Hodaigi Campground
dance floor
The heart of a music festival is the dance floor, and the dance floor at Hodaigi is a large, flat field surrounded by trees and mountains, covered in soft grass. We keep this area as simple and open as possible so there’s the maximum amount of space to dance, and so we don’t disturb the area’s natural beauty.
But the most important aspect of the floor is how we respect it. Keeping the floor clean is a joint responsibility that belongs to all of us. A clean floor is a powerful symbol of respect for the event, for nature, and for a communal space shared by many. Please do your part in helping keep the floor clean by throwing away cups and cans and by bringing your stuff back to your tents.
camping
Hodaigi Campground is a wonderful place to camp. There is a wide range of camping spots scattered around the campgrounds. Most camping is in tree-covered areas, under Japanese white birch or Japanese larch trees, but there are also open areas looking out on mountains.
The elevation of the campgrounds is 1000m, and the evenings can be quite cold at this time of year, so please come prepared with proper gear and layers. There is a shuttle bus running to the parking lot and nearby pensions, but since Hodaigi is such a wonderful place to camp, we encourage camping on site. The experience will be more natural and less stressful since you don’t have to wait to get in and out of the festival.
facilities
Hodaigi is a proper campground with full facilities. There are coin-operated hot showers and many covered BBQ areas with places for cooking and running water from Mt. Hotaka, a famous source of water in the area. A small store on site sells essential items and has rental equipment, such as pots and pans. There is also a limited number of auto-camping spots which can be reserved (see below).
And if camping is not your thing, you can stay at pensions and ski lodges which are on the route of the shuttle bus to the parking area (also see below). The shuttle bus stops at the Twin Villa Hodaigi, a ski lodge, where it's possible during certain hours to use their baths. We also run an onsen shuttle bus to a nearby onsen hotel.
