doesnt know who ayu is, but the true has to be told, ive never met someone older

[Lady~Deviance]

I'm surprised your teacher never heard of her. Not uncommon to say the least.


Back in college, I took many Japanese courses, and of course all of my professors knew who ayu was. Despite knowing of her, they did not like her approach to younger women. They viewed her as "the poster child" for everything artificial and materialistic in every sense.

Moral of my college memories, never judge a book by its cover.

[CoriKaru]

Well Ayumi isn't a household name in America. Never assume that just because someone is Asian/Japanese, that they should know "Japanese" things.

[Lady~Deviance]

^ I second that.

[emi♡]

Well usually professors are a little different...it's not just because they're japanese...it's just that, as professors, they usually know their japanese culture better, and have lived there, and lived here...so it's a little odd that...they wouldn't know about Ayu.

[yoshino]

huh,.. I think that's kinda impossible. Given tat Ayu is so popular in Japan, usually the Japanese shld know who is she.
Unless that person totally didn't care about wat's going on in her country. Otherwise I couldn't think of any other reason. lolz.

[Mirrorcle]

I don't know, I guess she's not a music fan or something, haha.
She knew who SMAP was, lol.

[zyoeru]

My Japanese friend didn't know who she was and she lives in Japan and is about..20?
She only knew when I told her she sung songs like SEASONS, Dearest, M.

[Crystal_Ageha]

^ O.o

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle

I don't know, I guess she's not a music fan or something, haha.
She knew who SMAP was, lol.

Dunno if you meant that the way I took it, but I found that funny...

[JackieRos]

is not that surprinsingly actually
is like other asian artist i ask the person where are they from and
if they listen to xxxxx (i mention a popular singer)
and they always say "no i only listen to english music" im like O.O
there is only one person that i know of that knows ayu and shes chinese

[pommy48]

Well if she wasn't born in Japan and spent most of her life overseas, I can see how she doesn't know Ayu

I know some friends that are Chinese, but since they grew up in US or moved when they were little, they know very....very little about Asian music

Even my English teacher who taught in Japan for a couple of years didn't know who Namie was...

So I wouldn't assume that just because they're Japanese, then they must know Ayu or any other popular artist~

[haikudasai]

I'm sure you imagine this professor to only eat sushi and read manga and watch anime too, right?

[Andrenekoi]

^This...
xD

[Ayumi27]

neither my previous japanese teacher, who was born in Japan and knew about Namie, Utada, B'z, etc, etc, even alan, but not ayu @_@

[pommy48]

^ lol wow....even alan... i would love to talk with your japanese teacher lol XD

[Ayumi27]

Originally Posted by pommy48

^ lol wow....even alan... i would love to talk with your japanese teacher lol XD

Yeah, specially because she gives copies of Gunjou no Tani as birthday presents to students... just to support alan

[pommy48]

^ omg you have such an amazing teacher!!!!! i want a teacher like that too lol

but i am really surprised...for your teacher to know alan, but not ayu

[Kazeyomi]

Originally Posted by haikudasai

I'm sure you imagine this professor to only eat sushi and read manga and watch anime too, right?

LMAO

[Mirrorcle]

Originally Posted by haikudasai

I'm sure you imagine this professor to only eat sushi and read manga and watch anime too, right?

...
I was not trying to imply that.
Sure, I was wrong to assume that maybe she'd know some things on Japanese music, especially Ayu, but that doesn't mean I assume her to be the 'stereotypical' Japanese person.
Please don't make the same mistake I did and assume something about someone or what they said, like you did with me.

[Lanz16]

I met a Japanese who make and sell Taiyaki far in my place.

I asked him in Japanese "Do you know Hamasaki Ayumi"?
He replied with "no, but I heard her songs everywhere"
And he said that he left Japan since 2001 and he didn't know much about Ayu.

Too bad but that's okay...