Fuji Rock... Here I Come.

This is it.
The highlight of my little adventure.
In less than a couple hours I'm leaving for the festival. I bought a tent yesterday and you don't want to know the price. It was the cheapest one in the shop and was only a one man jobby. I had no choice but to fork out or sleep rough all weekend. I forked out, but refused to buy a sleeping bag to go with it. So I'll still be sleeping rough, I'll just have a tent to do it in. If it gets cold I'll just have to wear my coat.

I haven't got a rain coat either. They were just too costly for my budget. So I'm hoping the Japanese weather forecasts are more reliable that the British ones because it's supposed to be a beautiful weekend... If it does start pissing down I'm sure one of the sponsors will be dishing out free plastic hoods with their logo all over it.

I haven't even properly planned my journey, and I don't even know how much the train ticket is going to cost me. I'll be taking the Shinkansen (bullet train) so I'll be able to tick that off my list (oh shit yeh, the list), but I'm not sure if it will reach top speed on such a short trip to Niigata.

I'm taking a bunch of batteries with me for my camera. I think the Samsung is fine, it seems to be the chargers that are causing me all the grief. So I'm taking non-rechargable batteries... it's the expensive option (especially when you've already forked out for a charger) but if I wanna take pictures (and, of course, I do) then I have to fork out. This is turning into an expensive holiday. I'd buy more forks but they cost money.

Anyway, I've gotta get ready to go. I'm getting quite excited. Mainly just because I get to see Muse again. Hopefully I'll meet some folk and won't be alone the whole weekend. Wish me luck on the photography front and I'll return in the near future, maybe with a full review... maybe.

Follow Fuji Rock Festival at www.fujirock.com. Theres an "English" button in the top right-hand corner of the page. And also check out youtube or any coverage if you can find it. Especially for Muse's set because I'm going to position myself right where the camera will be, and this hulking Gaijin won't be too hard to spot in a sea of Japanese people.