> "Hello to all you guys & gals over the border !!!! This is John in > Iwaki, Fukushima-Ken with my slightly belated ( :-[) post about the > FANTASTIC Iwaki Beach Bomb free festival, coming up on August 19th, > Yotsukura Beach, Iwaki, Fukushima !!!! > > Presented this year by Phoenix, Neo Classic & Smirnoff Ice, it all kicks > off at 10am on the Saturday, with our grand beach volleyball tournament, > and continues right on through until the Sunday morning, with a > fantastic line-up of music & partying on this beautiful beach !!!!!! > > DJs - Spread across 2 stages (presented by Phoenix, Iwaki & Pull, > Koriyama), our great 30+ DJs will be bringing you all styles of tunes to > get you dancing in the sand !! We are also lucky enough to have two > SPECIAL GUESTS this year, the escessively gorgeous, mistress of Hip-Hop > & R&B, DJ Mayumi, and tribal house queen, DJ JURI (both joining us from > Tokyo !!) There'll also be plenty of reggae, drum & bass, club jazz, > dub, house, techno, psychedelic trance, and more in an eclectic mixing > pot with something for EVERYONE !!!! > > Live - There is also a great selection of live music, from 3pm on the > main stage. We have R&B from Jamaica's Bongo Adi, Surf-Rock with Iwaki's > SevenBeach DUBTASTE, Dub flavors from Fukushima City's I-Tribe, and > hip-hop mayhem courtesy of Iwaki's own VIRTUAL HIGH !!!!! There's also a > traditional taste of Japan with drumming from Mitsumori Taiko !!!!!! > > Attractions - And what's all this the soundtrack for ?? Well, we have > the lads & lasses from Echos skating their quarter-pipe with special > guest riders from Yokohama & Norway !! there's the ever-popular Beach > Queen / King contest !! the Neo Classic fashion show !! the beach-front > terrace with 13 cafes & bars, serving all kinds of food & drink > (including this year, a special Smirnoff Ice tent with their lovely > campaign girls) !!!! & most importantly, upwards of 3000 people of all > nationalities, coming together to enjoy a hell of a party !!!!!!!!!!!!! > > The best way to get to us is down Route 6, or on the expressway. Here's > a map (in Japanese :P) to Iwaki: > http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=ja&q=iwaki,+japan&ie=UTF8&ll=37.903032,140.690918&spn=1.928768,5.493164&om=1 > <http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=ja&q=iwaki,+japan&ie=UTF8&ll=37.903032,140.690918&spn=1.928768,5.493164&om=1> > > & here's how to get to Yotsukura once you're in Iwaki: > http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=ja&q=iwaki,+japan&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=37.101467,141.004372&spn=0.121851,0.343323 > <http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=ja&q=iwaki,+japan&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=37.101467,141.004372&spn=0.121851,0.343323> > The festival is taking place at Yotsukura Beach, just where Route 6 > meets the coast. > > Give me a yell if you want any more info !! jaloynes@hotmail.com > <mailto:jaloynes@hotmail.com> > > Looking forward to partying with you guys !! See you there !!!!! > > John. > > Thanks again for any help you can give me !! > > John, Mieko & Dan > Iwaki-City > http://www.phoenixiwaki.com <http://www.phoenixiwaki.com/>