[Event Booth] Our Third Year at Tachibana Festival | We Had a Booth at the Cultural Festival of Kyoto Tachibana Junior and Senior High School!

At “Tachibana Festival,” our third year with a booth,
we served dessert drinks and baked goods.

Cafe & Sweets Parade Kyoto once again had a booth at “Tachibana Festival,” the cultural festival of Kyoto Tachibana Junior and Senior High School, held over two days on Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12, 2026. Counting from 2024, this was our third year. Once again this year, we were given the opportunity to bring Parade’s drinks and baked goods to the students who study in Fushimi, the same neighborhood as our shop, as well as to their families and people from the local community!

Taking on the day with the best possible preparation

Before the venue opened, we loaded our setup equipment and products into a large van, and the whole Parade staff headed to the venue together. To prevent any accidents on the day, we set up according to a timetable planned in advance. Because we had planned the layout of the kitchen, drink and baked goods sections beforehand, we were able to finish setting up relatively smoothly this year.

We finished baking the baked goods and preparing the drink bases at the shop by the day before, so that on the day we could hand over products with as little waiting as possible. We also pictured how customers would move through the booth and organized our workflow before the event began. After every event, the team always holds a review and carries what we noticed and what we could improve over to the next time.

This year’s special menu, exclusive to Tachibana Festival

This year’s new main products were two dessert drinks combining peach and framboise. Wanting to offer a satisfying drink that is refreshing and easy to drink at the end of summer, we made them using the rich, juicy fruit aroma of fully ripe peaches and the sweet-tart flavor of framboise.

Alongside them, we served the very popular Matcha Milk, Chocolate Milk and homemade squashes that the students enjoyed so much last year. For iced coffee, which is especially popular with parents every year, we wanted to offer something even more delicious this year, so we prepared a carefully made cold brew iced coffee using house-roasted beans from COFFEE COUNTY in Fukuoka, just for this event. On the day, every drink was popular and almost sold out. We were delighted that so many people enjoyed them.

For the baked goods, we selected a lineup of items that are especially popular among the regular products in our shop and prepared them individually wrapped. This year, we also newly prepared a gift-wrapped baked goods set so that visitors could take it home as a gift, and offered a set discount when purchased together with a drink.

Two days of connecting with
students in our own neighborhood of Fushimi, Kyoto

The first day was mainly students. We saw many groups of friends stopping by between events, and watching them head back into the festival with our new peach drinks in hand gave us energy too. On the second day, many families and local residents also came, and around lunchtime the gymnasium was so busy that it was filled with people. There were times when the line never seemed to end, so to everyone who waited, thank you very much.

We carefully finish each drink one cup at a time after receiving the order. Some took orders, some made drinks, some wrapped baked goods and some handled payment. With the entire staff dividing up the roles and calling out to one another, we worked with a strong commitment to serving products of the same quality as in our shop. Thanks to everyone, this was also a valuable opportunity for us, the Parade staff, to build and confirm even stronger teamwork.

Thank you again this year

At Tachibana Festival, in our third year with a booth, we once again got to see the smiles of many students, parents and teachers. We sincerely thank the teachers of Kyoto Tachibana Junior and Senior High School for giving us the opportunity to take part, the students who created Tachibana Festival, and everyone who visited our booth. If the opportunity arises, we look forward to seeing you all again next year.