I don’t usually cover news pieces in my blog, but I thought that this piece of news deserved a mention. Today, Some Boys! Blog reported that Goto Maki’s official blog has re-opened and that she is currently in Los Angeles California.

Now, I personally cannot read Japanese, but I went searching and found someone had already translated Maki’s blog entry to help out Maki fans. This information is courtesy of Ayabie from the JPH!P forum.

2008.03.25 Tuesday

It’s a bit sudden…

But I’m actually in L.A at the moment! I just got here a few days ago…
The weather is really good, warm, and yet there’s no pollen.
It’s really good!

The buildings and streets are spacious, I think I’ll rank this third on my future places to live in. ^^
Also, this is my 2nd time in L.A. I only stayed here for one night last time, but I wasn’t sure of what part of L.A I was in. (lol)

This time I’ll be staying for about a month!
I’ll be sure to learn about the greatness of L.A. ^^

Anyway, for those who are wondering why I’m in L.A…

Well, I’ll leave that for tomorrow.

Now, I’ve never been the biggest Maki fan, but this is certainly interesting news. She was certainly a large part of Morning Musume’s success back in the golden age, and even though I wasn’t too fond of the direction her image went once she graduated from Momusu, I can’t deny that she’s a great entertainer, a consistent singer, and a great dancer.

If her update scheduled for tomorrow indicates a return to the music industry, I can see many many Goto fans being absolutely ecstatic. Here’s hoping! ^_^

EDIT: I’m now home from work, so I thought I’d add a few more comments. Earlier today (but not before I posted this), Hello!Online posted translations to Maki’s blog entries as well. My post only covers her first entry.

I’ve read that some people are hoping Maki’s in LA to announce a move into the American music scene. I personally don’t see that happening, because the last that I remember, her English isn’t that great. Does anyone remember her English lesson with Ayaka where Ayaka asked her what time it was? Ever since then, my brother and I have jokingly asked each other “What the is it now?” which confuses the heck out of other people who are around us. XD I haven’t followed her all that closely in quite a few years, but seeing how busy she’d been before leaving H!P, I don’t know if she spent her extra time learning more English.

Well, whatever the reason, it seems we’ll find out tomorrow.