First it was the black flying things -- hundreds of them swooping and screeching and diving around the main tower of the hotel.
"Are those bats or strange birds?" I ask J.D. "It's probably best not to look," he advises.
Good call, because we're in the car park of the Prince Hotel at Naeba Ski Resort at 8 a.m. on the first day of Fuji Rock Festival and the weird stuff is starting to take hold.