Contrasting shots of the food sellers.
I don't think they had a great year. At least not compared to last year.
Early on.
Later - this is more like it. Although the queues were short and moved quite quickly.
There were other independent stalls dotted about of course - burger bars, pastie sellers, tea and coffee stands, BBQ. Lots of sweet stalls and ice cream vans.
I felt most sorry for the people selling flavoured ice.
Had I not been worried about losing my hands if I exposed them to the wind I'd have had a cup. Shaved ice is very Japanese in my mind. But I had a cup of tea instead. Yorkshire Tea, so not at all Japanese.