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fujirock a mass of unexpected bills but...

The idea of a 4 night, 3 day camping excursion on a ski resort in Japan, accompanied by the tunes of: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Justice, The Shins, Simian Mobile Disco, The Cure, The Beastie Boys, The Chemical Brothers, !!!, Lily Allen, Peter Bjorn and John, A-trak, Chromeo, Yo La Tengo, Feist, the Stooges, Jarvis Cocker, Kaiser Chiefs, The Boredoms, The Album Leaf....(another 30 Japanese groups I've never heard of but look forward to hearing...) It seems exciting until you hit the first of many realizations: the ticket price.

the ticket, incl. camping spot, was 42000 yen (about 380 dollars for four nights, three days)...

Then you justify it like this "when you think about it--if you'd pay 20 dollars to see one of those bands..multiply it out..and it's not a bad deal AND it's at a beautiful ski resort in Japan... and I'll be camping with my friends..." and it's okay again until you realize that you haven't included your transportation...and that means either 100 bucks for a bus or about the same for the train, but the train is faster...but..may already be sold out and of course you're still waiting for your friends to buy their tickets to the damn festival...

Oh..and what about: food? How much food, water and, well, booze will you want while you're there? If you're like me, a mega-festival virgin, you're clueless... I know that I'm a small, but constant eater. I can also handle my liquor...which means I'll probably just have to try and NOT consume much...
I mean, no one talks about how much a plate of vegetable curry is at an event like this, but after a little detective work (aka snooping through past years' photo galleries) I can tell you that a bowl of ramen is about 500 yen (4 bucks and a little change). So...if I eat ramen 4 times a day for 4 days..that's..8000 yen...which is definitely a low estimate....

anyway..

so this festival will probably cost about

800 bucks all told... BUT look at these sites, read the reviews...it sounds worth it, right?

Fuji Rock (official site)
official timetables
wiki



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Anonymous said…
Hey,

I have got a question to ask. Do you know if they sell tents at the festival itself? Thanks so much!
12:40 AM
redwinandconfucius said…
I don't believe they do sell tents there.. I have heard that they sell other basic necessities in a little grocery style store...including raincoats, umbrellas, etc.. but no tents..

However, I know that there is a chain of 1000 yen stores that sells tents! In Fujisawa's Ito Yokado, on the top floor (?), they sell tents, toasters..and some other only SLIGHTLY shoddy looking merchandise. Check it out...or look in the Ito Yokado nearest you.

P.S. check the homepage (http://www.smash-uk.com/frf07/) again for a new guide..things to bring, etc..
6:07 AM
Pura said…
Now I wish I could go! If only for the kaiser chiefs and peter bjorn and john. But I am broke a a joke what with my bro just leaving. It cost me about a good 200,000 yen this month! Have fun for me! Cant wait to see you in Aug. You'd better show!
4:58 PM
redwinandconfucius said…
actually....i need to correct myself. it appears,( see: http://www.fujirockfestival.com/fesecho/page1-2.html),
that they might have tents and other camping THINGS for sale at the festival. BUT I'd expect really really high prices.... if your japanese is better than mine, maybe you can read this and tell me...
9:17 PM
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