A complete guide to YATAI MTL 2025, Montreal’s Japanese street market

Four days of street food, sake, style, and a stylish Shiba Inu show along the Lachine Canal in Griffintown.

The Main

May 6, 2025- Read time: 6 min

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

From June 5 to 8, 2025, YATAI returns to Hangar 1825 with over 25 food stalls, over 40 merchants, and a full slate of music, performances, and yes, a stylish show for dogs.

Now in its seventh edition, the festival draws over 35,000 people throughout its weekend of slurping ramen, shopping for rare finds, and getting one's fill of Japanese culture. Come for the takoyaki, stay for the City Pop disco—here’s everything you need to know.

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