YATAI MTL 2026: A Guide to Montreal's Japanese Street Market

For one weekend every June, a corner of Griffintown’s high-rise living turns technicolour at the street level: Lanterns sway in the breeze, the smell of karaage hits you before you even see the line, and somewhere, a Shiba in a silk kimono is stealing the show. That’s YATAI MTL, Quebec’s biggest Japanese street market: part food fair, part cultural deep dive, part four-day block party.

From June 4 to 7, 2026, YATAI comes to Peel Basin with food stalls, merchants, and a full slate of activities and performances, including a Studio Ghibli Cosplay contest, and Shiba and Akita runway.

Now in its eighth edition, the festival draws over 35,000 people throughout its four days of slurping ramen, shopping for rare finds, and getting one's fill of Japanese culture—here’s everything you need to know.

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