Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Fuji Rock Festival

Role / Field:

A major annual outdoor music festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, Japan.

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2Day Chrono-Wiki & Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Origins & Early Life

Fuji Rock Festival (フジロックフェスティバル, Fuji Rokku Fesutibaru) is an annual music festival held in July at Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The three-day event, organized by Smash Japan, features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians, making it the largest outdoor music event in Japan and one of the country's major annual music festivals. In 2005, more than 100,000 people attended the festival. Fuji Rock Festival is named so because the first event in 1997 was held at the base of Mount Fuji.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

The festival moved to Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata in 1999. There are seven main stages and other minor stages scattered throughout the site. The Green stage is the main stage and it has a capacity for almost 50,000 spectators. Other stages include the White Stage, the Red Marquee, Orange Court, and Field of Heaven. The walks between some of the stages can be long, and some of the trails can be hilly, but the walks are beautiful, often taking you through forests and over sparkling streams.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Dragondola – the longest gondola lift in the world, carries festival goers up to the top of the mountain overlooking the festival site. The hub of the site...

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