Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) conducts a major live firing exercise each year that is open to the public. Known as the Fuji Live Firing Exercise (富士総合火力演習), it takes place at East Fuji Exercise Area. This year, the event was conducted over two days (27-28 Aug 2011), and I managed to get a ticket for 28 Aug 2011. It was an impressive show of the JGSDF's firepower, with tanks and artillery firing away at targets and helicopters flying around.
The event draws huge crowds each year, and this year was no different.
The weather was a bit cloudy during the live firing exercise, and the paratrooper event was cancelled because of the low-lying clouds, but the cloudy weather spared us from the summer heat, so it was actually a blessing in disguise. It was good to see this again after 13 years (the last time I got a ticket for this was in 1998).
The event draws huge crowds each year, and this year was no different.
The weather was a bit cloudy during the live firing exercise, and the paratrooper event was cancelled because of the low-lying clouds, but the cloudy weather spared us from the summer heat, so it was actually a blessing in disguise. It was good to see this again after 13 years (the last time I got a ticket for this was in 1998).
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