GACKT Official blog update. Translation below:

Before leaving Japan, our yearly annual event,
the 【beach closing】 ended successfully.

On that day,
I began preparing to go out rather early in the morning.
Actually we’re doing the beach closing
one week ahead of the actual season.
Originally, we planned to do it at the start of September but
it overlapped with my stay in Los Angeles, and we had to change the schedule.

We had a huge beach party with around 400 people last year and
this year we changed the schedule less than a week ahead so I thought that everyone would not be able to adjust for it
but in the end, it turns out that more than 200 people could join us, making it huge.

We rented two beach houses at Kamakura to hold the party.
The event itself is flashy but the reason why this started is actually simple.

It was to create a place where executives who have already succeeded in their businesses,
and the youngsters who are going to work hard and create their own results from here on,
can interact with each other to deepen relations and inspire each other.

I’m glad that lots of my friends can gather like this despite that it’s a weekday.
I left Tokyo at 8 a.m. and arrived in Kamakura before 10 a.m. but
quite a lot of people have already gathered and are already having fun at each table.
After going around to each table to say hi, I had a toast with everyone.

A magnum bottle was also given as a gift, and immediately, it was opened and passed around to everyone.
This time, there were many friends who I’m getting to meet for the first time in awhile.

It was also the first time in a long period of time that I was reunited with Igarashi Kota,
who played drums for the recording of Another World, and used to be the drummer for Judy and Mary.
I wonder when was the last time we met.
He’s lost quite a lot of weight so I got worried but he’s in good health.

It’s also been quite awhile since I met h. Naoto.
I think that last time I worked with him was RR2.
Things were already completed at quite an early stage and halfway we started talking with teary eyes but
somehow, we got stuck in a fit.

This time,
most of the dancers couldn’t make it and
only Yuusuke could join us, he came over to say hi with a smile.
This guy also takes a long time to get drunk.

Also,
for the first time in a long time, I rode a jet ski on the sea.
A number of children who were there also got excited, saying 『I wanna ride! I wanna ride!』
so we brought all of them onto a cruiser floating on the waves
and brought them out to ride and play one by one.

The party ended in the evening, and everyone slowly went home but
I remained there and prepared for a special NicoLive broadcast.

In the end, we ended slightly before 10 p.m., and once again, I made it through my fierce schedule.
And, finally, this is starting on AbemaTV too.

Program title: 『Wholly produced by GACKT! Heads Up Poker “One-on-One”』
Broadcast date: September 23 (Sat)
Broadcast time: 9 p.m. ～ 11 p.m.
Owner: GACKT
Starring: Yamada Takayuki, Tsukamoto Takahashi, Kobato Miku (BAND-MAID)
Broadcast channel: AbemaSPECIAL2
Program URL: https://abema.tv/channels/special-plus/slots/BDz9Ssq6VZQyyR

Well, watch that first.
Anyway, it’ll be interesting.

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA