Gekikara Gourmet Festival 2015 will be held at Okubo Park in Shinjuku, Tokyo from September 2nd to 23rd (except September 8th and 16th).

I'll do it this year too! Gekikara Gourmet Festival
I'll do it this year too! Gekikara Gourmet Festival

This time, 21 stores, which will be the "highest ever", will be gathered. During the exhibition period, the exhibiting stores will change every three "rounds".

"1st Round" for 6 days from September 2nd to 7th. The Vietnamese restaurant "Vetnam Alice", which was exhibited in 2014 and was popular, the Omotesando pepper restaurant "Red Pot", which debuted this year, and the new Okubo Korean restaurant "Pungum TAK CAFE", which is "always full". There are 9 stores in the lineup.

1st Round exhibit store
1st Round exhibit store

"2nd Round" for 7 days from September 9th to 15th. Thai restaurant "Soul Food Bangkok" where "Chilled Tom Yum Kung Ramen" was very popular in 2013, Indian restaurant "Saffron Ikebukuro Phantom Indian Cuisine" in Ikebukuro, which is acclaimed by "Super Spicy Mania", Chinese Malaysian food There are 9 stores in the lineup, including Ogikubo's "Malay Fuko Bishoku".

2nd Round exhibit store
2nd Round exhibit store

"3rd Round" for 7 days from September 17th to 23rd. Chinese restaurant "Fukumanen Annex" that offers "Sichuan mapo tofu" using "pickled chili", Mexican restaurant "FONDA DE LA MADRUGADA" made by a real chef, " There are 9 restaurants including "Musashino Udon Fujiwara" which is famous for "the hottest noodles in Saitama".

3rd Round exhibit store
3rd Round exhibit store

Some stores exhibit through 2 or 3 rounds. "Mokotanmen Nakamoto" was exhibited in all three rounds, "Cold Spicy Solar Men" which was popular last year in the 1st Round, "Meat Dofujan Noodles" which is a combination of "Super Spicy Dofu" and cabbage in the 2nd Round, and in the 3rd Round. It is said that it will offer "chilled special birch noodles" made by sprinkling cold noodles with pork ribs, tofu, and bean paste with plenty of bamboo shoots.

Please refer to the official website for details on the exhibit stores and menus offered for each round.

The event venue is located at Okubo Park, Shinjuku Ward, 2-43 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. The holding time is from 11:30 to 21:00 each day. Admission is free and food and drink charges are required separately (meal ticket system).