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The organizers of ROCK IN JAPAN FES. 2026 have announced that the September 19 (Sat) show will go ahead as planned, judging that the approaching Typhoon No. 25 won’t have a major impact. ANGERME is set to perform in Soga on September 21 (Mon, holiday), and whether the shows on the 20th and 21st proceed will be decided later depending on the typhoon’s path. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, the group’s long-running reputation for being “cursed” — a running joke every time bad weather rolls in — resurfaced in force, with posters comparing them to labelmates Juice=Juice, who have historically dodged bad weather at outdoor events on the same dates, and debating which outcome — the show going ahead or getting canceled — would make funnier material.
【ROCK IN JAPAN FES. 2026】
Regarding the go/no-go decision for September 19 (Sat), and the decision process for September 20 (Sun) and 21 (Mon, holiday)
Regarding Typhoon No. 25, which formed at 9pm last night: current forecasts indicate no major impact is expected on September 19 (Sat), so that show will proceed as scheduled.
Source: x.com / Original post here
What people said
Wait, is ANGERME the only one performing?
It's not that big a stage though, so we probably won't get the same crazy scenery as last year
Oh yeah, the one where the crowd was so empty they couldn't even release the photos lol
The 'Lucky Fest' where once Juice=Juice's set wrapped up, you could actually get close to ANGERME's tiny stage
Forest:
Fire: Ise
Mountain:
(riffing on the samurai motto '風林火山' — "Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain")
S-so mighty… (a cutesy lisped version of "sugoi")
Ticket sales, unmoving as a mountain (echoing the motto's closing line, "unmoving as a mountain")
'Sawagoro,' huh lol (an obscure in-joke — meaning unclear)
lmaooooo
Seriously, you can't make it in showbiz without luck on your side
I think Hayashi is basically a goddess of fortune
As long as she's around, they'll be fine
Seriously, pulling that off at a massive outdoor event is impressive
If there were even one bit of bad news they'd get mocked to death for it, but the gods just won't allow it lmaooooo
Meanwhile the Ankasu (a derisive nickname for ANGERME's fans) are hated by the gods lmaooo
If it keeps tracking like this, it's a direct hit on the 21st
The Ankasu (ANGERME fans) got that insane scene exposed on Venue101 lmaooo
It was way too much lmaooo
If this actually goes ahead, you'd better get down and apologize lol
You clearly don't understand what 'boomerang' means
09/20 (Sun) ANGERME Autumn Tour at Osaka
09/20 (Sun) Juice=Juice Event at Yokohama
09/20 (Sun) Tsubaki Factory Baseball Event at Hokkaido
09/20 (Sun) OCHA NORMA Autumn Tour at Sapporo
09/20 (Sun) Rosy Chronicle Release Event at Makuhari
09/20 (Sun) M-line (Fukumura, Inaba, Koseki, Asakura, guest Morito) M-Spe at Hiroshima
09/21 (Mon) Morning Musume.'26 Autumn Tour at Osaka
09/21 (Mon) ANGERME ROCK IN JAPAN at Soga
09/21 (Mon) Juice=Juice (Ebata & Endo) Event at Makuhari
09/21 (Mon) Tsubaki Factory Autumn Tour at Nagoya
09/21 (Mon) OCHA NORMA Festival at Yamanashi
09/21 (Mon) Rosy Chronicle Festival at Kanda
09/21 (Mon) M-line (Tanaka) Live at Kawasaki
09/21 (Mon) M-line (Asakura) Event at Hyogo
The Game Show on the 21st might be a no-go too
Guess even the legendary weather-dodging streak has hit its 'Owari' (the end — a pun on the place name Owari-Ichinomiya)
Background and Key Points of This Topic
ROCK IN JAPAN FES. is a major annual outdoor rock festival held every September at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture, and in bad weather the organizers have a policy of announcing go/no-go decisions day by day, from the day before through the day of. What was announced this time was only the decision to proceed on the 19th; the 21st, the day ANGERME is scheduled to perform, remains to be decided depending on the typhoon’s path. The thread title’s “maybe canceled” reflects speculation at the time the thread was created, not confirmed information — worth keeping in mind. Within the thread, posters frequently poked fun at each group’s “luck,” citing labelmates Juice=Juice, also part of Hello! Project, having dodged bad weather at past outdoor events. There was also plenty of back-and-forth using fans’ nicknames for each other, and some of what’s said is unverified rumor, so this should be read simply as a snapshot of reactions on 5ch.
*This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “[Bad News] ANGERME’s Rock In Japan Might Be Canceled wwwwwwwwwww“.
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