Finally opening! Thorough explanation on how to enjoy "Craft Gyoza Fest®"! Souvenirs & goods overflowing with gyoza love are here!
Detailed ways to enjoy the "Craft Gyoza Fest 2026," held simultaneously in Tokyo and Osaka, have been announced. Enjoy 17 popular gyoza stores at each venue, photo booths, and souvenir frozen gyoza shops.
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We are revealing how to enjoy and recommended content for the "Craft Gyoza Fest 2026", which will be held simultaneously in two cities, Tokyo and Osaka, in just two weeks. This time, 17 popular gyoza restaurants from all over the country will gather at the Tokyo venue and the Osaka venue respectively. The gyoza, packed with the ideas of gyoza artisans, are full of menus that will make you want to conquer them all! After taking your time to enjoy the gyoza in the chill area, we also recommend making memories at the photo booth. Furthermore, frozen gyoza for souvenirs to enjoy craft gyoza at home, and cute gyoza merchandise that you will want to collect are also fully stocked. A thorough explanation of the "Craft Gyoza Fest" where you can play all day long!
◼️ The ways to enjoy "Craft Gyoza Fest" are endless. Once you pass through the gates, a lineup full of individuality awaits!
If you are wondering what to eat first because all the menus are attractive, check out this way of enjoying it first.
This year, the latest trend "Neo Gyoza" will appear, along with "Local Gyoza", "Traditional Chinese", and "Artisan Gyoza". You can select from each genre, or you can concentrate your attack on your favorite genre. We also recommend comparing pan-fried, steamed, deep-fried, and boiled gyoza. You should be able to encounter new charms of gyoza. Find your "Oshi (favorite) Gyoza" and your particular way of enjoying it, and please share it on SNS.
▶︎ Gyoza Genre Explanation
[Neo Gyoza]: Gyoza woven with free ideas and methods, finished with cutting-edge sauces and seasonings, weaving unconventional ingredients into a blend of Japanese and Western styles, and gorgeous visuals that make you want to take pictures. One-of-a-kind gyoza born from pairings overflowing with originality.
[Local Gyoza]: Famous gyoza such as Utsunomiya Gyoza loved in various parts of Japan, and gyoza where you can fully taste local ingredients.
[Traditional Chinese]: Royal road style gyoza that shines with the skills of skilled dim sum masters passed down for generations in the home of Chinese cuisine.
[Artisan Gyoza]: Gyoza full of creativity and originality, packed with the precious ideas and techniques of artisans.
Reservations for lounge seats (paid seats) where you can sit and relax without lining up under the roof have also started! If you order via mobile order from your seat, all you have to do is wait for the gyoza to be brought to you. You can take your time to enjoy craft gyoza and craft beer with your loved ones. Make reservations for lounge seats from the Craft Gyoza Fest official app.
* Lounge is Tokyo venue only
■ Experience a higher-grade gyoza experience at the photo booth & chill area!
This time, a photo booth & chill area that upgrades the gyoza experience will also appear. Pay attention to the bathtub photo booth that suddenly appears in both Tokyo and Osaka venues! Please take a special memorable photo with your family, friends, lovers, and gyoza companions at a special photo spot themed around a sparkling worldview, as if you were in a dream. Also, try looking for the "hidden gyoza" on the back panel.
And at the Tokyo venue, the chill area, which was popular last year, will appear again. If you get tired of walking a lot, we recommend taking a breather while enjoying your favorite gyoza and beer in the chill area where you can relax.
* Chill area is Tokyo venue only
■ You can enjoy craft gyoza at home! A large selection of souvenir frozen gyoza!
What you want to stop by at the end of the Craft Gyoza Fest is the "Craft Gyoza SHOP" where you can purchase carefully selected frozen gyoza from all over the country. A souvenir shop irresistible to gyoza lovers, where you can take home the frozen gyoza of your favorite gyoza found at the venue or menus you couldn't eat because you were full, and stuff your cheeks with piping hot ones. This time, we have 24 types at the Tokyo venue / 18 types at the Osaka venue. Pay attention to stores like [Gyoza Specialty Marutora MARCO] and [Gyoza-ya Hiro] that are not opening at the venue this time but will appear only for souvenirs! Take this opportunity to taste the gyoza of that gyoza restaurant you were curious about. It is also recommended to use it as a souvenir and share your favorite gyoza with that important person. Check it out at the venue.
・Hokkaido [Gyoza and Wine Kahi to An]: Crunchy beef tongue gyoza overflowing with umami, butter soy sauce fried corn gyoza
・Tochigi [Utsunomiya Hachiman Gyoza]: Meat juice bomb gyoza, supreme garlic gyoza
・Saitama [Gyoza Specialty Marutora MARCO]: Seared kalbi gyoza sweet and spicy cheese sauce, aged cheese gyoza *Tokyo venue only
・Chiba [Nikutama Soba Ochi x Asakusa Kaikaro]: Carefully made umami meat juice gyoza
・Tokyo [GYOZA SHACK]: Extremely coarsely ground Shack gyoza
・Tokyo [Tamagawa Seinikuten]: 100% Kuroge Wagyu coarsely ground wagyu gyoza, chunky meat keema curry gyoza
・Tokyo [LIU'S gyoza]: Shrimp-packed plump shrimp gyoza *Tokyo venue only
・Tokyo [Sakura Sakasu]: TOKYO Pan-fried gyoza *Tokyo venue