Well, I`m back from Fuji and I must say it was really amazing. There were 9 stages/tents, the main ones being the Green (main) stage, the White stage, and The Red Marquee Stage. There were also several art installations, and tons of food and drink stalls; all of this nestled within the beautiful ski resort valley that is Naeba! They even had one of the ski lifts (Dragondola) operating so you could go up to the top of the ski slope. I was quite impressed with the facilities too - lot`s of toilets, open spaces (although it was crowded as hell), and even chairs in the main food court.
We spent the day walking around looking at the different sights and sounds. Many of the paths at the venue wind through cedar forests, which made for a very relaxing atmosphere. There is even a river that runs from one side of the place to the other and people were free to play in it!
The show itself was amazing! It was a bit short at an hour and a half, but I`m sure this had to do with the venue scheduling than anything else.
The setlist was roughly as follows:
Crocodile
Improv 1
Parc
Pearls Girl - beginning (no lyrics)
King of Snake
Moaner
Two Months Off
Synth Improve
You Do Scribble
Rez/Cowgirl
Improv 2
Born Slippy Nuxx
Jumbo
The show included a good mix of old and new favorites, as well as a few nice improves! Karl was quite energetic tonight too. Even Rick lip synced a few parts and jumped around a bit. The highlight of the show however, and quite a surprise, was during the end of Born Slippy, when about 40 to 50 1.5 meter diameter beach balls were released out into the audience. It was great fun! People were bouncing them everywhere, including back onto the stage, and Karl and Darren kept kicking them back out into the crowd!
I took just over an hour of video - good in many parts, a bit shaky in others. I also took lots of photos of the Fujirock grounds during the day, however, most of my shots of Underworld turned out blurry because of the low light / slow shutter speed. I will post these as soon as I can go through them a pick out some decent ones. As for the video, I would rather share this sooner than later! I just got home, but I will get it up so that people can download it, and perhaps someone else can compress it and re-upload it(not my specialty).
I didn`t see any monkeys on the road, but I`m sure they were there, watching us all from their concealed hideaways
They can be quite nasty and agqressive little creatures actually!
All in all, a fun day and a very nice show!!!