With chicken meat becoming more affordable, 'yatai' or street food stalls began popping up. Sellers would set up shop strategically along the routes that ordinary Japanese employees or salarymen ...

To see how Fukuoka comes alive when the sun dips below the horizon, visit the "more than 150 yatai food stalls, or mobile food carts," located on the north bank of the Naka River, said Afar.

Osakans tend to buy these round not-quite-dumplings from a yatai, or street food cart. Chefs pour flour batter infused with dashi into a grill pan with circular indentations. They add chopped up ...

Vendors set up chairs around their stalls and start bringing in ingredients. These are “yatai” food stands, iconic symbols of Fukuoka city. A total of 100 stalls do business in the city’s ...