High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! YAMAARASHI is a six member Japanese rock group based in Kanagawa Prefecture. They use a blend of metal, reggae, and rap, to perform what is called nu metal. YAMAARASHI was formed in 1996. In April 2002, YAMAARASHI also runs a label called Chokkyu Recordings. YAMAAARASHI has performed with popular acts such as Orange Range and Moomin. In 2008, YAMAARASHI played in the ETPFEST, the South Korean music festival alongside bands such as Dragon Ash and Death Cab for Cutie. Japanese rock has a vibrant underground rock scene, best known internationally for noise rock bands such as Boredoms and Melt Banana, as well as stoner rock bands such as Boris and alternative acts such as Shonen Knife (who were championed in the West by musicians such as Kurt Cobain), Pizzicato Five and The Pillows (who gained massive international attention in 1999 for soundtracking the anime FLCL). More conventional indie rock artists such as Eastern Youth, The Band Apartand Number Girl have found some mainstream success in Japan.