Forrest Brown

Last weekend was the Fuji Rock Festival, now this weekend is The Summer Sonic Music Festival.

Summer Sonic 2010

Summer Sonic takes place in the huge Makuhari Messe Convention Center and the Chiba Marine Stadium right next door. Plus several smaller stages surrounding the Stadium.

Normally the stadium is home of the Chiba Lotte Marines baseball team and can hold 30,000 people. During Summer Sonic the baseball field is covered in plastic and used for standing. For the main bands in the evenings all the seats will be full and the stadium floor will be packed with people.

The Chiba Marine Stadium is the location of the biggest stage for Summer Sonic

Panorama of the inside of the Chiba Marina Stadium

Right across the street from the Marine Stadium is the huge Makuhari Messe Convention Center. The convention center holds one huge stage, two slightly smaller stages, several small stages, and a huge vending area for food.

Panorama of the Makuhari Messe Convention Center seen from the Chiba Marine Stadium

The vending area inside Makuhari Messe.

30 Seconds from Mars playing on the largest stage inside of the Makuhari Messe

During there final couple of songs 30 Seconds from Mars invited anyone who could crowd-surf to the front onto the stage.

The band I was most looking forward to seeing on Saturday was The Offspring. They were the second from last band to play the main stage that day.

Offspring Fan

The Offspring playing on the Marine Stage

I know it's crazy hot and humid, but please people, keep the clothes on. There's nothing worse then being smashed into a big, sweaty, hairy dude with no shirt.

I’m not a big fan of Jay-Z who played after the Offspring, so I decided to head back over to the convention center to see what was going on over there.

My favorite Japanese concert food, greasy, fatty pork on a stick. I'm pretty sure there's more fat there than meat. Yummy!

Last year the Jose Cuervo booth has strippers. This year Jose Cuervo was replaced by Corona and dancers...really not the same experience.

The last band I watched on Saturday was The Smashing Pumpkins who put on a really amazing show