Yatai Yakitori appears as a signature dish in 1 Japan cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Yatai yakitori · 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.
Where to eat in Fukuoka:
- Nakasu Yataigai
- Tenjin Yatai Row
- Hide-Chan Yatai
- Mamichan Yatai (Tenjin)