Japan’s First Sumikko Gurashi Chinese Cuisine Collaboration to Launch at Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk

San-X Co., Ltd. announced that Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk’s Chinese restaurant Boukairou, located on the hotel’s fifth floor, will host a limited-time Sumikko Gurashi collaboration lunch and dinner course titled “Sumikko Gurashi Yum Cha Biyori” from July 1 to August 30, 2026. This marks the first Sumikko Gurashi Chinese cuisine collaboration held in Japan. The lunch course includes three appetizers, soup, four hot dishes, five types of yum cha, fried rice, dessert, and Chinese tea, allowing guests to enjoy 16 Chinese dishes in bite-sized portions. The dinner course is designed for sharing around the table with friends and family, featuring four appetizers, soup, three hot dishes, three types of yum cha, fried rice, and dessert. Character panels of Sumikko Gurashi in a Chinese cuisine theme will also be available for guests to borrow and use for photos with their meals. Guests who order either the lunch or dinner course will receive one limited-edition A4 clear file per person. The event runs from July 1 to August 30, 2026, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays. It will be held at Chinese Restaurant Boukairou on the fifth floor of Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with last orders at 1:30 p.m.; dinner is served from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., with last orders at 9:30 p.m. Prices are 5,600 yen per person for lunch and 7,200 yen per person for dinner, including tax and service charge. Reservations can be made by phone at 092-844-8000. In the lunch course, guests open a bamboo steamer decorated with Sumikko characters to find five types of yum cha inspired by Zassou, Tapioca, and Ebifurai no Shippo. The selection includes steamed wonton, xiao long bao, Cantonese shumai, steamed shrimp dumpling, and jade dumpling. The jade dumpling, inspired by Zassou, wraps pork and shrimp in a spinach-infused wrapper. The Cantonese shumai, inspired by Ebifurai no Shippo, features a chewy shrimp filling, with the tail portion made from red-core daikon. The dinner course includes popular Boukairou dishes such as mapo tofu, stir-fried wagyu round and mushrooms in oyster sauce, and spicy stir-fried shrimp and vegetables with shrimp miso sauce. In addition to character-inspired yum cha, desserts include Chinese castella decorated with Tonkatsu’s face, peach buns with Tapioca’s cute expression, and oolong tea pudding with black tapioca. For each guest ordering the dinner course, one child aged 12 or younger may receive an additional serving of the course’s yum cha and gomoku fried rice free of charge. Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk is an iconic international hotel located in one of Fukuoka’s landmark areas, adjacent to Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka and MARK IS Fukuoka Momochi. The hotel has more than 1,000 guest rooms, 30 banquet rooms, and five directly operated restaurants. San-X is known for creating more than 1,000 original characters, including Rilakkuma, Sumikko Gurashi, and Tarepanda, and shares their appeal worldwide through products, licensing, events, promotions, and video content.