[News] ARENA TOUR 2016 GOODS

[oaristos]

I think it's funny that you guys are saying that the goods are not "Japanese enough." It's very reductive to think that Japan is basically kimonos, colorful things, and geishas. I bet she's going to deliver her own vision of the country she was born and raised in, and it might not be what you're all expecting.

[MessiahofSilence]

Originally Posted by oaristos

I think it's funny that you guys are saying that the goods are not "Japanese enough." It's very reductive to think that Japan is basically kimonos, colorful things, and geishas. I bet she's going to deliver her own vision of the country she was born and raised in, and it might not be what you're all expecting.

Right? Apparently her being Japanese doesn't cut it lol

[JinHamasaki]

Originally Posted by MessiahofSilence

Right? Apparently her being Japanese doesn't cut it lol

To me this screams 80s and 90s era in Japan which is how she was raised. I'm excited to see what her interpretation of "MADE IN JAPAN"!

I am getting shirt B!

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by MessiahofSilence

Right? Apparently her being Japanese doesn't cut it lol

Haha, yeah, but the thing is, her being Japanese is part of all her albums, of her whole career, of her whole self. So I don't see, where there's something special about it now in the goods. I also don't see it in the new lyrics.
Or that's it, as she wants to show, that it isn't something special and she's normal like everybody else.

Btw. everybody has different experiences and views about what Japan is. That's normal. But you can't be angry about people liking traditional Japan and wanting to see something of it, especially after ayu already havin elements of it in her CDL.
And like tokyoxjapanxfan said, most Japanese regard traditonal Japanese as big part of today Japan just like the modern. Actually something like the main attribute of Japan is to preserve traditional ways, but to incorporate foreign and different stuff they like at the same time. It happened a lot (e.g. also in literature).