The Fuji Rock Festival experience is one that’s familiar to many music fans in Japan. Punters schlep out to Niigata Prefecture via shinkansen, car or shuttle bus, lugging with them an assortment of camping gear — or suitcases if you’re one of the lucky visitors who managed to find lodging. Don’t forget the sunscreen and a poncho, either.
What do artists performing at the three-day music extravaganza go through, though?
Jung Kyung-ho, a 36-year-old South Korean electronic artist known as Night Tempo, boasted one of the busiest schedules at this year’s edition of the festival, which took place last weekend. He played Friday and Saturday at the Red Marquee stage, the former being a live set featuring an assortment of special guests and the latter being a DJ set built around his remixes of Showa pop jams.