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 ...

While culture lovers head to Kyoto for its temples or to Hakone for its hot springs, foodies gravitate toward Fukuoka for its yatai — food stalls temporarily set up in the city streets at nightfall.