Japanese festival food: dango

You can pick up dango just about anywhere in Japan. They are a very popular sweet treat of glutinous, sticky rice on a stick. There is plain dango that are grilled as well as various different flavors of dango. You will find plenty of examples of dango by using City-cost's search function. In this post: dango festival food stalls.

Considering how widely available they are, it will probably come as no surprise that it is quite common to see vendor's selling dango at festivals too. None are quite as impressive at the dango food stall in this post. The photo below was taken on Wednesday at a wisteria festival in Kazo city. But I have seen, and bought from, this dango festival stall at different locations around Saitama several times in the past. The photo above was taken at a rose festival in 2023.

What's really cool about this particular dango food stall is its design. See how even the roof and the door mimic traditional Japanese architecture. I've also noticed how this stall's dango sign, the flag, is always pristine clean. Often the flags look dirty because they are so weather warn. Everything about this stall is so clean and pretty!

Moreover, their choice of dango are really good. Many of the dango festival food stalls only have grilled or basic dango on offer. But at this stall they have a choice of flavors. And just like the stall, they are presented beautifully. Not all dango stalls are as gorgeous as this, but it doesn't matter. Dango always makes a nice, affordable festival food treat. Have you tried dango from a festival food stall during your time in Japan?