YOSHIKI's crystal piano earthquake charity auction: 100 mil Yen, almost 6 days to go

It's not really news - or maybe it is, actually - but what has amused me on and off these last two days since the auction started was to check in on the bidding of YOSHIKI's Crystal Piano - the one he used during the recent US tour, it seems - just for the fun of it, since acquiring it is, let's say, a bit out of the range of my spare cash.

What even I hadn't expected was for the bidding to reach 100.000.000 Yen - $1.207.292 and € 844.808 - with 5 days, 22 hours and 15 minutes yet to go.

Which is almost half of the complete donations of GACKT's "Show your heart" initiative - another effort I loved and love.

Now I wonder what the last bid will be - and who'll make it. Though the latter very likely won't be published.

What I'm glad about is that this, as well as GACKT's effort and that of many more Japanese artists and the people, here and overseas, who followed their call, will make a difference.

Because, while it's all Fukushima now all the time, in overseas media - or so it seems to me, checking online - where a real difference is needed is in the North-East, where the earthquake and tsunami hit worst, and still thousands or maybe tens of thousands of people live in shelters depending on charity.

For that, that they made and make a difference, I really love all the efforts made by artists and everybody else, here and worldwide.

For anyone who wants to check him or herself, go HERE for Japanese, HERE for English and HERE for French versions of the auction page.