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Races and Events
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From summer music festivals to traditional matsuri and genuinely brutal adventure races, this section tracks what’s actually happening across Japan season by season. Our seasonal roundups — 2023 Summer Music Festivals and 2023 Autumn Events & Races — are a good starting point for planning a trip around an event, while The Original Mountain Marathon and Rogaining in Japan cover the endurance racing side. Browse below by season or event type.
Music Festivals
Magic, Mayhem and Music
A LOOK BACK AT FUJI ROCK ’05 Walking through the woods, we wondered where the plank board path would take us next. We had lost ...
Music Festivals
Let the Good Times Roll!
Roll up, roll on up—step right this way. Welcome aboard the OJ Magic Bus for the 1st Annual Summer Musical Mystery Tour with stop...
Travelers Tune
What’s The Latest Craze in Bournemouth?
This column is dedicated to asking musicians the non-musically inclined question, “What are your favorite places to travel to in ...
Events
Sapporo Yuki Matsuri
Early autumn snow dusted the tops of Mt. Yotei and Mt. Asahidake, two of Hokkaido’s mightiest peaks, so it is shaping up to be an...
Cycling
Winter Racing
It’s early March in Hakuba with 50 cm of fresh powder on the ground. I should be stoked, but instead of putting on my avalanche b...
Travelers Tune
‘Encountering Aliens’ With Moby
I interviewed Moby three years ago, when the previous album, “18,” was released. It has sold more than 500 million copies so far....