Specialty horse meat🐴Sake town🍶Kumamoto food stalls

The moment you walk into Kumamoto Yatai Village, it feels like you have accidentally walked into a late-night limited Japanese taste festival. Lanterns sway in front of the stalls, and each small shop exudes a different aroma and human touch. This is not an exquisite high-end restaurant, but a small universe where people can let down their guard, eat and drink with locals, and chat happily. You can choose a small restaurant that specializes in horse meat dishes and local sake, sit on a wooden high chair, and listen to the owner greet guests warmly in Kumamoto dialect. The bar is not big, but it brings people closer together. Several strangers start chatting easily. Some recommend the mentaiko tamagoyaki from the stall next door, while others simply pour you a glass of wine. When the Spurs were served, the presentation was simple yet very professional. It is tender and delicate in the mouth, without any fishy smell, and paired with freshly ground mustard and a little ginger, it is simply amazing. And that cup of clear Kumamoto sake is sweet and smooth, leaving a hint of rice aroma and a slight spiciness on the tip of the tongue, perfectly complementing the freshness of the horse meat. There were a lot of people around, but it wasn't noisy, as if surrounded by a tacit understanding: everyone knew that this was a moment of magic belonging to the night. Just like that, I briefly became a part of Kumamoto's late night amidst the tipsiness and laughter in a foreign land. Kumamoto Yatai Village is not just a place to eat, but a genuine local experience. Here, delicious food and human kindness sit side by side, making people feel warm after eating, drunken after drinking, and their hearts quietly melted.