Smashing Mag / Rising Sun Rock Festival 2006 in EZO (18th to 19th Aug '06)

Rising Sun Rock Festival 2006 in EZO
(18th to 19th Aug '06)

- intro -
In Hokkaido, up north in Japan, there has been one of the biggest rock festivals, Rising Sun Rock Festival, has been held at the third weekend of August since 1999 and three photographers and two writers of Smashing Mag headed for the fest. to make a full report. In the flat and huge fields near Ishikari Bay, there is the biggest stage, Sun, in front of hundreds and thousands of people and also 5 stages called Green Oasis, Red Star Field, Moon Circus, Bohemian Garden, Earth Tent with a unique venue Black Hall. 　There were more than 100 bands and artists played there and it is impossible to cover them all, but by spending hours to take photos of various musicians in all over the site, we came up to a question which is what is a festival? 　Before getting there straight, please have a look at the photos and see what was happening there.

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18th Aug :

Sannin no Samurai(review), Bazra, Fumio Ito and Gen Ueda, Misako Odani (review), Quruli, HY, Rock'n'roll Gypsies (review), Magnolia, Keison, Caravan, Zazen Boys, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Jaian, Friction, DMBQ (review)... and more

19th Aug. :

Mongol 800, Pocaskajan, Eye Don't Nose, Locofrank, Hige (review), Kome Kome Club (review), Moon Riders, UA with Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Ban Ban Bazar, Shinya Oe, Kenichi Asai, The Blues Power with Monsieur Kamayatu, The Cromagnons (review), Kodama & The Dub Station Band, Marcos Suzano & Takashi Numazawa, Mo'Some Tonebender, Ego-Wrappin', Guitar Wolf, Leyona, Taiji All Stars, Radio Caroline, Back Drop Bomb, Straightener, Kemuri... and more