Currently many Japanese housewives and retired people enjoy learning karaoke (karaoke naraigoto) at community centers and karaoke bars. The phenomenon of choosing karaoke as learning reflects adults' increasing appreciation of individualized and egalitarian types of social affiliation in the Japanese society. Postwar education's emphasis on individualism and egalitarianism has increased their interest in the individual, and respect for individual idiosyncrasies is pervasive among the Japanese. This newer multi-purpose learning allows students many individual benefits and perfectly matches the present Japanese inclination. The individualized activity is based on students' interests and is self-directed, and so studying karaoke is not "education" but "learning." Different from traditional forms of learning, this dynamic activity allows students to experience other worlds and to establish a new sense of identity, which is the essence of "learning."

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