# The most popular Japanese festival street food (yatai)

The top 20 of macaroni's reader vote on favourite festival stall foods: takoyaki and chocolate bananas fight for first place by a single vote.

- 3 votes · 20 items
- Sep 3, 2026 · Takumi Yamazaki
- https://even.best/en/l/1604/the-most-popular-japanese-festival-street-food-yatai

## Top 20

1. **Takoyaki** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 1. Octopus balls topped with sauce and mayonnaise.
2. **Frankfurter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 11. Grilled sausage on a stick.
3. **Karaage** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 15. Juicy Japanese fried chicken.
4. **Chocolate banana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2. A chocolate-coated banana with colourful sprinkles.
5. **Yakisoba** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 3. Griddle-fried noodles with Worcestershire-style sauce.
6. **Cotton candy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 4. Fluffy candy floss, often sold in character bags.
7. **Kakigori** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 5. Shaved ice with syrup.
8. **Candy apple** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6. An apple coated in red candy.
9. **Grilled squid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7. Whole squid grilled with a sweet soy glaze.
10. **Baby castella** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8. Bite-sized castella-style sponge cakes.
11. **Pickled cucumber on a stick** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 9. A whole lightly pickled cucumber on a stick, served cold.
12. **Anzu ame** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. Apricot coated in starch syrup, served on a wafer.
13. **Grilled corn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12. Corn grilled with soy sauce.
14. **Jaga butter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 13. Steamed potato topped with butter.
15. **Okonomiyaki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14. Cabbage pancake with sauce and mayonnaise.
16. **Salt-grilled ayu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 16. Sweetfish skewered and grilled with salt.
17. **American dog** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 17. Battered, deep-fried sausage on a stick.
18. **Yakitori** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18. Chicken skewers grilled with sauce or salt.
19. **Chilled pineapple** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 19. Ice-cold pineapple on a stick.
20. **Imagawayaki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 20. Round griddle cake filled with red bean paste.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.