真亜久(マーク)日本で: Summer Sonic Festival Osaka サマーソニック大阪

Amazing sunset
日の入りはぶちきれいだった。

Travis ... new album is great
トラビスの新しいアルバム'The Boy With No Name'楽しかった。

Ocean Stage
オシアンステージ

Gwen.. She really knows how to work the crowd. I'm not a big fan, but she put on a really good show.
グエンステファアーニーさんちょっと好きでも彼女のパフォーマンスはよかった。

Avril was average - but Gwen was tough to follow!
アバリルさんのパフォーマンスはまあまあと思いました。

Last weekend I traveled up to Osaka with some friends. We left on Saturday night and caught the overnight ferry from Mojiko (Kyushu). 12 hours later we arrived in Osaka.
先週の週末僕と友だちと大阪に行った。　土曜日の夜フェリーで門司子から大阪までに乗りました。　十二時間ぐらいでした。　大変でした！

Arriving in Osaka..
朝大阪に着いた。

After taking 3 trains, the subway and a bus we finally arrived at the venue. The weather was HOT (about 36 degrees) and I still have a badly burnt neck.
天気は暑かった、大低３６ドでした。

For anyone that has been to the V'Festival at home - this is very similar. The venue was amazing - set in a valley and surrounded by mountains. The festival is held over 2 weekends in Osaka and Tokyo. This years line-up included Avril Lavigne, The Goo Goo Dolls, Travis, Gwen Stefanni, Sum 41, The Editors, Elle Garden (very big in Japan) and MXPX (believe it or not I chatted and ate ramen with the guitarist from MXPX around 1am in a back street ramen shop in town - for real. I also chatted to Gwen's backing crew who happened to walk in drunk! ... The joys of being a foreigner in Japan!).

After the festival we walked for an hour to get back into town as the queues for the buses and taxis snaked for miles. We checked into a capsule hotel. My friends think I'm a bit strange for wanting to keep staying in capsule hotels, but 1) they are very cheap (around £20 a night) and 2) what else do you need when you've had a few beers?!

In case you wondered what a capsule hotel is like. It's not as claustrophobic as you might think, even though the space is small of course!

The inside of the coffin... with aircon, TV and radio panel, hard futon and mirror.
カプセル中ではテレビとかラジオとか鏡とか布団あった。