When I was thinking about returning to blogging ,one of the questions that I had was should this blog be written in English or Japanese . I decided on English because working with H!P Non-Pro Hour was such an enjoyable time ,having visitors and comments from all over the world and not just Japan .
Because I decided on English a series of events happened the other day that is a mix of ,funny ,odd and other things .
The other day ,several local Japanese media outlets decided to reprint , my post on AKB48 going to America. They did this without asking me first . Who the outlets are is not as important as the reason why they did it.
The outlets were looking for any information in English about AKB48 going to America and the Western fan reaction. Because I decided to have this blog in English and not Japanese , and with the editors belief that I was a foreigner , they decided to reprint the entire post as part of a much larger story and included the blog's address in the story along with comments from the Expo's CEO.
I guess the editors who ran the reprints have never heard of Utada Hikaru ? Unless something has changed in the last 15 minutes ,Utada Hikaru can speak fluent English , yet she is Japanese . Just because someone can speak or write a blog in English ,doesn’t make them a foreigner . As they never contacted me in advance ,it was easy for them to make that mistake.
As a result of their belief that the author was a foreigner, pockets of interest have broken out across Japan ,leading back to this site . As happy and grateful as I was for the interest ,this event was a lot like being a fan of Idols , sometimes we only like something because of what we think it is and not what it really is.
For a time ,this new found fame and excitement left me questioning if returning to blogging in English and not Japanese was the right choice.
So that is the behind the scenes drama for at least one post,lol . Next Behind the scenes drama ?
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