Aug 28 | JAPAN Fes -夏祭り- @East Village(4th Ave, 9-11st) / vol. 64

The most exciting Annual Summer Matsuri by JAPAN Fes is coming back for the first time in a year 🔥💗 It’s time for 夏祭り the Summer Festival 🤩🤩

On Sunday August 28th, we will bring the hottest Japanese summer vibes to NYC 🗽🎌 Wear your Yukata, and enjoy the best Japanese street food & fun summer festival games like Yo-yo fishing, Bouncing ball scooping, or Water shooting, and join the Yukata contest 👘💕

Put your yukata on and come to our SUMMER Fes 🏮

👘 8/28 @ East Village (4th Ave 9-11th st)

🕐 10am-6pm

🏮夏祭り Activities🏮

Vendors Info

Aug 28, 2022

Yukata Contest

Aug 28, 2022

It's the season for Yukata! Yukata is the beautiful Japanese traditional clothes! It will be so much fun to hang around SUMMER Fes with Yukata and feel like being in Japan. You can get free tea if you come to the event putting Yukata so don't forget to get one by that day! Also, we have the annual Yukata Contest and the winner can get VIP Express pass so please join it!

Aug 28, 2022

Bouncy Ball Scooping

Aug 28, 2022

Another fun summer festival activity, Bouncy ball scooping!! How many can you scoop?? The scoop is made of paper with a plastic frame, and the paper tears when it gets wet! Enjoy this thrilling game, and let’s get cute bouncy balls

Aug 28, 2022

Featured

Karaage Curry by Go Go Curry

This year Go Go Curry is bringing its famous Karaage Curry to JapanFes! Try our authentic japanese curry poured over a bed of our premium grade rice, freshly cut cabbage, crispy chicken karaage, and finished with a drizzle of tonkatsu sauce.

Tender Karaage by Tojo's kitchen

Juicy and tender, everyone's favorite Japanese fried chicken, Karaage featured in the NY Times! Come try their best-selling karaage before they are sold out again!

YAKISOBA with a smily actopus-shaped sausage by Takosan Yakisoba

Savory Yakisoba which got 3rd place at JAPAN Fes Konamon Contest 2022! Their authentic YAKISOBA is made with chewy noodles stir-fried with cabbage, pork, bean sprouts, carrots, aonori (dried seaweed), red ginger, and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)!

Okonomiyaki by Oconomi

Explore a savory paradise in the Japanese culture by trying out these delicious Japanese vegetable pancakes, Oconomiyaki by @oconomi_nyc Extra soft on the inside and topped with rich okonomiyaki sauce

Osaka Takoyaki by KARLSBALLS

100% handcrafted Osaka Style Takoyaki with the best ingredients featured in Buzzfeed, Action Bronson Show, and more TVs and blogs! With juicy octopus inside, a special savory sauce, and with dancing bonito flakes, takoyaki is the most famous Japanese street food!

Juicy Kobe beef yakitori by Yakitori Tatsu

The best Japanese grilled food is… Yakitori! ️ Yakitori is Japanese meat skewers! Comes with juicy meat and vegetables like green onion!

PC: @newyork.foodguide

Kagoshima Tonkotsu ramen by Menya Jiro

The Best Ramen in the U.S. by Thrillist! The champion of JAPAN Fes Ramen Contest on 2016 and 2017.

Traditional Tenugui by wuhao newyork

Tenugui has a history of more than 2000 years! Japanese people value tenugui because It's so useful! It can be used for everything, such as towels, shopping bags, wrappings, table cloths, bandanas, for wiping, and so on Find your favorite tenugui and use it in your own style!

Matcha soft with 24k gold by Matcha n' more

Served with 24k gold sheet, Matcha soft! For the hottest JAPAN Fes vibes, cold and creamy Matcha soft is what everyone needs!

PC: @feedyourgirlfriend

Crispy Tonkatsu by Tonkatsu Me

Breaded, deep-fried pork or chicken cutlet with teriyaki sauce. Get the crispy cutlet and cheese pull!

EVIL KATSU

Kushi Katsu the juicy Katsu, Japanese pork cutlet, in skewers!! This is crispy, tender, and perfect comfort food.

Beautiful Kimono by Mingei Japan

They have been wholesaling unique Japanese 🇯🇵 craft items in NYC for over twenty years, showing our merchandise at the New York International Gift Show at the Javits Center twice a year 🥰 Two times a year I personally return to Japan, searching for wonderful things to buy. Among the items we carry are inexpensive "Mingei" Folk Art items from all over Japan 🗾; Origami and Chiyogami papers, silk and cotton Kimonos, stationery such as Note Cards and Note Pads, plus a large assortment of other unique gift items. We would be very interested in showing you our selection of Japanese gift items 😊

Yuzu sparkling drink by Moshi

Refreshing Japanese drink featured in local NY Japanese newspaper. Made with 100% yuzu juice sourced straight from Japan, each bottle of Moshi Yuzu Sparkling captures the tart and fragrant flavors of yuzu in an easy, accessible, and delicious way.

Dango by Odango Masa

Dango is a traditional Japanese street food consisting of tasty mochi balls stacked on a skewer, coated with a special soy sauce and syrup, a perfect combo of savory and sweet flavor!

Vintage records by Miki & Co

Japanese merch such as vintage records, movie brochures, toys, books, vintage Japanese pop records, or vintage movie brochures! Don’t forget to stop by to find cool vintage items!

Mochi filled cookies by The Boiis Co

Chewy mochi filled cookies featured in Eater NY, TimeOut NY, NBC New York live.

Japan x Brooklyn style by Japanklyn

Japanese culture and Brooklyn lifestyle are combined! The coolest cloth is coming to JAPAN Fes!

Anime inspired accessories by Hikari wo Sagasu

Super cute Japan-themed accessories! Face masks, earrings, hair accessories, and more! All of the items are designed anime like Sailor Moon or Demon Slayer or pretty Japanese pattern.

Fluffy Imagawayaki by Catmint Wheel Cake

Wheel Cake, also known as “Imagawayaki,” a Japanese dessert that originated in Japan featured in Insider. Not only do we select the freshest and highest quality ingredients to serve the best wheel cakes in town, but we have also spent months perfecting our recipes in order to deliver the most luscious and unique taste to everyone.

C Bao Dumpling

Juicy pork dumplings and chicken dumplings!

Matcha Ice Cream by Smoove Ice Cream

The 20 Best ice cream shop in NYC by Thrillist!

Anime inspired outfits

Cool Japanese and anime inspired clothes!! Want some hoodies, jackets, shirts, or pants with your favorite anime or Japanese words designs on them?? Visit here to check them out

Filro

Halo halo is a shaved-ice dessert made with local ingredients like ube, coconut, or many fruits from South Asia. Enjoy the cold sweets!

Baby Cloud LLC

Japanese-themed baby clothes are made with love and high quality fabric and so soft that you feel like you’re touching clouds!

Takoyaki Bao by Mao's Bao

ImpossiBao! Wanna try Fluffy and juicy dumplings?? Once you bite into them, the juices will overflow from the dumplings! There are also unique flavors, such as Takoyaki shrimp, Kimchi, and plant-based sausage.

Tempura ice cream by Sam's ice cream

Crispy and Hot outside & Creamy and Cold inside! You can enjoy the best combination of Japanese tempura and ice cream!

Teriyaki chicken buns by C Bao

Combination of fluffy bread and tender pork! Wanna eat something different from hamburgers?

JAPANFes offers you many kinds of great Asian menus!!

Tornado potato wasabi flavor by Twisted Potato

The best way to enjoy your favorite potato is... Tornado potato! They have so many flavors like BBQ, cheddar cheese, and sour cream & onion! Which one would you like to have the most?

Ramen dog by Oh K-Dog

You're craving a MOZZ cheese pull??? Cheesy corn dog is very popular in Japan, especially among Japanese high school students! They serve you their original Ramen dog only at JAPAN Fes.

Matcha White Chocolate Cookie by Bang Cookies

Bang Cookies is dedicated to giving you the best cookie experience of your life. Created in 2016, Bang Cookies is a luxe, all-natural, organic cookie company that was built as a response to run-of-the-mill, unsatisfying cookies. The DNA of our melt-in-your-mouth cookies is made up of the world’s finest organic ingredients. When it comes to making the most delicious cookies on the market, we’re committed to only using the best - like organic flour, cane sugar, dark chocolate, and grass-fed butter from New Zealand. Combined with our recipe, which combines the perfectly crispy, crunchy exterior with the ooey, gooey melt in your mouth center you crave, is why our cookies are guaranteed to bring you pleasure whenever the mood strikes.

Featured

Onigiri rolled Grilled Pork by Kare girls

Juicy Grilled pork is covering Onigiri

Bel-Fries

Crispy french fries with melted creamy cheese by @bel.fries !!

Eat Study And Sip

Mochi donut - baked, gluten free japanese donut made from mochiko flour
Onigirazu - sushi sandwich wrapped with seaweed and with a choice of a meat and veggies with sushi rice.
Bubble tea - flavorful milk tea drinks with tapioca pearls.