2024.11.21
Kabutocho Yoichi Night Market 2024 Recap
Friday 13 September - Sunday 15 September, 2024
This year’s theme, “Table Beauties,” brought together vendors offering drinks, light snacks, pottery, and flowers at the Kabutocho landmark, KABUTO ONE. For the first time, a bar-hopping ticket was introduced, allowing visitors to enjoy drinks and food right within the market.
[Participating Vendors]
HOLON (craft gin) / noi (herbal non-alcoholic drinks, aroma goods) / norm tea house (tea) / Airi Takano (natural wine, non-alcoholic juice) / noie (natural wine, curry bread) / Abe Farm Co., Ltd. (Shine Muscat, homegrown grape juice) / Quilão (granola and more) / Okamoto Shoten (Yachimata peanuts) / you enn (baked goods) / SR (ice cream, baked goods) / Parklet (bread) / Akane Suzuki (pottery) / Ayami Yamanobe (pottery) / keine. (flowers) / Flowers fête (flowers)
Visitors enjoyed bar-hopping through Kabutocho’s vibrant dining scene using a special ticket available during the event. Some restaurants offered exclusive menus, creating a one-night-only Kabutocho experience.
Renowned Kabutocho restaurants like caveman and Neki joined the festivities, offering carefully curated natural wines and exclusive food menus. Omnipollos Tokyo featured frozen beer, their recommended brews, and mini snacks, while HOPPERS delighted with a highball made from arrack (a distilled spirit from coconuts) paired with nibbles. This year, teal presented a standout drink: Goldfish in Cacao Soda, a creative blend resembling goldfish swimming in a glass.
[Participating Vendors]
caveman / Ao / B by the Brooklyn Brewery / Neki / TOKYO CAMP Prod. PORTESTORE / Human Nature / Omnipollos Tokyo / 平和どぶろく兜町醸造所 / HOPPERS / KABEAT / KNAG / Bakery bank / Bistro yen / Coffeebar&Shop coin / CAFE SALVADOR BUSINESS SALON / Patisserie ease
Kabutocho Yoichi Exclusive Vendors
teal / HOLON / noi / norm tea house / Airi Takano / noie / 株式会社阿部農園 / you enn / Parklet
During the night market, select streets in the area were closed off to traffic, instead making way for outdoor tables and seating, alongside food trucks.
With free entry, this event turned Kabutocho into a music haven, featuring non-stop DJ performances across various venues. Visitors enjoyed bar hopping while immersing themselves in music. This year, an outdoor stage was also set up in the pedestrian zone, offering jazz performances and a unique street music experience.
[Participating Musicians]
【Outdoor Stage】
Tomomitsu Maruyama / Saki Goto / Kentaro Arai / Takumi Nakayama
SOMA / Matchan / kamikene / TAISEI / Ruka Kashiwagi / ZENZENHEIKI
【Neki】
Kyohei Nishi / Waku / SAYO YOSHIDA / Ryosuke Fukunaga / Chee shimizu / Lily
【Human Nature】
DJ KENSEI / HYOTA / YO.AN / MOODMAN / YONG-BO / EDA / K404 / HIROSHI KAWANABE / Somewhere in Tokyo DJs
A heartfelt thank you to all the visitors, participating stores, artists, and staff. Kabutocho Yoichi continues to grow year-on-year, and we’re excited to bring you fresh ideas and experiences next year. We look forward to seeing you again at the next Kabutocho Yoichi!
Photo : Koichiro Funatsu