Published: August 1st 2006
August 1st 2006
August 1st 2006
Eve and I had a successful 4 days at the Fuji Rock Festival at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata prefecture. In four days we managed to see 32 bands, catch 3 up close and personal acoustic sessions, get 12 hours of sleep over the course of the festival, and get covered in mud. We arrived Thursday night to set up camp on the ski resort’s golf course. We ended up on an incline so everything k... Read Full Entry
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Leaving my familiar surroundings of Toronto, I spent five months living in Fukushima City, Japan. This blog details my adventures, in and around Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong...as well as subsequent travel adventures.
May-September 2006: Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong
March-April 2007: England
October-November 2007: England, Egypt
April 2008: Las Vegas
September 2008: China
March 2009: Cayman Islands
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June 2009: Iceland
Winter 2010: Cuba
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Tent
For my first real camping experience, I think I did a pretty good job setting up the tent
Broken Social Scene
BSS's acoustic set at the British Music Lounge
BSS
Kevin of BSS
River
A river runs through the Naeba Ski Resort- a chilly but good way to wash the mud off of your legs. These rocks were alone on the shore...
New friends
Our two new British friends attracted attention as some Japanese guys wanted to pose for pictures with the ctazy foreigners
Andy
New British friend Andy, wearing a hat I found
Riot
The dust settles after the riot incited by Dave
Rachel and Corrie
Laughing at the reaction the Japanese crowd has to us as "gaijin"... we're so popular here!
Beer tent
Even the cashiers at the beer tent wanted to be in a picture with Andy. They thought we were hilarious.
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fuji rock
Hi There, I'm going to Fuji Rock 2010 for the first time and do you know if you can camp there on the Sunday night too? thanks in advance! Mit xo
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