This is definitely not the most organized festival. It really doesn't make sense to me to have one line for purchasing ramen tickets/drinks and then you have to stand in another line to get the ramen =(. I'm not patient and I hate lines! ha... And it turns out this was one of the hotter days in the fall. The takoyaki place was flat out disgusting....I hardly ever am that harsh, but the dough was not cooked through =( Big fail and I waited over 30 minutes in line for it! The ramen was okay, but I think i would have rather sat down in a restaurant and savored the flavors of a full bowl rather than a few bites of ramen noodles and one piece of pork. It seemed like a great concept, but in the end I probably wouldn't go back. In the future on Aki Matsuri Festival day I will be there in spirit as I eat at Monta or Ramen Sora. On a side note, they have little prizes they are giving away all the time...so if you are a lucky winner than that's a bonus. I won a $50 gift certificate to Marssa, so perhaps...this might make my review an A-okay versus I've experienced better.