[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Opposed from her earlier image where she was relatable to the younger generations, she's now seen as being way out of reach for people.

Unlike how she's acting in london with her foreign fans, that sort of interaction will never happen here, as she's obviously much more famous and it would create a much bigger scene.

She's not "the people's pop star" or anything like that haha. She has an enormous entourage and seen as being very high maintenance.

But she's arguably the most successful female singer in Japanese music history. There's not a lot of people that can compete with that... She continues to get number one singles and albums even in her 30's which is difficult in Japan.

So she's still seen as an important figure in music. She's just not trendy anymore. But there's a lot to say in that. She's an artist who was huge in her peak but continues to do very well even after the fact.

On a side note, I believe she just moved up to number 6 in the list of most subscribed to Twitter users (amongst Japanese users), which says that people (at least the ones using Twitter) are still interested.