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Yatai yakitori is the canalside grilled-chicken-skewer format; in Japan we have verified places to eat it in Fukuoka. Start with where to eat Yatai yakitori in Fukuoka.
Yatai yakitori is the canalside grilled-chicken-skewer format. Charcoal grill at a 6-stool counter on the Nakasu canal, served with beer and conversation across the river from 18:00-02:00.
Yatai yakitori traces to the Edo-period dockside stalls along the Nakagawa river, where charcoal grills were the simplest cook fire. The format codified after the Second World War, when the Fukuoka city government licensed yatai positions on the Nakasu canal and Tenjin grid. Today around 100 yatai run on the canal and Showa-dori, of which a third do yakitori as the primary order. The chicken is locally raised, the charcoal is binchotan or sub-binchotan, the seasoning is salt or tare; the format is fast.
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Private tour · 4 hours
Explore Fukuoka’s yatai districts with a licensed guide. If you wish, you may purchase local dishes at your own expense in Nakasu and Tenjin.
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