GACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:

Without getting a wink of sleep, morning came.
Well, when I was writing this blog, it was already 5 in the morning.
The point is that I didn’t sleep yesterday, nor the day before yesterday.
Though it’s not that I can’t sleep at all.
I would suddenly fall asleep in the middle of eating, and I can’t consciously control it at all.
It’s troubling.

In the morning, I went to the gym and did my training.
I intended to get back my regular feeling, even if just a little.

In Vegas, I participated in the poker tournament while feeling jet lagged,
but the damage sustained from being jet lagged for such a long period of time is greater than I expected.

I slowly finished up my training.
After having tea, I left the hotel and wandered around outside.
For some reason, there was quite a ruckus outside the hotel.

There are a lot of people walking around.
Furthermore, most of them weren’t locals, but tourists.

『What’s this???』

The more I walked,
the more the number of tourists increased.

『What the hell is going on here??』

Without knowing where they’re walking,
there was a group that kept staring at the ground and taking photos.
Anyway, when I went closer to see what they were taking photos of,
I saw nothing on the ground.

Without really getting what they’re taking photos of, I asked one of them.

When I did that,
they gave me an answer, sounding as if it’s obvious.

『Taking photos of the ground!!』

What do you mean??
I don’t understand at all.
Is this floor made out of a different material???

After awhile, when I looked at the floor like they did,
I understood a little.

『Ahhh〜〜〜〜!!!!』

It seems like I’m the only one who didn’t realise it.

『What’s this??』

There are lots of stars marked on the ground…

『Eh?? Could this place be…』

Somehow, it seems like I’ve ended up right in the middle of Hollywood.
People are interesting,
if they don’t realise where they are,
they will not get excited or happy at all even if they are in a famous place.

Tourists recognise this place as Hollywood
so they’re all excitedly taking photos of the names of famous people written on in ground.
I didn’t realise it at all,
and merely recognised it as the design of the road.

I suppose this is what a person cognitive ability is after all.
If you go to a tourist attraction without thinking of it as a tourist attraction,
the feeling is somehow different it seems…

Though indeed, there are a lot of strange shops lined up,

『I wonder who buys these things…』

I wondered, as I walked.

And lastly, what’s remarkable is the large number of vagrants around.
Anyway, there are a lot.
And,
more than anything, their assertiveness is strong.

Sleeping in the middle of the walkway…
I wonder if Hollywood is a city where the assertiveness of vagrants is strong too…
Hmm,
I don’t really know.

Despite how many times I’ve visited Los Angeles,
it might be because this is the first time I’m actually visiting Hollywood,
but I remember approaching the afternoon with a slightly strange feeling.

I then headed straight to Rodeo Drive
and tried looking for a travel jacket this time.

The number of people walking around here is a lot fewer than earlier.
I had the impression of it being more sparkling and lively but
the vitality is a lot less than before.

『Is this alright…??』

The words unintentionally came out of my mouth.
If a city has no vitality, a viscous cycle begins.
The same phenomenon is happening everywhere in Japan too,
and if this goes on, the city will steadily start to die.

I bought a few jackets,
and then, for the first time in a year and a half,
I met my Los Angeles friends and spent time with them until past 1 at night.

That said, my giddiness is terrible,
and halfway, I fell asleep a number of times.
I don’t know what happened at all…

I worry about here on…

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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