Kawasaki Yoichi night market turns 5 from Fri, Oct 23: food stalls from long-loved local favorites run 3 days for the first time, and the bar-hopping festival grows to 61 shops

Kawasaki Yoichi turns 5: a taste of local food culture

"Kawasaki Yoichi" is a night event celebrating Kawasaki's lively, deep food culture. For its 5th anniversary this year, the official site calls it "the biggest ever," with more days and more shops.

It has two main parts:

• Kawasaki Soul Food Stalls: famous and popular local restaurants, many long loved by residents, set up food stalls.
• Kawasaki Bar Festival: use tickets to hop between restaurants near Kawasaki Station.

Soul food stalls at Fest Plaza and La Cittadella

There are 37 stalls in total: 18 around Kawasaki Fes Hiroba (in front of Kawasaki Lufront) and 19 at La Cittadella (Cinecitta Street). A few picks from the official stall list (prices include tax):

Shop	Menu	Price
Kawasaki Keirin Sangan	Beef stew	¥600
Ganso New Tantanmen Honpo	Maze-tan (soupless tantanmen)	¥1,100
Kawasaki Shuzo Gen	Kawasaki doburoku	¥600
Gyutan Sugisaku	Thick-cut grilled beef tongue	from ¥1,400
HAWAIIAN CAFE&DINING Lanapia	Oxtail soup	¥600
Manpuku Kitchen	Offal yakisoba	¥850
Matsuya Sohonten	Kinako candy in a cup	¥400
Kiyotake Crepe Club	Premium strawberry crepe with Tochiaika strawberries	¥800

There are plenty of drink stalls too, including craft beer, sake, and Kinmiya shochu with Hi-Sour. On stage, artists and DJs perform live (free to watch; canceled in rain).

According to the official notes, you can't bring your own food or drinks, and shops and menus may change.

Bar hopping around the station from Oct 25

From Sun, Oct 25 to Sun, Nov 1, you can hop between restaurants around Kawasaki Station. This year it switched to tickets.

1. Buy a ticket book (¥3,600 for three ¥1,200 tickets).
2. At a shop, say you're joining the "Kawasaki Bar Festival" and hand over one ticket (two at some shops) for the special bar menu.
3. When you're done, move on to the next shop.

61 shops take part: 7 in Azalea and Kawasaki More's, 27 around La Cittadella and Ogawacho, and 27 around Nakamise-dori and other shopping streets. Menus include sets like five kushikatsu skewers with a drink, three kinds of oden with a drink, and crab miso grilled in the shell with a drink, all from ¥1,200.

Tickets are sold at the Kawasaki Kita-Terrace Tourist Information Center (until Nov 1; weekdays 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., weekends and holidays 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.), at participating shops that handle tickets, and at the information desk at Kawasaki Fes Hiroba during the stall days. Tickets can't be used at the food stalls and can't be refunded.

From Saiwai, walk from West Exit to East Exit

The venue is on the east exit side of JR Kawasaki Station. From Saiwai Ward, go to the station's west exit (the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza side) and walk through the free passage inside the station to the east exit — you'll be there right away.

It is organized by the Kawasaki Yoichi Executive Committee, made up of Kawasaki City, shopping streets near Kawasaki Station and others. Check the official website for details.