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Fuji Rock Festival (フジロックフェスティバル, Fuji Rokku Fesutibaru) is an annual rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in 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. In 2005, more than ...
Sanja Matsuri (三社祭, literally "Three Shrine Festival"), or Sanja Festival, is one of the three largest Shinto festivals in Tokyo. It is considered one of the wildest and largest in Japan. [ 2 ] The festival is held in honor of Hinokuma Hamanari, Hinokuma Takenari, and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men who established and founded the Sensō ...
Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings ...
Hakata Dontaku Parade. The Hakata Dontaku is an annual festival that has been held since 1962 during Golden Week, from 3 to 4 May, in Fukuoka, Japan.. A typical festival features over 650 groups, including 33,000 individual performers, and draws an audience of over 2 million people during the two days.
Festival name Type City/venue Years Notes Yamaha Popular Song Contest: Pop festival: Kakegawa: 1969-1986: Music contest and festival B-Boy Park: Hip hop festival: Concert on the Rock: Rock festival: Cosquín en Japón: Folk festival: Fuji Rock Festival: Rock festival: Heart-Aid Shisen: Rock festival: 2008: Live under the sky: Rock festival ...
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Rock bands such as B'z and Mr. Children are among the best selling music acts in Japan. Rock festivals like the Fuji Rock Festival were introduced in the late 90s with attendances reaching a peak of 200,000 people per festival making it the largest outdoor music event in the country. [2] [3]
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, performance art , and social activities.