Summer in Japan ✨ Local Summer Festival with STREET FOOD!!

Hey guys, welcome to my channel Tokyo Foodie Sarah where you can explore Japan with a Japanese local. Today I am at Ueno Summer Festival and I'm gonna show you what it's like. Summer in Japan is hot but it's amazing because there are numerous Natsu Matsuri or summer festivals held all over the country. At this festival in Ueno, Tokyo you can find displays of Furin or wind bells. The refreshing sounds of these bells help you feel cooler. Yay, I got a can of highball. Yes, cheers. That's so good on a hot day like today. I got a Nikumaki Onigiri. That means meat wrapped around rice. Let's try this. Oh my god, the meat is so juicy and the rice is seasoned. Wow, that is amazing. Next up is the cheese hot dog. I don't know how you pronounce it but anyway it's the Korean famous thing with the cheese string. I'm not drunk yet. That was such a fail but it's crispy and cheesy and nice. Okay, now this time I got some takoyaki octopus balls. It's so big. So gooey, so nice. Yay, I got some kakigori, shaved ice. When you're at a summer festival in Japan this is a must because it's like 32 degrees right now and it's freaking hot. So this is a great dessert. Don't miss out on the fun activities at the summer festival. You can get character themed yo-yos, super balls and even test your skills at the shooting gallery. I got a ramune soda. Maybe I should aim for something bigger, yeah? Is this a scam? That was fun and it was close and I did hit it twice but it didn't fall so it could just be a very heavy thing and it could be a scam, I don't know. So this is called ramune and it's like such a classic summer festival drink in Japan. It's just like, you know, sweet soda but the thing is it's really interesting to open this. So inside you see there's like a glass ball inside and you'll use this to kind of push the glass downwards so that it opens the bottle. So let's do it. It might spill but we'll see. Okay, not too bad. So refreshing. This summer festival in Ueno is available until the 12th of August and the food stalls and the small stalls are only available on the weekends, Friday, Saturdays and Sundays. So if you want to enjoy this, make sure you come until the 12th of August on a weekend. And remember, there are even bigger summer festivals in other parts of Tokyo throughout the season. Make sure to check them out when you visit Japan in the summer. Alright guys, that's it for the video today. Thank you very much for watching. If you liked this video, please don't forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to see more future videos about Japanese food and culture. Bye!