Reggae music + clouds of billowing fragrant smoke + jerk chicken on all sides = only one thing: the annual One Love Jamaica Festival in Yoyogi Park. It's that time of year again...
These guys in their goggles are here every year, and they really mean business...
The chicken is good — which is why the line here is up to half an hour long...
After wading through all the greasy barbecue smoke, it was a relief to find Cafe Eight's clean, mellow stall.
"Eat your vegetable, eat your ital" is their slogan.
It's all righteous: Ital stew with rice and peas; soymeat chunks in pita bread; and their ital plate with vegetarian pasties. Good for body, mind and spirit.
I rarely get to Cafe Eight these days, since they moved out to Aobadai — a good healthy walk from Naka-Meguro Station. But the ethos is just the same as when it was in Aoyama (which was when I wrote it up in the JT)...
Today's the second day of the One Love festival — and the weather looks perfect!
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