A catalog of recommended festival booths for school culture festivals, with ideas that will shine on social media.
Have you already decided what your class or club will do for your school’s cultural festival or school festival booth?
Even if you’re serving food, there are countless menu options, and if it’s not food, it can be hard to decide what to offer.
In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of ideas: not only classic food and drink booths, but also interactive booths like games.
We’ve compiled everything from staple booths at cultural festivals to slightly unusual ideas, so be sure to use this as a reference!
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Yatai Menu (11–20)
kushiage (deep-fried skewers)
How about offering kushikatsu (deep-fried skewers), which is a rare choice for school or cultural festivals? Kushikatsu covers a wide range—vegetables, seafood, meats—so you could let people pick one favorite, or even better, let customers choose their own ingredients.
You might also try a setup like at specialty shops, where you provide the fryer and customers fry their own skewers.
kushi-katsu (deep-fried skewered cutlets)
Kushikatsu—deep-fried skewers—has many shops that are practically Osaka landmarks.
At popular places, not only Japanese customers but also tourists from abroad line up.
Why not try offering kushikatsu at your festival stall? Since it involves deep-frying, it may feel a bit daunting, but instead of taking orders one skewer at a time like specialty shops, how about selling them in small sets, like an assortment? If you stick the fried skewers into a paper cup, they’re easy to carry, so it’s a great option.
In Osaka, there’s a well-known rule: no double-dipping in the sauce.
You could even post that prominently in front of your stall.
Tacos
Tacos, with their delightful foreign flair, make a perfect food-stall menu item for snacking on the go.
All you need are tortillas, ground meat, lettuce, and salsa.
Season the ground meat sautéed in a frying pan with ketchup and chili powder.
Place the meat in the center of a tortilla, then layer on crisp lettuce and sauce—that’s it.
Add avocado for a more vibrant look and a colorful cross-section that really pops.
Fold the tortilla in half, wrap it in a paper napkin, and it can be eaten without getting your hands dirty.
Since it’s easy to show personality through ingredient placement and customizations, setting up a photo spot for social media is also recommended.
Pizza
Margherita pizza, which offers an authentic flavor with minimal effort, is a menu item that draws attention even at school festival food stalls.
Make a simple pizza sauce by warming canned tomatoes in the microwave with salt, sugar, and basil.
Combine milk, dry yeast, olive oil, and bread flour, then knead by hand to form the dough.
Spread the dough into a circle, generously coat it with the sauce, top with mozzarella cheese, and bake in the oven to finish.
The aroma of the freshly baked crust and the melting cheese are irresistible, and the stretchy cheese in the cross-section makes for photogenic shots.
Cutting it and serving on paper plates makes it easy to eat with one hand.
Beyond the taste, the baking process and the visual appeal are also perfect for social media.
Sanzoku-yaki (bandit-style fried chicken)
If you’re looking for a hearty, meat-forward dish, I recommend Sanzoku-yaki.
Sanzoku-yaki is a fried dish made with chicken thighs.
You marinate the chicken in a soy sauce-based mixture with grated garlic and onion, then coat it with potato starch and deep-fry it.
If you marinate it the day before, you can just dust it with potato starch and fry it right away, so even on the typically busy day of a school festival, you should be able to keep the servings coming at a decent pace.
Yatai Menu (21–30)
udon
Udon is Japan’s soul food.
Its gentle flavor will soothe your tired body.
A warm bowl of udon eaten outdoors on a chilly evening or night seeps into your cold body.
You might even make it a self-serve toppings setup for an authentic Sanuki udon-style shop.
Hashimaki
When it comes to hashimaki, isn’t it a staple food at festival stalls? It’s like okonomiyaki wrapped around chopsticks, but since the batter is thin, it has a different taste from regular okonomiyaki.
And because it’s wrapped around chopsticks, it’s easy to carry around.