The theme of the annual Cycle Kitchen food festival at Expo ’70 Commemorative Park is ‘eat and play’. You can accomplish the former by perusing the many food trucks and booths set up on the grounds to offer a diverse range of delicacies, while two concurrent events make up the ‘play’ portion.
Those springtime happenings are Cycle Mode Ride, one of Japan’s largest sports-bike festivals, and Outdoor Festival, a family-friendly event centred on camping gear and outdoor recreational goods that also features live performances you can take in over pizza or a plate of steaming takoyaki.
The festival itself is free to enjoy, but you have to pay to get into the park. Admission costs ¥260 for adults and ¥80 for children of junior high school age or younger.