Big Adventures, Little World

Archive for 2008

An even earlier start today, this time at 4.30am, after only getting to sleep at 2.30am! We again made our way out to Zenkoji Temple, but again unfortunately we didn’t get to see the monks and their morning again, but we did see them drinking tea… Yosh. Totally worth it, ha! We were there before [...]

You’d think after the long weekend at Fuji Rock we would be asleep through to the night, but if you thought that, you’d be wrong! After getting home at midnight from Fuji Rock, we were again up at quarter to 5, the next morning to go to Zenkoji Temple, tired as hell and a whole [...]

The last day of Fuji Rock had arrived, which was as much a good thing as a bad thing. Some things like walking up the mountain would not be missed, and after 3 days of broken sleep and and being on our feet for most of that time, we were glad it was the final [...]

Another early morning, this time to see a Japanese punk band called Mongol800, which was an interesting experience, and proved to me that Japanese people aren’t as civil as they seem to be. We were fairly close to the front and there was enough room around everyone. That was until they came out, which then [...]

It was an early morning wakeup at 8.30am with the sun beaming into the tent and the noise from neighboring tents, and the many security and staff on megaphones directing the crowds. After having some breakfast, we headed down for what would turn out to be a huge day. First stop was the Green Stage, [...]