In Tokyo? Check out the yatai
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Japan's first McDonald's opened in 1971, and 7-Eleven appeared three years later. Since then, the country has become littered with fast food chains and convenience stores. In recent years, however, purveyors of another kind of cheap eats that hark back to an earlier era have been making a comeback: street vendors.Known as yatai (literally ' 'roofed cart''), street vendors serving food emerged in Tokyo and other Japanese cities more than two centuries ago. In Tokyo alone, they are said to have once numbered in the thousands, but they dramatically declined during the latter part of the 20th century. Those that remained were often reputed to have ties to the criminal cartels known as yakuza. …
Japan's first McDonald's opened in 1971, and 7-Eleven appeared three years later. Since then, the country has become littered with fast food chains and convenience stores. In recent years, however, purveyors of another kind of cheap eats that hark back to an earlier era have been making a comeback: street vendors.Known as yatai (literally ' 'roofed cart''), street vendors serving food emerged in Tokyo and other Japanese cities more than two centuries ago. In Tokyo alone, they are said to have once numbered in the thousands, but they dramatically declined during the latter part of the 20th century. Those that remained were often reputed to have ties to the criminal cartels known as yakuza. …
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