29 Eylül 2012 Cumartesi

Fuji Rock Fesival 2010

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Fuji Rock Festival

In June, I sent a quick email over to Dylan...

"This would be so awesome!"
http://www.smash-uk.com/frf10/lineup.html

Who knew that we would book a last minute trip to Japan and make our way over to rural Niigata for the Fuji Rock Festival. I've been wanting to go for years, but timing, weather and the thought of camping in Japan never really enticed any of my friends. Thank God I married someone like Dylan.

After a couple of nights in Tokyo, Dylan and I grabbed our backpacks and our $29.95 tent from Target and made our way northwest.

Fuji Rock Festival 2010

It only took 75 minutes to get from Tokyo to the Echigo Yuzawa train station on the shinkansen.

Fuji Rock Festival

After arriving to the Echigo Yuzawa station, we had to stand in line to hop on a 45-minute shuttle to get to the Naeba Ski Resort where the Fuji Rock Festival takes place.

Fuji Rock Festival

Like thousands of others, we arrived to the Fuji Rock Festival a day before the actual festival commenced in order to get a nice, cozy and FLAT spot for our tent. That's us, the red $29.95 tent from Target. Dylan managed to pitch our tent within minutes under pouring Niigata rain. Thanks Dylan.

Fuji Rock Festival

Within a couple of hours, prime flat land has been taken and all that is left are spots on a slope.

Fuji Rock Festival

If there's any music festival to go to, Japan has to be the cleanest. There were "WOMEN ONLY" toilets and they NEVER smelled.

Fuji Rock Festival

Don't forget to store your valuables in the Coin Rocker.

Fuji Rock Festival

After pitching our tent, Dylan and I took a long nap during some of the heaviest rainfall that weekend. We woke up around 10pm, totally dazed and confused. It was still pouring, but we were both extremely hungry.

Fuji Rock Festival 2010

Thank God the food stalls were all up and running. Ramen in the rain!

Fuji Rock Festival

The next morning we woke up to this, beautiful forested mountains.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

My favorite breakfast, simple donburi with an onsen (boiled for 30 seconds) egg.



On rainy mornings, Dylan would run out and fetch breakfast. There's nothing like breakfast in a tent.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Dylan made a some new friends working the stands. This kid Daisuke is Tupac's biggest fan.

jeni & dylan

Off to the Fuji Rock Festival!

Fuji Rock Festival

This is seriously the cleanest festival in the world. Everyday they would pass out these bags (made from last year's PET bottles) to help keep the forest clean. D and I used it to lie down on when we needed to pass out on the lawn. Everyone passes out at the Fuji Rock Festival.

Fuji Rock Festival

Even smokers are clean. Portable ashtrays!

Fuji Rock Festival

Like I said, you'll never go hungry at Fuji Rock.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Some of the best chicken sausage I've ever had.

Fuji Rock Festival

This is the salt they used to season the sausages.

Fuji Rock Festival

Yakitori all day long.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Freaky pinwheel sausages.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Cheapest snack for 100 yen. Cucumber & miso.

Fuji Rock Festival

Wood-fire pizza.

Fuji Rock Festival
Tons of ramen.

Fuji Rock Festival

Of course, if you want to save money, you can bring your own portable bbq and bincho.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

When we weren't eating and catching performances, Dylan and I cooled down by the river.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Every now and then, we would stop and say, "Wow, I still can't believe we're here."

The greatest part of the Fuji Rock Festival and our main reason for coming is to watch some of our favorite bands in another land. We had an amazing time partying with the adorable Japanese fans.

Fuji Rock Festival

Local Natives

Fuji Rock Festival

LCD Soundsystem

Fuji Rock Festival

Vampire Weekend

Fuji Rock Festival

Dirty Projectors

Fuji Rock Festival

Them Crooked Vultures

Fuji Rock Festival

Atoms For Peace

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You'll find that after long nights of partying until 6am, people get sleepy.

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

After four rainy and muddy nights, Dylan and I were ready to head back to civilization. We survived our first international music festival and four nights of marriage in a cramped tent. High-five.

Fuji Rock Festival

Special thanks to these portable chairs. They saved our lives.

Fuji Rock Festival

Last goodbyes to friends we made.

Fuji Rock Festival

Goodbye to our local drinking friends.

Fuji Rock Festival

Back on the bus at 5am.

Heading back to Tokyo and then off to Hokkaido...

Thanks for reading!

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