The 9th edition of Japan’s leading rock and dance fest in the Tokyo area went off with huge bang for dance fans as two of the best sets came from France’s hip beatsters Justice and the phat grooves of Fatboy Slim.

In a clever programming twist, Summer Sonic is held simultaneously in Osaka and Tokyo over two days, and the bands play each city respectively, thus reversing the line-up of the two major metropolises in Japan. In Tokyo, the venues consist of the giant convention hall called Makuhari Messe (Messe is from the German for hall) and the Chiba Marine Stadium, which is home to the baseball team the Lotte Marines. In Makuhari Messe, three stages host a myriad of acts with the Mountain stage being the biggest, fitting nearly 5,000….