GACKT Official blog update. Translation below:

My jet lag is at it’s peak but I forced myself to wake up and went shopping.
This time, I didn’t really bring any jackets that I thought to add to my luggage.
I thought to get that arranged here but
because of the jet lag storm that got me everyday, I didn’t really go out.

A mall called Beverly Hills Center
is a mall that is near to the hotel that I’m staying in in LA and one that I visit often but
for some reason, this time, it took me more than 40 minutes to get there by car.

I don’t think it’s that far away…
I thought it was just near by though…
Maybe the location changed without me knowing.

Then, when the driver reached the destination he said,

『We’ve arrived… but…』

When I looked around outside, we’re right in the middle of some residential area.
Outside, I saw a signboard that was put up with the same name.

【BiverlyHills Center】

… HEY!
No matter how you look at it, this isn’t a shopping mall is it?
There’s a small town clinic or something like that.

From there, we headed to the shopping centre again.
I finally arrived safely.
Despite that it’s only a few minutes away from the hotel,
I ended up sitting in the car for more than an hour and a half.

A common occurrence in America…

When I went in, unluckily it was in the middle of maintenance works.
Probably expansion works or something.
Most of the area was under construction and I could only enter the shops
but there were things scattered all over the place downstairs.

I headed to Dolce & Gabbana.
I was looking for something like a jacket that I could drape over but
it seems like I bought everything during the previous one month travelling around, and it didn’t seem like there was anything new.

【It can’t be helped, I guess I’ll come again…】 I thought, and was about to leave the shop when
a pretty cool backpack flew into my line of sight!

Recently,
I’ve been carrying backpacks more often when I go overseas.
There hasn’t really been anything cool.
This is cute! I thought, and picked it up to look at it.

I found something good! I thought and immediately bought it, then headed back to the hotel.
Just then, there was a Versace that was two stores away and in it’s display window,
a rather cool backpack caught my eye again.

『There’s something like this??』

Although I just bought one, I ended up finding
two wonderful things at the same time…

Anyway, I went in and had a look at the bag.
It’s pretty cool…
It can’t be helped.
The only thing I can do is buy this.

That said, for some reason, I ended up carrying two bags back to the hotel.
I thought of having tea before going back but
with the works going on in the mall, it didn’t look like I was going to find anything in the mess.
I decided to go out and try walking for awhile.
After walking for around 10 minutes, I found a cafe with quite a nice ambience so I went in to have a look.

I went in and decided to just have tea, then sat in a chair.
When I put the two bags down on the seat, an older Italian couple who were sitting next to me
looked at me and my two bags with questioning faces.

When I shrugged my shoulders,

『It must be tough to have to bring so many things with you…』

they said to me.
No no no, I just bought them, I said, explaining the situation, then

『In life, things like these often happen』

the lady said, then the man said this.

『When you have to get it you can’t choose. If you can get them both then you should!
That’s what life is! It’s nice that you can get them both at the same time!』

Somehow it turned into some profound talk.
Maybe this person has something that he regrets in his life…
Anyway, I smiled and said 『I’ll do that, thank you』,
and then he looked into the distance, as if remembering something from his past.

While I was enjoying my tea, time passed me by in the blink of an eye.

I didn’t even have time to go back to the hotel, so I headed straight to eat.
It’ll be the first time in awhile that I’m dining with director Kitamura Ryuhei.
We’ve kept in touch but it feels like it’s been quite a long time since we’ve dined together like this.

We went into a Yakiniku restaurant and started talking about movies.
I can’t say much in detail from here on but it seems like he’ll be starting filming soon.
Anyway, I hope that he works hard to gain recognition around the world as a Japanese director.
You can actually count how many Japanese actors and directors are known in Hollywood.

I sincerely hope from the bottom of my heart that he gets wonderful results.
Even so,
these two backpacks on the chair are so cute that I can’t help it.
I can’t stand it.

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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