On June 6, a few of us attended the Itadaki Boom-Boom Fest, a music festival on the grassy field atop the Nihondaira in Shizuoka. It was a bit overcast, or we may have been able to view Fuji as the backdrop over the side of the hill.
There was music all day alternating between the main Green Stage, the smaller Blue Stage, and the Tribal Stage (which was a tipi powered by a nearby wall of solar panels). The event was appealing to me not only because of the live music (at a time of very little live music in my life), but also because of its focus on sustainability. Participants were asked to bring their own cups, dishes, and chopsticks (if they didn’t, they were charged a deposit and given reusable items to return at the end of the day), and electricity for the lighting and sound on the Green and Blue Stages was produced by bio-diesel generators (cooking oil was being collected at the event as well). Thus, our plastic Wisconsin Badgers cups made an appearance...and there was tons of good food: curries, fried potatoes, pita pockets, and more.
A make-your-own reusable chopsticks station!
The candle tree, which stood next to the tipi and lit the area during the early evening performances:
The festival was two days long, but we attended only on the second day. There were plenty of folks who had worm themselves out on Saturday and spent Sunday taking naps (anywhere and everywhere):
Matt made a friend!
A fun little group played in the tipi, and their set featured the Star Wars theme played on recorders.
The disco ball and food stands lit up the damp dark...it started to rain when the sun went down, but the show went on.
The Shibusashirazu Orchestra took the main stage for the final performance of the evening, and it was quite the finale. Another disco ball was carried out on a giant cot, and a crane came down and slowly swooped the ball up into the air above the crowd...all whilst the orchestra rocked and dancers in sparkly dresses waved giant bananas and spatulas to the beat.
At the end, the lively orchestra came out to the stage's edge, and guys with flaming batons climbed scaffolding to twirl and spit fire above the crowd. Our clothes were still wet from the rain, but we did a little dance and when the show finished we collected our bags and our neglected tarp, which had collected a nice pool of water. How awesome to have an adventure of a day, finally getting to watch some live music, and so close to our house!
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