Fuji Rock Festival: 4 days of camping, concerts, mud, and fun

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August 1st 2006

Published: 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 kep... Read Full Entry

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Rachel West

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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 Coming Soon! June 2009: Iceland Winter 2010: Cuba Visit Suite101.com for more of my articles about travel... full info

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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...

The Raconteurs

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.

1st July 2010

Mit
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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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