America in Japan

[somethinorwatever]

i hear that some american music, restaurants, etcetera are in japan. Like a friend of mine who visits family in japan says that some of her japanese friends listen to american music. Do they pronounce the names of the bands differently? Also, some of the restaurants in america are in japan. the only one i can think of right now is McDonalds (マクドナル makudonaru). What others are there, and how do you say them?

[Alpha9]

When I hosted a Japanese student, I was showing off my guitar skils and I played the riff from Smoke On The Water from Deep Purple and she recognized it like that! I am not sure how she would pronounce it since I didn't even think about asking her, but it shows that they do listen to other forms of music than just Japanese pop.

I asked her how to spell Led Zeppelin in Japanese and in katakana its レドゼッペレン。 So I guess they would just pronounce the english words in katakana (if that makes any sense, I don't know)

[Gaijinian]

I've got a funny story about an American restaurant in Japan...
The Sanders guy of FKC was wearing a kimono!

Sure, Japan is very diverse in music.

[ohemgee]

From what I understand, Japan is in a bit of a hip-hop trend right now, which I find absolutely hilarious. Japanese rap is terrible.

[strange368]

The Japanese love our music, i remember when I visited last summer, one of the girls that our group talked to said her favorite American singer was Britney Spears.

[Kei]

strange368 wrote:
The Japanese love our music, i remember when I visited last summer, one of the girls that our group talked to said her favorite American singer was Britney Spears.

[jarad]

I also hear there is a Hardrock Cafe in Osaka...

[dreamingxashley]

Japanese youth are obsessed with MTV, unfortunately...

[Spaztick]

I say we burn down MTV! Or at least make a strategic marketing scheme to stage a coupe. Hey Clay, you got any backup money to pull this off?

[ohemgee]

Imagine a view of your country, filtered through MTV and cable TV. Now, imagine that the youths in a country the size of california have that same view. Go go Gadget Stereotype!

Then again, there are a few ignorant kids in the States who think everybody in Japan has big eyes and pink hair, and have power levels of 1,000,000.

[Applegate]

I'll see your flabby American fast food restaurants and raise you Mosburger (and Lotteria if you go to Korea). Now that's fast food I will actually eat.

ohemgee wrote:
From what I understand, Japan is in a bit of a hip-hop trend right now, which I find absolutely hilarious. Japanese rap is terrible.

Aww! What about m-flo? And Shakkazombie? And Rip Slyme? OK, I'll grant you, most of Rip Slyme's songs are not so great. But there is good Japanese rap out there.

[somethinorwatever]

What is MTV in japanese. emmu tii vii? IDK

[Spaztick]

MTV in Japan is kurappu.

[Reiko_Lain_Armitage]

All of my Japanese friends in that country love American music, while I always talk about my favorite Japanese artists. Not only in music is Japan heavily interested in the U.S., but a lot of Japanese are addicted to American television. People talk to me about shows that come on over here that I don't even watch. *I agree about M-FLO, by the way.*

[dreamingxashley]

Spaztick wrote:
MTV in Japan is kurappu.

lol I agree... MTV in any language means crap.