Meat Festival presents: Hot Dog Grand Prix 2026 Announced!
The 'Hot Dog Grand Prix 2026,' produced by the Meat Festival, has been announced. This gourmet event gathers elite food trucks offering unique hot dogs, with attendees voting to crown the No. 1 champion.
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- 📰 Published: April 24, 2026 at 20:00
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A heated battle to decide the top spot through visitor voting will unfold! A huge gathering of carefully selected hot dogs! From proud standard menus to event-exclusive items! Furthermore, unique meat dishes and sweets signature to the Meat Festival will also be available. There will be live stages featuring performances of the official song and DJs! Packed with content that families, couples, and groups of friends can enjoy!
■ Introducing Some of the Entering Vendors!
Station Dog
Vendor Name: Hot Dog Cafe Stand STATION Tokyo
Operating mainly at events and festivals in Tokyo and Kanagawa with food trucks, based out of their main store (Shinagawa Minami-Oi branch) located a 3-minute walk from "Shinagawa Aquarium." Like a "station" where various people gather, please utilize the hot dog cafe stand "STATION Tokyo" as a platform in your town. The exquisite pairing of our traditional original sauce with cheese & basil! The flavors of onion, pickles, and mustard enhance the umami. Simple but one of a kind. It is our store's No. 1 popular menu.
Honey Salt Cheese Hot Dog
Vendor Name: D's Cheese Steak
The most delicious combination where juicy grilled beef and plenty of onions intertwine with rich cheese! A soul food originating from Philadelphia, America, recently trending on social media like Instagram. B-class gourmet popular all over America affectionately known as the Philly Cheesesteak!! We confidently recommend this; rich cheese intertwines heavily with our juicy original frankfurter, and honey and salt play an exquisite harmony that becomes addictive ♪
Neapolitan Pizza Dog
Vendor Name: DIVERTENTE
We serve freshly baked Neapolitan pizza and Italian cuisine from a food truck equipped with a stone oven. Our signature Neapolitan Pizza Dog is our original masterpiece born as a Neapolitan pizza to be enjoyed at festivals. Enjoy the chewy texture unique to pizza dough and our proud Italian flavor in one hand! A dog-style Neapolitan pizza from a pizzeria! We stretch our special pizza dough, top it with a long sausage full of umami, and bake it—our one and only original. Served freshly baked from the stone oven!
Chili Cheese Dog
Vendor Name: HOTDOG'S CLUB
A food truck operating in various locations centered around Yokosuka. You can enjoy authentic hot dogs rarely tasted in Japan. Highly praised with "So good!" by overseas customers, we deliver a fun and uplifting time with an American atmosphere! Our store's No. 1 popularity! A luxurious taste where rich, slowly simmered chili sauce full of umami intertwines with melting, mellow cheese. Bite into this overflowing hot dog and an American-style dynamic dish will spread throughout your mouth. Please try it!!
Special Chimi
Vendor Name: HOTDOG & FRIES TACHIBANAYA
We are "TACHIBANAYA," a hot dog specialty store with a shop in Soshigaya, Setagaya Ward. We offer exquisite hot dogs with South American essence using a special linguica (Brazilian style raw sausage) and a selected baguette. A juicy Brazilian raw sausage "linguica" is sandwiched in a fragrant baguette. Topped with rich natural cheese, jalapeños, garlic, and plenty of sweet grilled onions. Finished with pickles and our highly recommended homemade chimichurri sauce, bright with herbs and a mild acidity.
Horumon Yakisoba Hot Dog
Vendor Name: Manpuku Kitchen Car
Tottori's famous Horumon Yakisoba transforms! Serving our proud Horumon Yakisoba in a hot dog style! A dish where plump offal and homemade miso sauce yakisoba are heavily loaded onto a hot dog! A new sensation triple combo of Horumon × Miso Yakisoba × Hot Dog!
Avocado Salsa Dog
Vendor Name: biru
A phantom hot dog shop in Chiba City that opens irregularly and only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Committed to local production for local consumption, we luxuriously use sausages from nationally famous Chigusa Meat, which won the grand prize at Chiba City's "Food Gift Selection," and bread from Kawashimaya, loved in Chiba Prefecture for over 80 years. We promise premium "mouth-happiness" while maintaining the convenience of a hot dog. A limited dog sold at the March home game of B1 Altiri Chiba. The refreshing spiciness of the salsa and the overflowing meat juices of the sausage match perfectly with the mellow sweetness of avocado! A well-balanced hot dog that looks great with green and red colors.
Frank Dog
Vendor Name: BOULANGERIE le RASE
Kitchen Car "BOU...
■ Introducing Some of the Entering Vendors!
Station Dog
Vendor Name: Hot Dog Cafe Stand STATION Tokyo
Operating mainly at events and festivals in Tokyo and Kanagawa with food trucks, based out of their main store (Shinagawa Minami-Oi branch) located a 3-minute walk from "Shinagawa Aquarium." Like a "station" where various people gather, please utilize the hot dog cafe stand "STATION Tokyo" as a platform in your town. The exquisite pairing of our traditional original sauce with cheese & basil! The flavors of onion, pickles, and mustard enhance the umami. Simple but one of a kind. It is our store's No. 1 popular menu.
Honey Salt Cheese Hot Dog
Vendor Name: D's Cheese Steak
The most delicious combination where juicy grilled beef and plenty of onions intertwine with rich cheese! A soul food originating from Philadelphia, America, recently trending on social media like Instagram. B-class gourmet popular all over America affectionately known as the Philly Cheesesteak!! We confidently recommend this; rich cheese intertwines heavily with our juicy original frankfurter, and honey and salt play an exquisite harmony that becomes addictive ♪
Neapolitan Pizza Dog
Vendor Name: DIVERTENTE
We serve freshly baked Neapolitan pizza and Italian cuisine from a food truck equipped with a stone oven. Our signature Neapolitan Pizza Dog is our original masterpiece born as a Neapolitan pizza to be enjoyed at festivals. Enjoy the chewy texture unique to pizza dough and our proud Italian flavor in one hand! A dog-style Neapolitan pizza from a pizzeria! We stretch our special pizza dough, top it with a long sausage full of umami, and bake it—our one and only original. Served freshly baked from the stone oven!
Chili Cheese Dog
Vendor Name: HOTDOG'S CLUB
A food truck operating in various locations centered around Yokosuka. You can enjoy authentic hot dogs rarely tasted in Japan. Highly praised with "So good!" by overseas customers, we deliver a fun and uplifting time with an American atmosphere! Our store's No. 1 popularity! A luxurious taste where rich, slowly simmered chili sauce full of umami intertwines with melting, mellow cheese. Bite into this overflowing hot dog and an American-style dynamic dish will spread throughout your mouth. Please try it!!
Special Chimi
Vendor Name: HOTDOG & FRIES TACHIBANAYA
We are "TACHIBANAYA," a hot dog specialty store with a shop in Soshigaya, Setagaya Ward. We offer exquisite hot dogs with South American essence using a special linguica (Brazilian style raw sausage) and a selected baguette. A juicy Brazilian raw sausage "linguica" is sandwiched in a fragrant baguette. Topped with rich natural cheese, jalapeños, garlic, and plenty of sweet grilled onions. Finished with pickles and our highly recommended homemade chimichurri sauce, bright with herbs and a mild acidity.
Horumon Yakisoba Hot Dog
Vendor Name: Manpuku Kitchen Car
Tottori's famous Horumon Yakisoba transforms! Serving our proud Horumon Yakisoba in a hot dog style! A dish where plump offal and homemade miso sauce yakisoba are heavily loaded onto a hot dog! A new sensation triple combo of Horumon × Miso Yakisoba × Hot Dog!
Avocado Salsa Dog
Vendor Name: biru
A phantom hot dog shop in Chiba City that opens irregularly and only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Committed to local production for local consumption, we luxuriously use sausages from nationally famous Chigusa Meat, which won the grand prize at Chiba City's "Food Gift Selection," and bread from Kawashimaya, loved in Chiba Prefecture for over 80 years. We promise premium "mouth-happiness" while maintaining the convenience of a hot dog. A limited dog sold at the March home game of B1 Altiri Chiba. The refreshing spiciness of the salsa and the overflowing meat juices of the sausage match perfectly with the mellow sweetness of avocado! A well-balanced hot dog that looks great with green and red colors.
Frank Dog
Vendor Name: BOULANGERIE le RASE
Kitchen Car "BOU...