haha why's the surprise?
it's AYU afterall..
any big stars spend a whole lot~~~

my God..
I wonder how much her riches is... o_o

LANDS OF Eden being located in Laforet means it's an expensive brand to begin with. I don't think your every day girl would be to afford much in that store...

Exactly, especially considering they got 31 items. lol I was surprised they didn't spend more actually.

lol she shops like I do in discount bins/sales at everyday-joe stores.

Except I spend more along the lines of 5000 yen on a good day, lol.

Actually if I were rich like her I'd probably do the same. I'm kinda a shopaholic myself, so :laugh.

But yeah $5000 aren't that much for expensive clothes brands.
If you have enough money, of course.

Yeah, I thought $55k as well! :thud

I wonder how many things they bought, and if they were reimbursed later on :P

Hopefully I could go through that store when I finally get to Japan....walk in Ayu's footsteps, not spend in her walletsteps :tired

$5,000 is probably pocket change to Ayu. :laugh

Why is this a big deal? She's a millionaire, 5 grand isn't going to make much of a difference. Sure, for us regular folks it's a lot, but really, Ayu? Where's the surprise coming from?

^ I agree. I do not understand that people are actually amazed... I'm amazed by Juno though, wtf is that around his neck ....

wahaha yeah, 5k isnt that much compared to how much they paid Ayu and Juno to endorse their brand

actually,im more interested when i read the article the way they tell the story as if Ayu and Juno was a couple lol xDD really nice though ^^

5k for 30 items, so a bit over 150 an item, that's really not much for designer clothing...

lol I'm pretty sure ayu spends more on her Jimmy Choo's than this.
$5000 would only get her a few pairs and we know she buys much more than that.

If you're the Queen of J-pop and had a ton of money, $5,000 is nothing :p
Watched that Kardashians the other day and one of the boyfriends spent $3,000 on a cane. It's just the life of rich people. Ahh.. that would be nice to not have to worry about a spending limit lol And between her and JUNO I'm not surprised at the price.

Btw, what is up with Ayu and JUNO? Yea, they're just friends.. but seeing it's Japan, is holding hands just part of their close relationship? I hope Ayu and Mannie are okay..

Ok, I need more money.

5,000 is little. ayu once bought 20-40 pairs of shoes at one go :)

and I heard the way she chooses clothes is by racks. Like "I want these and these, the rest can go"

:D

5K for 31 items is nothing. It's not Wal-Mart prices or anything, but this store doesn't seem very different than say, Lucky Brand Jeans or BCBG Maxazria (mind you, that store is probably cheaper in the States than here). *I* would die if I spent 5K in 20 minutes, on 31 items, BUT when you really think about it, for a rich celebrity to be spending on average 161$ per designer item, especially when her average purse costs that plus an added zero, it's pretty meh. I've seen worse inside a department store. 200$ for a designer tank top? Hell no.

agreed =D

I wonder if Ayu even paid for the items haha...It's a smart marketing ploy by Lands of Eden to get them to spend at their store, so I wonder if it was part of their contract or something.

Actually, from what I heard from my Japanese friends, holding hands in public is the ultimate relationship level. It's even higher than kissing on the intimacy scale, and to hold hands in public means you're probably in a sexual relationship with your partner. So yeah, you never hold hands in public. Of course, this is purely in a couple context between one girl and one guy, so if, say, a group of people are holding hands, it doesn't mean anything.

So yep, not sure where this article was taken from, but what I read from the original Japanese articles state that they are linked arm-in-arm, not hand in hand. I did a translation of the article from Biglobe News here.

Hopefully that clears up some misunderstandings. ;)