Central Japan's Largest Curry Festival "TOKAI Curry Naru Fes"! Held for 6 days from April 29 (Wed/Holiday) to May 4 (Mon/Holiday) at Yaba Park!

On the opening day of the event, April 29 (Wednesday/holiday), Nagoya Mayor Hirosawa will attend the opening ceremony.

He will deliver the opening declaration and inspect the venue, marking a splendid start to the event.

Opening Ceremony: Scheduled for around 10:15 on April 29 (Wednesday/holiday), 2026

The lineup includes attractive curry restaurants, such as popular and skilled curry restaurants in the Tokai area that always have long queues even on weekdays, as well as top-ranked stores from Western Japan's largest curry festival, "Curry EXPO," and frequent finalists of the "Kanda Curry Grand Prix."

Introducing some of the exhibitors! (Please check the official website for each store's exhibition dates)

[First-time exhibitors]

・Zen'emon Curry (Naka-ku, Nagoya City)

・SOUP CURRY ISHIBA (Naka-ku, Nagoya City / Kasugai City)

・Marunouchi Spice (Naka-ku, Nagoya City)

[Other popular and skilled curry restaurants]

・Spice Hour (Nishi-ku, Nagoya City)

・Tasogare Lily (Minami-ku, Nagoya City)

・BOOK&BAR SPIN (Naka-ku, Nagoya City)

・Ganso!! Taiwan Curry (Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture)

・spicecurry monday (Showa-ku, Nagoya City)

・HOTEL AUTHENTIC (Hotel Authentic)

　(Showa-ku, Nagoya City)

・Oryori-dokoro Aoki (Minato-ku, Nagoya City)

・Re:tro Nagoya's Not-Spicy Curry Restaurant Retro (Tempaku-ku, Nagoya City)

・Mori no Gochisou Kakurega Restaurant Zoi (Togo Town, Aichi Prefecture)

・cafe hollywood buddy × Kari Onsen (Moriyama-ku, Nagoya City)

　*Collaboration exhibition

・Cafe New Delhi (Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City)

・Dim's Sri Lankan Curry (Nagoya City)

・spice curry COF TO ALC (Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City)

・Nagoya Spice Curry Nora (Naka-ku, Nagoya City)

・South Indian Cuisine Madurai Kitchen (Kita-ku, Nagoya City)

・The Modern Lovers (Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City)

[Curry EXPO top-ranked stores / Kanda Curry Grand Prix frequent finalists]

・Saketomeshi *Curry EXPO top-ranked store

・Spice Curry Maruse *Curry EXPO top-ranked store

・Tonkotsu Black Curry MECHA *Curry EXPO top-ranked store

・Spice Dashi Curry BFR *Curry EXPO top-ranked store

・kitchen723 *Kanda Curry Grand Prix frequent finalist

More exhibitors will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

 *All photos are images of curry from the exhibitors.

The exhibitors' curries offer a rich variety, including Osaka-born "spice curry," European-style, soup curry, Indian curry, Taiwanese curry, keema curry, super spicy curry, and collaboration menu curries.

You might encounter your favorite original dish by trying "aigake" (two types of curry on one plate) or "tabekurabe" (eating comparisons) from various curry genres.

Curry is ticket-based, so first purchase a curry ticket and exchange it at the curry stall you wish to eat from.

[Curry Tickets]

Curry Set Ticket: 1,500 yen (total 1,600 yen if purchased separately)

*Two half-curry servings + one plate of rice (180g)

Single item: Half-curry serving 600 yen/cup, Rice 400 yen/cup

*Tickets such as curry set tickets can be purchased at the sales counter.

*Curry tickets are common to all exhibitors.

*Paid toppings can be purchased at each curry stall.

[How to participate in the event]

① Purchase a curry set ticket at the sales counter (same counter for single item purchases)

② Exchange your ticket for rice at the rice booth.

③ Exchange your ticket for half-curry at each curry stall.

*Rice and curry can be exchanged in any order you prefer.

In addition to curry, sweets perfect for refreshing your palate, such as rich and sweet "pudding," and drinks (alcohol/soft drinks) will also be available.

Also, you can vote for your favorite store using the ticket attached to the curry set ticket.

The Grand Prix for Round 1 (4/29-5/2) and Round 2 (5/3-5/4) will be decided. (Results will be announced later on the official website)