Japanese festival food: doner kebab

Its not just Japanese food that you can find at festivals in Japan. As I introduced in previous entries, there are various types of potato fries you can get at a Japanese festival. But there is also other foreign food available too. In recent years, kebabs have become very popular. And you will usually find a kebab food stall at most festivals.

Kebabs at a Japanese festival

In my local town, even at the smaller festivals there is always a doner kebab stall. And its owned / run by Turkish people. But here's the interesting thing - the doner kebab vendors typically have food trucks rather than a food stall. Even ten to twelve years ago when food trucks weren't quite as popular as they are now, the doner kebab stall was always a food truck!

This year I have been to several festivals this year and there was a doner kebab food truck at all of them, even the smaller flower festivals! They all had the vertical rotisserie on view, in the window of the food truck, and you can watch them slice it. Our local one also offers Turkish ice-cream, which is always a pleasure to buy as they put on a little show for you as they prepare the sticky ice-cream. 

Have you tried a kebab at a festival in Japan? Or Turkish ice-cream? What did you think?