Organized each fall by Fuji Rock promoter Smash, Asagiri Jam is a much more laidback affair than its famed older sister. It features two stages and the music wraps up early each night. And while Fuji Rock has some 200 plus bands, Asagiri Jam only invites two dozen, which means a lot less running around for everyone.
Turtle Island will open the Moonshine Stage and is definitely worth arriving early for. A tribal orchestra of sorts, the group features 17 members playing a rousing mishmash of traditional Japanese rhythms, carnival music and punk.
Formed in 1999 in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Turtle Island operated on a much smaller scale when it initially began.
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