There are a few food trucks in Kumamoto which cruise around selling things like 石焼き芋 (Ishiyaki imo! Imo! Imo!) and ramen, but their number has fallen dramatically, perhaps due to the burgeoning convenience store culture. This is too bad, I think, as their “cuisine” is, by necessity, unique. It makes me miss my hometown of Los Angeles, where taco trucks are ubiquitous in numbers that Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” pares down to only the best. Let’s hope they reappear. - William