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Environmental, social awareness take center stage at Fuji
Rock Festival
With midsummer weather on Mount Takenoko in the
Niigata prefectural town of Yuzawa alternating each year
between roasting heat and downpours, one would hardly
think that this would be the particular time and place to
reliably draw an annual crowd of both domestic and
overseas visitors.
And yet, some 100,000 music and nature lovers headed
to the mountain's Naeba Ski Resort this year from July
25-27 -- just as they do around the same time every
year -- for the Fuji Rock Festival, an event that has put
Japan on the map of the world's top outdoor summer
music gatherings.
With its 14 sprawling stages drawing top musicians from
around the world, on top of local talent from across
Fuji Rock Festival attendees
are seen together with one of
the many art installments
decorating the festival
grounds. (Mainichi)
Japan, the Fuji Rock Festival is a round-the-clock
celebration that dramatically transforms the local
拡⼤写真
pastoral landscape into a makeshift town each year.
Among the venue's features are pop-up bars and dance floors, an outdoor movie
theater, DJ tents, all manner of food stalls, an elaborate kids play area, music and
dance workshops, imaginative artistic creations dotting the surrounding forest,
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camping facilities, an onsite hot spring spa, and even an open mic area for those
wanting to test their own musical abilities.
As its name suggests, the event was originally
conceptualized to take place at the base of Mount Fuji.
After a typhoon forced the inaugural festival's early
closure there in 1997, however -- and following an
experimental staging of the event at a metropolitan
Tokyo venue in 1998 -- the festival found its home at
the present-day Niigata venue in 1999.
Headlining the 2014 festival were indie acts Franz
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Odds & Ends
Ferdinand, Arcade Fire and Jack Johnson, together with
hip-hop duo OutKast. Joining them in the lineup were
One of the numerous garbage
separation stations on the Fuji
Rock Festival grounds is seen
along with the message, "For
music lovers, garbage
separation should be a
breeze." (Mainichi)
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more than 200 other acts, including Tuvan throat
singing group Huun Huur Tu, Hawaiian ukulele talent
Jake Shimabukuro, a group of pan pipers from the
Solomon Islands known as Narasirato, New Orleansbased Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Yoko Ono Plastic
Ono Band featuring several Japanese and overseas
guest artists, and numerous additional performers from
across the musical spectrum.
With this many festival-goers -- or Fuji Rockers, as they are wont to call themselves -converging in the great outdoors all at the same time, concerns have naturally arisen
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regarding the impact on the surrounding environment. The festival has therefore
ポッコリが気になる⼥性に
カロリー制限や運動もしてるのに
サントリーの新成分がサポート
placed great emphasis on sustainability, including the meticulous garbage separation
for which Japan is already renowned, several stages and facilities powered entirely by
⾎圧１３０、でも仕事が…
biodiesel and solar energy, and a boardwalk constructed to minimize the impact of
仕事の忙しさを理由にしてきた⽅へ
コレなら誰でも⼿軽に！サントリー
foot traffic between stages -- also rendering the forest path wheelchair and babybuggy accessible. There was also a recycling project to turn paper cups into toilet
paper rolls, wooden chopsticks into wood pellets for stoves, and plastic bottles into
注⽬ブランド
愛昇殿はゆったり葬儀
jackets for festival staff.
愛知県を中⼼に45店舗を展開。
家族葬・⼀般葬・社葬は【愛昇殿】
The festival has additionally made efforts to raise funds and awareness for those
あなたのお家は今いくら？
affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant disaster through
不動産の実勢価格が変動中！？
簡単４５秒⼊⼒で⼀括査定できる！
its Benefit for Nippon program. Donation boxes are placed throughout the festival
grounds, and a portion of sales proceeds from certain goods including T-shirts, food
古い⾞、売値がつかない？
and drink will go toward ongoing disaster relief.
愛⾞の現在価格を調べよう！
買取各社への⼀括査定申込み！
The event also features an NGO Village with
特集企画
booths from various nonprofit and
nongovernmental organizations. Their
東海⼤学：何歳になっても元気で⋯健康づくり
は幼児期からの習慣づけ、課題は働き盛りの年
代
representatives are even given time onstage to
introduce their respective activities, while talk
急速に進む⾼齢化社会に向け、ますますその重要性に注
⽬が集まる⽣涯スポーツの意義と課題を聞く。
sessions titled "Atomic Cafe" -- after the 1980s
anti-nuclear film of the same name -- are held
Dlife 特集：話題作続々! 歴代ディズニープリン
セスたちも登場!
on each day of the festival to discuss nuclearrelated issues and the shift toward renewable
energy.
いよいよ英語⼒の向上、待ったなし！
Masae Ishikawa, 35, who attended the festival
this year for her second time, commented,
"What I love about Fuji Rock is the diversity of
music, people, ideas, food, and more. (The
festival) is not only about music, politics,
environment, and nature -- it's about
everything."
Spectators are seen enjoying a musical
performance at the Fuji Rock Festival's
Gypsy Avalon stage, which also hosts
daily Atomic Cafe discussion sessions and
introductions from NGO Village
representatives regarding their
organizations' activities. (Mainichi)
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Ishikawa, who is from Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Prefecture, is a co-director of the nonprofit organization It's Not Just Mud (INJM),
which began working nearly immediately following the 2011 disaster to provide
⾒る知る学ぶ「⽂字のないニュース」
⼤⼿の信頼性で選ぶ、新築マンション
ロシアの今が分かる「ロシアNOW」
⼈気推理作家が語る「嗜好と⽂化」
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＊＊⼤阪 10⽉5⽇資産活⽤セミナー参加者
募集中＊＊
support to local residents in rebuilding their homes and livelihoods. She attended the
地域活性化フォーラム 参加者募集
festival together with a group of INJM volunteers including Damian Keyte, 41, a
こころからの⼿紙コンテスト作品募集
seafarer who is originally from Australia and lives in Kutchan, Hokkaido.
⾼校⽣⼩論⽂コンテスト通過者公開中
"This was my first time at Fuji Rock after being in Japan for over 10 years," he
第１１回グリーンツーリズム⼤賞発表
commented. "I loved the fact that the crowd represented every walk of life and age
group, and that everyone got along perfectly.
I will definitely be back again."
Given the ticket prices that run upwards of
40,000 yen for a three-day pass and 17,000 for
a single day ticket, the festival is not cheap.
With so many potential activities on offer,
however, most attendees find the fee well worth
it -- so much so that many end up becoming
Japanese rock band the Cro Magnons are
seen performing on the Fuji Rock
Festival's Green Stage against the
backdrop of Mount Takenoko in Yuzawa,
Niigata Prefecture. (Mainichi)
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repeaters.
And since you now have a year to start saving
up, why not consider becoming a Fuji Rocker
yourself?
For full festival details, see the official website at
http://fujirock-eng.com/. (By Kimberly Hughes,
Staff Writer)
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