Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Asagiri Jam music festival

On Saturday and Sunday, I went to a music festival at the base of Mt. Fuji with Ayako and our friends Keisuke and Rie. It was nice that our friends invited us to the festival since it is hard to get tickets as the festival sells out right away, even before they announce which bands will play that year. It was a huge area but lots of space to move around and watch the bands since they limit the number of tickets to 12,000. There were lots of people and tents there but it didn't feel too crowded:
There were 2 stages at the festival with about half of the bands being international and playing all types of music. I only knew 2 bands which were the Pogues and Ron Sexsmith from Canada who is pictured here (far away):
It was wonderful being able to sit on the grass and watch bands and also look around and see Mt. Fuji right behind us:
Here's an evening and night shot:

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