Earth Celebration 2011
An international music and art festival on Japan's Sado Island, August 19 - 21, 2011. #EC2011 (SET Japan Social Media Project)
Earth Celebration アースセレブレーションEarth Celebration アースセレブレーション - The Official English Facebook page for Earth Celebration, annual performing arts festival hosted by Sado Island and the Kodo Drummers - General Information: EC 2011 will be held August 19 (Fri) - 21 (Sun).
Sado Island Travel: Earth CelebrationThe Earth Celebration is an annual music festival held to celebrate global culture. It is hosted by the internationally acclaimed Kodo taiko group which is based on Sado Island. Each year the festival features different guest artists who perform in collaboration with Kodo.
Celebrate Earth with top beats | The Japan Times OnlineEnjoy an exciting weekend getaway to Niigata Prefecture for Japan's longest-running music festival, Earth Celebration. Now in its 24th year, this event takes place on Sado Island, which is home to the internationally acclaimed Kodo drumming group. Earth Celebration makes it a priority to promote the culture of Sado Island abroad and reciprocates the exchange by way of guest appearances from overseas performers.
Earth Celebration, 2011Photo by Wesley Oostvogels/ Flickr If you're looking for an excuse to get away from the big city for a few days, it doesn't come more relaxed than the Earth Celebration festival on Sado Island. Just don't expect blissful peace and quiet.- Japandra: Earth Celebration on Sado Island!Aug 18, 2011 ... We've been hearing about how amazing Earth Celebration on Sado Island is since we got here, and now we're finally going to check it out. ...
- Getting to Sado is a journey -- From Tokyo, the trip requires a ride on an overnight bus or a combination of local trains and Shinkansen. Finally, a two-and-a-half-hour ferry ride wears away the last traces of far-away urban life as Sado's mountains come into view across dark blue waters.
- Promo video for Earth Celebration 2011
- When you walk off the ferry, you walk into a different world.
This year marked the 24th anniversary of Earth Celebration. For the 20th anniversary, Outdoor Magazine rounded up some highlights of years past.
Outdoor Japan Magazine - A Look Back at 20 Years of KodoOutdoor Japan Magazine: Issue 17: Feature Story - A Look Back at 20 Years of Kodo The guide to travel, the outdoors and active lifestyles in Japan. Enjoy activity guides, travel guides, hot spring guides, live weather forecasts, outdoor operators, places to stay, skiing and snowboarding, festivals and events and much more.- This year's Earth Celebration was weighted with special significance in light of the March 11 disaster in Tohoku.
At Sado Festival, New Meaning for Earth CelebrationEven as many people in northeastern Japan struggle to put their lives back together after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, almost directly across the neck of the country's main island of Honshu from where the disaster was centered, artists and musicians are gathering for an annual festival of music, nature and community.- This was the first time ever for the festival to be streamed live and the response was overwhelming.
