GACKT Official blog update. Translation below:

Today, TAKUMI came over from Japan for this one day.
My friends’ wedding is being held today.
They were friends who got to know each other 5 years ago when they came to KL
and have been going out together nicely for a long time
and now they’re getting married.
It’s a happy story.

Since it was only starting in the night,
I spent the afternoon relaxing and having tea.

We talked about work while having cocktails
at the poolside until the evening.

I started getting ready an hour before leaving.
Since it’s rare that I have to set my hair myself,
at such times, I get pretty into it.

During my band era,
we normally did our own makeup and hair styling so
I know the ropes but
if I don’t normally do it, I’ll naturally lose touch of it after all.

I styled a sharp all back and headed out.

Upon arriving at the venue,
I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of people.
There aren’t many weddings where this many people are gathered.
The cocktail party starts.
This lasted for 2 hours.
I exchanged greetings with a variety of people but
more and more people keep coming down from the escalator.
Just how many people will this swell to…

I took a quick peek at the list
and it was overflowing with people from the royal family
and high ranking Malaysian officials.
There were also quite a lot of foreign guests.
Even so, the jumble of races is interesting.

It was delayed by over an hour and a half.
I started to get a little sick from the people
so I took a break at the hotel’s poolside.

When we heard that the ceremony was starting, we moved to the hall but
I was overwhelmed by the scale of the hall
Weddings overseas are really flashy.

Finally,
the bride and groom, who are my close friends, arrived and
the noise in the hall was staggering.
The music played, the doors opened, and despite that we inside the hall,
I could see that they came riding in a carriage.

The performance was so flashy that it blows me away.
More than anything, the two of them looked blissful
as they slowly walked in to the live music.

Even so…
Thus far, I’ve been to quite a number
of large scale weddings in Japan too though.
But until now, I’ve never seen another wedding
as big and as flashy as this.

In front, they had a curved LED screening, the type that would be used for concerts,
and at the back, there were two huge LED screens set up.
Is this a concert!!
It’s like Makuhari.

With how big its’ scale is,
the direction of the production was impressive,
and with the video that was streaming in the venue and such,
I kept calculating how much time it took
behind the scenes to get all of this done.
There are more than 1200 people gathered at this time’s wedding.

And there’s more to add.
In just this month alone, they’ve done 3 other
weddings of this scale.
So in other words.
Tonight, it’ll be the 4th wedding.

I wonder just what the total number of guests is.
I have absolutely no idea.

I spoke to the Malaysian sitting next to me and
apparently they’ve held a wedding 7 times.
What does that mean??? I thought,
question marks ran around in my head.
The difference in culture is frightening.

After it ended, I went down to the lobby.
I was again surprised by the number of limousines I saw lined up in valet parking.
To think this country has such a number of limousines.
Just surprising.

Even so,
this hairstyle that didn’t go out of place after such a long time
is quite a big deal.

As expected of GATSBY, I’m amazed.
I’ve been using it since the past but
cool men use GATSBY after all.

Not a single mess!

Alright then…
I’ll go home and wash my hair.

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA