GACKT Official blog update. Translation below:

After the Kikkashou ended,
I went to have dinner at a friend’s home in Ashiya too.

Since we were being hit directly by the typhoon,
I was a little worried that we wouldn’t be able to arrive safely but
instead,
there weren’t many cars on the roads outside either,
and we arrived from Shin-Kobe station earlier than expected.

I was at a dinner party where the chefs’ children were gathered too.

It was the first time in a long while that I’m meeting my friend, and he looked great
but it’s a real pity that it was raining.

We originally planned to have a barbeque while relaxing and enjoying wine but
unfortunately, because of the typhoon, we had to eat in the house.

Even so,
his home was so beautiful that it surprised me.
The way it was designed was so much to my liking that I was moved.

For some reason, I was happy that
he had the taste to create such a home, even though it’s not mine.

This time, we took out a ’98 Grands Echezeaux for dinner.

『I don’t drink wine so I have no clue at all〜
Well I don’t know whether it’s to GACKT’s taste』

Although he said all that, it’s rare that we’d be having such good wine.
Absolutely wonderful…

The cheeses lined up before me looked delicious.
I took a bite to try it and it was even more delicious than I expected.
I’m pretty sure that this is meant to go with the wine.

We opened the wine and tasted it.
It’s been awhile since I had some but it really tastes wonderful.

Why does it taste so good…
If the same wine can have such a different flavour
I might really become unable to drink other wines.

It appears that they’ve procured the best quality meats for today too.
The chef’s children seem rather spirited too.
The sight of the young ones doing their best is beautiful.

To see people putting in such effort moves my heart.
Having them make me feel that I still need to work harder makes me happiest.

At the end, we were feeling happily drunk,
and I arm wrestled with everyone.
We challenged with the wager of whether customers who visit their restaurants the next day
will be able to get 30% off on their meals.

Like children, we arm wrestled pretty seriously.

Just like that,
I went into a room in the middle of the worsening typhoon and went straight into deep sleep mode.
Then I headed to Tokyo at 6 in the morning.

I had quite a few meetings
so I headed to the station in the morning.

It wasn’t that hectic inside the station.
I gave TAKUMI an English lesson in the bullet train.

In the blink of an eye, we reached Tokyo.

Before the meeting, I went to get my hair cut.
This hairstyle is required for this time’s work but
this being the first time in a long while since I did a while bleach, my scalp hurts.

I had it bleached 3 times,
and my hair, gradually, was being cut shorter.
A rather dangerous feeling is emanating.

As expected, I like short hairstyles after all.
It’s, of course, easy to manage, but
it feels like I’m more suited for short hair.

I personally don’t like that long hair tends to annoy me,
and with it being this short, I wouldn’t touch my hair with my fingers too.

Hygienically speaking, touching your hair with your fingers isn’t good.
And touching your face with those fingers is even worse.

Without being consciously aware of it,
a person will subconsciously touch their face more than 500 times a day.
Letting things be like this will naturally make your face go haywire.

The point is that it’s dirty.

Especially with how dirty phone screens are,
having the same amount of germs that can be found on a toilet.
Even if you always keep it clean
there’s quite a lot of germs that remains on your phone so
it’s better if you stop touching your phone while eating.

Step by step, while I’m getting my hair cut,
I’ll check my hair style.
I really think that’s it’s alright even if I’m bald but
as expected, that request was ignored.

The final hair colour and length
came together quite well.
It’s also different from the aura thus far.

It emanates quite the air of danger.
From yesterday’s perspective, I suppose this leaves a completely different impression.
Leaving my personal preferences aside,
having such an image occasionally is fun.

Alright then,
I wonder if work will go well.
Although I’ve yet to depart, until then,
I have to build my body up properly.

I’ll study my English properly too.

Until then.

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA