One of the most notable outdoor music events, Rock in Japan Festival, which has been held in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki every summer from 2000 to 2019, will change its venue to Soga Sports Park in Chiba City starting from 2022.
The announcement was made on January 5 by Yoichi Shibuya, president of the production company rockin’on.
The reason behind this is the repeated cancellation of performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr. Shibuya said, “Last summer, we had to cancel Rock in Japan that had half of the normal capacity and all possible infection preventative measures in place, which caused us a great deal of a financial loss.”
As for the reason for choosing Soga Sports Park in Chiba City as the new venue, he said, “We can set up two stages in the huge area that can accommodate 50,000 to 60,000 people, and we can also set up two stages that can accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people. We decided that we can avoid dense traffic by having people move around the area by taking a wide path walk.”
The 2022 Rock in Japan Festival is scheduled for the first and second week of August.