“Yatai” is a small, mobile food stall in Japan typically selling ramen or other food. The name literally means “shop stand.” Yatai are also set up temporarily for Matsuri (Japanese…

Torii (Shinto gateway) is a symbolic Shinto shrine gate which consists of two upright pillars connected by two horizontal beams on top. It marks the entrance to a sacred area.

ball-like object made of Japanese cedar which is hung by sake brewers outside their brewery in the eaves to inform people that a new brew of sake has been produced.