Rock in Japan Festival

By Ayumi AMANO and Ikumi BAN

On August 5th to 7th, we went to the 'Rock In Japan Festival' in Hitachinaka City, Ibaragi. 'Rock In Japan' is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. Many indie bands and famous musicians play in this festival.

There were 97 artists, for example, Mr.Children, RIP SLYME and the Southern All Stars. The three day festival attracted 135,900 people from all over Japan.

We stayed for three days and saw 18 performances: 175R, Dragon Ash, BUMP OF CHICKEN, Mr.Children, RIP SLYME, MONGOL 800, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, BEAT CRUSADERS,Sambo Master, GING-NANG BOYZ,Tsubaki, Tubakiya shijuso, YUKI, HY, SINGER SONGER, THE BACK HORN, The band Apart and ELLE GARDEN. They were all so amazing! We were so excited!

But the best performance was by ELLE GARDEN. They were so great and cool! Their songs make us feel good.

This trip is very good experience for us, because before we went to the festival, we had to do many things such as buy a tickets, book our accommodation, check the nightbus schedule and the directions. But we did these things by ourselves and it gave us many precious memories. We'll never forget it.

If you feel sad or lonesome ,you try to listen to the music. Maybe it will make you feel better.


Open your eyes
Look at the world
Break from the nightmare
A whole life awaits you
No one can help but you

song by ELLE GARDEN