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It's easier over here, of course. I'm Asian, and about 3/4s of the school population is some kind of Asian, so it's pretty natural.
They get tired of the Ayumi thing, or they just get tired of JPOP in general (considering most of the Asians only listen to drama songs, anyway) cause I "provoke" it by saying, "American music has no meaning". Then they say, "well, at least our artists don't look like s#@ts and w&^res!", then I roll my eyes. Cause I know that even though artists like Goto Maki, Koda Kumi, and even Ayumi are getting into the "Sexy" scene, Japan in whole is WAY behind our homeland of America.
Another problem I have is showing the dramas I want them to watch, because it either has a great message or underlying message. So I tried showing "1 Litre of Tears", and they all didn't want to watch it because "it's not funny". Then I tried "LIAR GAME", but they all didn't like it because of Toda Erika (who played Nakajima Umi on HYD2). So basically, everywhere you go, there's going to be shallow people, and people who don't realize how actors/actresses are usually put in polar opposite roles, unlike in America (most of the time, I usually see the same people as villians and heroes, with an occasional switch to see them mostly crash and burn).
What else is odd is that they don't like the fast pace of Japanese music. So I ask, "don't you get tired of the same thing?", and they reply, "no, cause quality music can last you until another song comes out!". Plus, I look through my friends' iPods sometimes when I'm bored, and I end up seeing about 300+ different artists, each with either one song or one album under their name (unless they're old, then be two or three albums). Then sometimes they look through mine, and see that I only have around 50 different artists, with most of them having at least one album (oldies may be only have one song). Then I show them my Ayumi, Morning Musume, and any other artist I have over twenty songs, cause I know that their artists (almost always) never have more than twenty songs in two years. Only after that do they realize what I'm talking about.
With Ayumi specifically (JPOP generally), even over here is pretty hard to accept unless you find someone that listens to Japanese music themselves, which is about a 1 in 50 chance; better than the mainland, yet still pretty bad considering our culture.
The frustrations commonly known is basically the language barrier, and just the overall sound of the music. I guess real instruments and totally different song structure throw them off, and they immediately dub it "electronic crap".
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