This four-day end-of-year festival takes place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba from December 28 to 31 with live music from over 108 Japanese rock and pop musicians. You can catch sets from Wednesday Campanella, Little Glee Monster, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Ado, Okamoto’s, Milet, Wacci and many more.
There will be 42 different food stalls at the event, so you’ll never go hungry. You’ll find options such as taco rice, kebabs, meat rice bowls and pizza. On December 31, there will even be toshikoshi soba (a traditional Japanese soba eaten on New Year’s Eve) with shrimp tempura.
Unlike last year’s edition with assigned seats,, this year will be a typical standing music festival. However, wearing masks within the facility is still mandatory.
Tickets for Countdown Japan are sold out, but you can check out the ticket reselling website via the J Fes app.