The Story of Fuji Rock in Fifty Photographs
01 August 2017, 18:00
Photography by
Erina Uemura
We tell the story of this year’s Naeba Ski Resort festival in fifty fantastic photographs, with everyone from Father John Misty to Queens of the Stone Age, Lorde, LCD Soundsystem, The xx, Temples, Slowdive, The Strypes and many more. Photos by Erina Uemura / Instagram.
![Atmosphere 6](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_6.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142862&s=ccd8ee72bb2601ff45ce117993518d79)
![Father John Misty 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Father_John_Misty_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142863&s=37939540c05eb82ea0675afd492aed81)
![Father John Misty Fuji Rock Pola 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Father_John_Misty_Fuji_Rock_Pola-2.jpg?w=1200&h=1472&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142864&s=a20b72bbe245412b8914f8b51aae54d7)
![Father John Misty 4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Father_John_Misty_-_4.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142865&s=6de638c35515cf9949d5ea2550bfe414)
![Atmosphere 7](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_7.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142875&s=dfd102c3ad4db92db4a9d33ddf5670fe)
![IMG 9780 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/IMG_9780-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142876&s=de92d14382ce49bb6555b3c739de0d76)
![Aphex Twin 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Aphex_Twin_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142877&s=ca9b83ac729b980a7e1e66d0ec810e5a)
![The Amazons 6](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Amazons_-_6.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142878&s=90cfc5fdd21dd27614aae319472e606d)
![Temples 5](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Temples_-_5.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142887&s=27e1a189a813c5b306cf0ba64dda5eb0)
![Temples 9](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Temples_-_9.jpg?w=1200&h=814&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142889&s=e5b08acd98bb1fe8fe4c5d71aa3906d7)
![Temples 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Temples_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142890&s=42eca1e2acca22c1d28153c3a1f3a894)
![Temples 7](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Temples_-_7.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142894&s=63098a17cc23f115a71de98c1d75408f)
![Temples Fuji Rock Pola 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Temples_Fuji_Rock_Pola-2.jpg?w=1200&h=1471&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142896&s=3e8103c5de2bbe7aa43ec22746bad887)
![Atmosphere 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142897&s=26e3b31caf3cb62c76884803f8113b62)
![LCD Soundsystem 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/LCD_Soundsystem_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142898&s=e9882b2b6a4339e94ecba6806cc2d55c)
![LCD Soundsystem 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/LCD_Soundsystem_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142904&s=01d9372c834657f2c26b3195d98fb572)
![Atmosphere 10](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_10.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142906&s=27fb90d75dd68eaa67d01a18af2beb08)
![Queens of the Stone Age 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142908&s=09ef164f637ff9c72fbf7bd8262e8197)
![Queens of the Stone Age 9](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_-_9.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142910&s=6da56786c86d1f501433b447a05139ba)
![Atmosphere 11](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_11.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142919&s=266305b1375c8906fa9a1802321f04c2)
![Atmosphere 15](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_15.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142920&s=f6cef748dd482f6856dcb26e8b49aff0)
![The Strypes 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Strypes_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142923&s=c866eb40d1d62f4dfe64abac3ecf8907)
![The Strypes 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Strypes_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142925&s=871635537b5a8e1e698e984d1ac01ded)
![The Strypes 4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Strypes_-_4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142926&s=55dfad745f3a537678197fe8a0969ae7)
![The Strypes Fuji Rock Pola 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Strypes_Fuji_Rock_Pola-2.jpg?w=1200&h=1472&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142927&s=3f75d18a0d1834b57842ad59aaab181a)
![Atmosphere 13](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_13.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142934&s=bbcb0be0c5beb7aeee34172a5e362f3f)
![The xx 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_xx_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142935&s=942f71152332380b9d9f96eec95797c9)
![The xx 5](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_xx_-_5.jpg?w=1200&h=788&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142939&s=9b5198189388ccce805280e2796dc276)
![The xx 3](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_xx_-_3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142944&s=ca35414f5a5f5b5f5ae928941a6e6922)
![Atmosphere 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142945&s=31774ae92952ef929d693a503eed071b)
![Cornelius 3](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Cornelius_-_3.jpg?w=1200&h=863&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142946&s=a44d518b87cfe742ba0bffa6dfc5bbb9)
![Atmosphere 4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142947&s=61348d0375ce27b08544f3b48016d009)
![Catfish and the Bottlemen 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Catfish_and_the_Bottlemen_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142948&s=34e232a62c62276ca03d07d901942a92)
![EDEN 4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/EDEN_-_4.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142949&s=5b0299cc93e0dece8f12f6f27bd6050d)
![Grapevine 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Grapevine_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142949&s=33ce053669247ca68d0d4534c005f06d)
![JET 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/JET_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142950&s=786d784b780189c0a2ba699d7b0aaee9)
![Maggie Rogers 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Maggie_Rogers_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142952&s=8f5a6cbbb3902b7434ad4eefef28278f)
![Major Lazer 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Major_Lazer_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142953&s=c4f8262741c0983850e5c443dd619717)
![Major Lazer 3](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Major_Lazer_-_3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142961&s=b11b7792d42d59701de127cfe5ee1fc2)
![Major Lazer 6](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Major_Lazer_-_6.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142967&s=4306c3ccd395d38fd28348428157a9dc)
![Atmosphere 5](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_5.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142969&s=c9fc0eb845ad641b2be908b3c3a7c2ba)
![Rag N Bone Men 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Rag_N_Bone_Men_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142970&s=e1cc1be62eda6abe58f3ad18e4d52e8f)
![Real Estate 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Real_Estate_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142971&s=4c0dc3a288df0db4d044b2e2ca8cc56d)
![Slowdive 1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Slowdive_-_1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142973&s=12f454771432574d4e914b4529fa9edd)
![The Amazons 3](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Amazons_-_3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142978&s=6d3c9ddc16ea23dcb64f3ea01d67b746)
![Atmosphere 8](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_8.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142982&s=6361540d7ecf342aef1e32fb4046ba27)
![The Lemon Twigs 2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Lemon_Twigs_-_2.jpg?w=1200&h=1799&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142986&s=a314fb3a5c5eb95622e56e1c16fe76ec)
![The Lemon Twigs 4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/The_Lemon_Twigs_-_4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142987&s=07d0d9b54e4ed23382296f6d0cf889db)
![Thundercat 3](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Thundercat_-_3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142992&s=5c669079d8ea9ab7ddc2a03cd45147d2)
![Atmosphere 9](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-fuji-rock-2017-in-fifty-photographs/Atmosphere_-_9.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648142994&s=0fdee98bfbee4c64dc625f7b154ccd69)
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