ItalianoGACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:
While staying in Japan, my skin somehow turns rough.
Maybe it’s because of the climate,
maybe it’s the environment.
Whichever it is,
when my skin turns rough, I can’t stay calm.
Hnnnnnnnnn… that’s the kind of feeling I get.
After I did my training,
I changed my clothes and went into a meeting.
It’s the check for a program that will be starting soon.
To make sure it won’t be a failure, we are going through the editing again and again.
The content has turned out to be really interesting.
If we can work out the finer points a little more,
I believe that it will become a program you can watch without any stress.
That said,
the other day I spoke of losing my passport,
and going through the procedures of making it again and
the passport has been delivered into my hands quickly and without issue.
To all the staff at the passport centre,
thank you for taking care of a variety of things for me.
You’ve been a real help.
The meeting ended early
and I had some free time until I had to go to the hospital.
Deciding to practice the violin for the first time in awhile, I took it out from the case.
When opening up the violin case, this was what came to mind.
The form of the violin attracts my heart more than any other instrument.
I wonder if everyone knows when it was
that the violin took it’s present form.
In 1550, around Cremona in Northern Italy, it seems that it suddenly
took it’s current for where there’s no more room for further improvement but…
If you think about it, not even 500 years have passed.
In these 500 years, all kinds of musical instruments were created,
and you might say that no more new instruments can be created.
Even so,
how did a musical instrument with such a beautiful form suddenly appear…
It’s said that the very first violin prototype was created by Gasparo…
But, the fact is that no one really knows
how much of it is true with regards to this era.
Because world history
is often changed out of convenience.
Oh well… whether or not it’s correct,
I think that its wonderful to enjoy history as a kind of romanticism.
One day, I’d like to own a Stradivarius of my own too.
This is one of the dreams of this musician and collector GACKT.
While staring at Stradivarius, I drank.
While I fiddled with my violin, a friend from Hong Kong contacted me.
『We’re having fun at the Karaoke now but
did GACKT’s eyes grow a lot smaller recently?』
he suddenly asked me this weird abrupt question.
As I wondered what he was talking about,
he sent me a picture.
『Who the hell is this guy!!!!!』
Really, Hong Kong is being lazy.
Just give me a break.
Who the hell is this!!!
At night, I had a 3-hour long dinner where I had a work meeting at the same time.
We’re planning something rather new too, so this looks like it’s going to be interesting.
Work is fun after all.
Creating something new is just so enjoyable that I can’t help it.
I’m just a diehard creator… I thought, I couldn’t stop smiling.
In the middle of the night, I met actor Inoue Masahiro.
It’s been 10 years since I first met this guy.
We came together because of Kamen Rider (Masked Rider).
In the blink of an eye, 10 years passed… it’s fast.
Time really passes quickly.
When I first met him, he was only 19 and underage for alcohol.
I still remember the first time we drank together
when we were celebrating his 20th birthday.
And this guy is already a father of one…
Hmm,
life is really like going through a tunnel.
『Anyway, how old is big bro going to be??』
he unexpectedly asked me…
『I’ll soon be 44…』
I replied, and to that,
『It’s so impossible to tell your age that it’s hilarious!!!』
he laughed with a carefree smile.
Even so, I’ve aged quite a lot.
I’ll admit that indeed, based on my appearance, you really can’t tell what my age is but,
on the inside, my mental age is over 60, and I have a conservative side in me too.
Well,
this sense of unbalance is GACKT.
After awhile,
SHOWROOM’s CEO Maeda Yuuji contacted me.
『Big bro! Can I come and meet you!』
Actually, last night,
Yuuji’s birthday party was held in Tokyo but
when I arrived at night, he was already brought to the hospital
and even now, he was contacting me from the hospital.
Hilarious…
After awhile, I saw Yuuji’s face.
『I’m really sorry about yesterday!!』
No no,
I’m not upset about anything at all,
and more than anything, I’d want him to be safe.
I heard that he drank so much that he could die and ended up at the hospital.
Your body is your capital, Yuuji.
There are many many more enjoyable things that will happen from here on so
you should take care of your health.
When we were leaving, I received a book from Yuuji.
It’s a book that Yuuji wrote in 4 days.
It seems that right now, on Amazon, it pushed off Horiemon’s book and has maintained it’s top spot.
I have to say, this guy is a true genius.
And he gets lonely extremely easily.
He’s really so cute that I can’t help it.
Well then…
I’ll go home and read this book too.
Source: GACKT Blog
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA