Nara Gastronomy Night Expo with MICHELIN Guide

A night event to enjoy Nara's food and traditional crafts in Nara Park. Featuring chefs from Michelin Guide-listed restaurants in the prefecture!

It’s not only about deer and the giant Buddha statue. For our guests, this first nighttime event in Nara Prefecture will bring together chefs from restaurants listed in the Michelin Guide Nara 2024 and Nara's traditional craftsmen, with about 30 stores participating on different days. Spend time in this special ambiance and atmosphere.

In the Michelin Guide area, chefs from restaurants listed in the Michelin Guide Nara 2024 will offer special one-day-only, limited-quantity menus using Nara Prefecture ingredients and, for the first time in Japan, they will also demonstrate their skills in CULINARY-POPUP live cooking performances.

There are many other extraordinary areas.

The Japan Craft area offers sales and workshops of Nara's traditional crafts, such as “chasen” bamboo whisks, Akahada ware, Nara “uchiwa” fans, Japanese swords, and other crafts representative of Nara and Japan, as well as opportunities to interact directly with the artisans.

The event includes CULINARY-POPUP live cooking featuring chefs from Michelin Guide Nara 2024 restaurants, and a special stage event featuring live painting by a world-renowned Japanese illustrator.

The Premium Food area features a very popular ramen restaurant, as well as Japan's unrivaled and globally renowned sake. Each day, different chefs, producers, and traditional craftspeople will make appearances at the event.