English 
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- Dates
- Venue
- Tokyo Big Sight
- City
- Tokyo, Japan
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Official website
- foodex.jma.or.jp
FOODEX Japan takes place at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo from 9 March to 12 March 2027. Asia's largest international food and beverage trade show covering imported food, beverages and ingredients.
What the fair covers
The show covers food and drink products, ingredients, and the processing and service equipment behind them. Asia's largest international food and beverage trade show covering imported food, beverages and ingredients. That shapes both the exhibitor mix and the questions worth preparing before you arrive.
Dates, venue and getting there
The fair runs from 9 March to 12 March 2027 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo. It runs for 4 days, which is usually enough to cover several product areas without rushing. Check the venue location against your accommodation before booking, since exhibition grounds are often outside the city centre. Where a rail or metro connection exists it is usually more predictable than road transport during fair weeks.
Planning your visit
Food fairs are tasting events as much as trading ones, and that is the reason to attend in person. Specification sheets do not tell you how a product actually tastes, how consistent the batch is, or how it holds up in the packaging it will ship in. Most buyers work through a shortlist of halls, sample steadily, and use the days to reduce a long supplier list to the few worth pursuing seriously. For FOODEX Japan, that means preparing ahead of the March dates and arriving with a target list of stands.
Language and interpreting support
English coverage among exhibitors varies, and is often stronger among sales staff than among the engineers who can answer detailed technical questions. For technical sourcing in particular, arranging language support in advance is worth the effort. An interpreter already working in Tokyo saves further time simply by knowing the venue and how to move around it.
After the fair
Food sourcing carries requirements that go beyond price and taste. Shelf life, labelling, certification and import documentation all have to line up with your own market before a product can be sold there, and those rules differ by country. Buyers routinely check certification status and arrange inspection on first shipments, since consistency between the sample and the production batch is the usual point of failure.
Frequently asked questions
When and where does FOODEX Japan take place?
It runs from 9 March to 12 March 2027 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo. Confirm the dates against the organiser's official site before booking travel.
What is shown at the fair?
The show covers food and drink products, ingredients, and the processing and service equipment behind them. Asia's largest international food and beverage trade show covering imported food, beverages and ingredients.
How much time should I allow?
It runs for 4 days, which is usually enough to cover several product areas without rushing. Planning a route through the halls in advance makes a noticeable difference to how much you get done.
Will I need an interpreter?
English coverage among exhibitors varies, and is often stronger among sales staff than among the engineers who can answer detailed technical questions. For technical sourcing in particular, arranging language support in advance is worth the effort.
What happens after the fair?
Food sourcing carries requirements that go beyond price and taste. Shelf life, labelling, certification and import documentation all have to line up with your own market before a product can be sold there, and those rules differ by country. Buyers routinely check certification status and arrange inspection on first shipments, since consistency between the sample and the production batch is the usual point of failure.
Where do I find official information and registration?
The organiser's official site (foodex.jma.or.jp) is the primary source for dates, visitor registration and the exhibitor list. Registering before you travel is worth doing, as it saves queueing at the counters on the first day.