Even if you are not a festival lover, you may want to visit an overseas festival at least once before you die. The openness and feeling unique to overseas festivals, as well as the way the audience enjoys the festivals that reflect their national characteristics, make it an experience that is different from anything you can experience in Japan.
THE WORLD FESTIVAL GUIDE, the definitive guidebook for those interested in overseas festivals, is now available (Iroha Publishing).
This book is a new and unprecedented guidebook specializing in overseas music festivals. The author is Shotaro Tsuda, who served as editor-in-chief of "Festival Life," Japan's largest music festival information website, and has traveled to more than 100 overseas festivals .
The book covers more than 120 overseas festivals in 40 countries from the perspective of the author, who has actually visited many overseas festivals. In addition to official photos that give a realistic sense of the festival, the book also includes many original photos taken on site.
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In addition to how-to information on attending overseas festivals, this book is also packed with information on sightseeing around festival venues. For example, for the popular festival "Coachella" held in California, the book not only provides information on the venue, but also picks up the standard tourist spots in Los Angeles and Palm Springs as well as stores recommended for music lovers, and introduces how to spend a day based on these recommendations. Furthermore, the guidebook also includes interviews with Com Eye (Wednesday's Campanella) and DJ KSUKE, who are active in the overseas festival scene, and festival and travel enthusiasts can enjoy this guidebook from a variety of angles.
While touring famous sites and beautiful landscapes overseas is fine, festivals abroad are perfect for those seeking a one-time "experience". In this day and age, when we can easily "feel" like we have experienced everything through the screen of our cell phones, the experience will become a precious memory. I recommend this book as a reference.
Text_Shinri Kobayashi
THE WORLD FESTIVAL GUIDE |The Complete Guide to the World's Overseas Festivals
Release date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
List price: ¥1,600 + tax
Book (soft cover): 180 pages
Details:https://hello-iroha.com/new_item/the-world-festival-guide/
Amazon:https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4866070897/
Shotaro Tsuda
. Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1986. After graduating from university, joined an advertising agency. Glastonbury" was the impetus for him to quit his job and move to the UK, where he launched the "Festival Junkie" project, which traverses overseas festivals. Currently, he manages "Festival Life," a music festival information website in Japan, and "feslavit," an overseas festival information website, while continuing to disseminate information on festival culture from various angles through his Series in magazines and radio program personalities.
