By Andrew Magnotta @AndrewMagnotta As Queen began gaining a foothold at home in the U.K. its star was rising considerably more rapidly on the other side of the globe in Japan. Music fans in the Land of the Rising Sun began seeing photos of Queen and reading stories about the band in magazines as early as 1974. The band's music and stagecraft immediately resonated in the Far East. By 1975, Queen booked eight shows in Japan at the end of the U.S. tour, after a vacation in Hawaii. They had no idea what they were getting into when they arrived for the first concert at the world-famous Budokan in Tokyo.