Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park

TV Osaka’s Yatai Festival is a free-to-enter annual food festival that will be held at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park from September 19 to 23 this year. The main draw here is quite unsurprisingly the wide variety of food, drinks and desserts that can be purchased from the over 50 food and drink stalls in attendance. Try out Japanese festival staples like yakisoba (fried noodles), takoyaki (octopus balls), and kakigori (shaved ice), as well as international delights like spicy Thai curries, sweet Danish crêpes and refreshing fruit smoothies. Grab a seat out in the open and enjoy your meal accompanied by live entertainment courtesy of local artists and TV personalities, plus music and dance performances. The food festival will take place rain or shine, but might be cancelled in the case of really severe weather. Don’t forget to bring cash.