5/2〜3/20 Free
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
The stars of summer
Ongoing 〜8/30
Midsummer Snow Festival 2026 (Rokko GREENIA)
Rokko Mountain Athletic Park GREENIA
8/29 Free
Kobe Suzuran Fireworks Festival 2026
ER Futsal Stadium, on the grounds of Arima Kaido Onsen Suzuran-no-Yu (Kita-ku, Kobe)
8/30 Free
Hasuike Bon-Odori Festival 2026
Hasuike Elementary School grounds
10/19〜10/23
Minato HANABI 2026 – Five Nights Over Kobe
Meriken Park (free area) / Shinko Pier No.1 (ticketed area)
Indoors, highlands, waterside
Ongoing 〜8/30
Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens GARDEN FEST 2026 -Summer-
Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway
Ongoing 〜8/31 Free
Summer Special Exhibition: Dinosaur Quest — Challenge from the Jungle
Bandai Kobe Youth Science Museum
Ongoing 〜8/30
Midsummer Snow Festival 2026 (Rokko GREENIA)
Rokko Mountain Athletic Park GREENIA
Beer gardens & sake festivals
Ongoing 〜9/30 Free
KOBE MOON HOPPING 2026
Participating venues around Sannomiya, Kobe (one in Tarumi Ward)
Ongoing 〜9/30 Free
Kobe Old Pulteney Bar Rally
Participating bars across Kobe (197 bars citywide)
8/28〜8/29
KADO ISSUE01 BEER — Craft Beer in Kobe's Former Foreign Settlement
Plaza in front of SMBC Kobe (Former Foreign Settlement)
9/6 Free
Sannomiya Yokocho Grown-ups' Summer Festival 2026
Sannomiya Yokocho (2F, under the JR elevated tracks)
9/12 Free
Marugo Ichiba Hello Market
Marugo Ichiba (Arcade)
9/26 Free
Rappappa Night 2026 (September)
Minatogawa Park
10/23〜10/24
Suidosuji SSS Bar Hop 2026
The Suidosuji area, from the west exit of Hankyu Oji-koen Station to the Suidosuji shopping street
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Moto-Eikai 6-chome Jizo-bon 2026
Motomachi 6-chome Taki Park
Free Motomachi Nankinmachi Parks
Ongoing
Uchiranchi Tarumi at Tarumi Fishing Port
2F cooking room, Kobe City Fishery Hall, Tarumi Fishing Port
Suma Tarumi Seafood
Ongoing 〜8/26
Minatogawa Shrine Summer Festival: Kentosai & Kikusui Tenjin Festival 2026
Minatogawa Shrine (3-1-1 Tamondori, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Sannomiya History Heritage
Ongoing 〜8/30
The Endless World of Picture Books: Kaiseisha Children's Book Exhibition
Kobe Fashion Museum
Higashinada Mikage Culture Art
Ongoing 〜8/30
Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens GARDEN FEST 2026 -Summer-
Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway
Kitano Cool Summer
Ongoing 〜8/30
Ghost and the Shell: Ghost in the Shell Exhibition (Kansai)
3F Gallery, Gallery Building, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Sannomiya Culture Art
Ongoing 〜8/30
PAW Patrol Dino Adventure at Premium Outlets
Throughout Kobe-Sanda Premium Outlets
Free Family Free Cheap
Ongoing 〜8/30
Midsummer Snow Festival 2026 (Rokko GREENIA)
Rokko Mountain Athletic Park GREENIA
Nada Rokko Fireworks
Ongoing 〜8/31
Summer Special Exhibition: Dinosaur Quest — Challenge from the Jungle
Bandai Kobe Youth Science Museum
Free Port Island Culture Art
Ongoing 〜9/2
Nepenthes Pitcher Plant Exhibition at Suma Rikyu Park 2026
Observation Greenhouse, Botanical Garden Area, Suma Rikyu Park
Suma Tarumi Parks
Ongoing 〜9/6
Special Exhibition: Godzilla – THE ART (70th Anniversary)
Kobe Yukari no Bijutsukan (Higashinada, Kobe)
Rainy Day Higashinada Mikage
Ongoing 〜9/6
Kowakawa: The Cursed Box — Save Hakoneko! (Harborland Haunted House)
K-wave, South Brick Warehouse, Kobe Harborland
Harborland Events Festivals
Ongoing 〜9/6
Zoo Exhibition @ KOBE SUBWAY MUSEUM
All 10 stations on the Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (incl. Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae)
Free Sannomiya Culture Art
Ongoing 〜9/13
Mystery at the Museum | A Summer Exhibition Bringing Together Seven Hyogo Prefectural Museums
Gallery 1F, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Sannomiya Culture Art
Ongoing 〜9/23
The World of Kawanabe Kyosai: The Goldman Collection
Kobe City Museum
Sannomiya Culture Art
Ongoing 〜9/30
Miffy × Kobe Port Tower: Night Time
Kobe Port Tower and venues across the Kobe waterfront
Kobe Port Waterfront Culture Art
Ongoing 〜9/30
KOBE MOON HOPPING 2026
Participating venues around Sannomiya, Kobe (one in Tarumi Ward)
Free Sannomiya Craft Beer Sake
Ongoing 〜9/30
Kobe Old Pulteney Bar Rally
Participating bars across Kobe (197 bars citywide)
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Craft Beer Sake
Ongoing 〜10/31
Kobe Airport Mystery Game: The Left-Behind Suitcase
Kobe Airport Terminal 1 & Terminal 2
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Free Cheap
Aug 26 (Wed)
8/26〜8/31
Marugoto Cat Festival 2026 in Kobe
Kobe Hankyu, Main Bldg. 9F Event Hall
Free Sannomiya Culture Art
Aug 28 (Fri)
8/28〜8/29
Hokushin Tsunagaru Yoichi Summer 2026
Ecoll Lilas, 3F Fureai Hiroba (Fujiwaradai-nakamachi, Kita-ku, Kobe)
Free Market Marche Gourmet
8/28〜8/29
KADO ISSUE01 BEER — Craft Beer in Kobe's Former Foreign Settlement
Plaza in front of SMBC Kobe (Former Foreign Settlement)
Sannomiya Craft Beer Sake
8/28〜8/30
KOBE Wood Education Caravan at Konan University
iCommons, Okamoto Campus, Konan University
Free Higashinada Mikage Family
Aug 29 (Sat)
8/29
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
8/29
TOOTH TOOTH Kids Kitchen: Summer Patissier Experience 2026
LAGOON TOOTH TOOTH (Mitsui Outlet Park Marine Pia Kobe)
Suma Tarumi Sweets Dessert
8/29
HANASUZU Market in KIITO
Gallery A, 1F, KIITO — Design and Creative Center Kobe
Free Market Marche Kobe Port Waterfront
8/29〜11/29
Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 beyond
Various locations on Mount Rokko
Free Nada Rokko Culture Art
8/29
Kobe Suzuran Fireworks Festival 2026
ER Futsal Stadium, on the grounds of Arima Kaido Onsen Suzuran-no-Yu (Kita-ku, Kobe)
Free Fireworks Onsen Sento
8/29〜11/8
Setsuko Migishi: 120th Anniversary Exhibition
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art, Galleries 1 & 2
Higashinada Mikage Culture Art
8/29
Minatogawa Night Market at Higashiyama Shotengai 2026
Higashiyama Shotengai (Higashiyama-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe)
Free Hyogo Wadamisaki Gourmet
8/29
39th RIC Summer Evening Carnival 2026
Rokko Island River Mall area & Kobe Fashion Mart Event Plaza
Free Higashinada Mikage Gourmet
8/29
2026 Taiwan Pavilion in Kansai (Kobe)
Kobe Harborland Space Theater
Free Harborland Culture Art
Aug 30 (Sun)
8/30
TOOTH TOOTH Kids Kitchen: Summer Patissier Experience 2026
LAGOON TOOTH TOOTH (Mitsui Outlet Park Marine Pia Kobe)
Suma Tarumi Sweets Dessert
8/30
Hasuike Bon-Odori Festival 2026
Hasuike Elementary School grounds
Free Nagata Shinkaichi Family
8/30
Kobe Shin-Nagata Memories Summer Festival 2026
Home Center Agro Kobe Komagabayashi — lawn plaza
Free Nagata Shinkaichi Family
Sep 1 (Tue)
9/1〜11/6
Kobe Harborland Puzzle Walking Rally
Kobe Harborland, Meriken Park and New Seaport (12 rally points)
Free Harborland Free Cheap
Sep 4 (Fri)
9/4
SLENDERIE RECORD Family Concert 2026 MUSIC POWER [Kobe]
Kobe Bunka Hall (Main Hall)
Rainy Day Sannomiya
Sep 5 (Sat)
9/5
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
9/5
Sunshine Wharf Kobe Flea Market
Sunshine Garden, Sunshine Wharf Kobe
Free Higashinada Mikage Market Marche
Sep 6 (Sun)
9/6
Sannomiya Yokocho Grown-ups' Summer Festival 2026
Sannomiya Yokocho (2F, under the JR elevated tracks)
Free Sannomiya Craft Beer Sake
9/6
VAMOS Ninomiya Autumn Festival 2026
Ninomiya Shopping Street and surrounding area (Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Free Sannomiya Events Festivals
Sep 12 (Sat)
9/12〜11/29
Special Exhibition: Shigeru Mizuki, Soul of Manga
Kobe Fashion Museum
Higashinada Mikage Culture Art
9/12
Shin-Nagata Hello Market 2026
Hyogo Kobe Life Creation Center (Shin-Nagata Joint Government Building 1F)
Free Nagata Shinkaichi Market Marche
Sep 18 (Fri)
9/18〜9/23
Hokkaido Festival in KOBE 2026
Meriken Park (Hatoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Gourmet
Sep 19 (Sat)
9/19
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
9/19
Sunshine Wharf Kobe Flea Market
Sunshine Garden, Sunshine Wharf Kobe
Free Higashinada Mikage Market Marche
9/19〜9/20
Kobe Coffee Village | Seaside Coffee Festival
Big Roof Plaza, Mitsui Outlet Park Marine Pia Kobe
Free Suma Tarumi Cafe Coffee
9/19〜9/20
Kourep 2026 Autumn Reptile & Exotic Animal Expo
Kobe Sanbo Hall, 1F & 2F Main Exhibition Halls
Sannomiya Zoo
9/19
Nada Chuosuji Shotengai Night Market
Nada Chuosuji Shotengai, Suidosuji, Nada-ku
Free Nada Rokko Gourmet
9/19〜9/20
Port Island Cinema Garden 2026
Port Island Shimin Hiroba (Central Plaza)
Free Port Island Culture Art
9/19
Suidosuji Yomise Odori Night Market 2026
Suidosuji Shopping Street, Nada-ku, Kobe
Free Nada Rokko Gourmet
Sep 20 (Sun)
9/20
Ikuta Shrine Autumn Festival 2026
Ikuta Shrine (1-2-1 Shimoyamatedori, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Sannomiya History Heritage
Sep 21 (Mon)
9/21
Detective Precure Movie Hanamaru Stage
East Atrium Plaza, Center Street 1F, Kobe Harborland umie
Free Harborland Family
Sep 22 (Tue)
9/22
Kobe Musicada Wind 1st Regular Concert
Kobe City Suma Ward Cultural Center, Main Hall
Free Rainy Day Music Jazz
9/22〜9/23
WANCHAN COLLECTION 2026 at Maiko Park
Hyogo Prefectural Maiko Park — Central Plaza and West Lawn
Free Suma Tarumi Market Marche
Sep 26 (Sat)
9/26
Minatogawa Park Handmade Market (September 2026)
Minatogawa Park / Park Town
Free Hyogo Wadamisaki Market Marche
9/26〜9/27
Rokko Yahata no Mori Ichi Creators Market
Approach to Rokko Hachiman Shrine
Free Nada Rokko Market Marche
Sep 27 (Sun)
9/27
Sunshine Wharf Kobe Flea Market
Sunshine Garden, Sunshine Wharf Kobe
Free Higashinada Mikage Market Marche
9/27
KOBE Hon no Eki 2026 (3rd) | Belst Suzurandai Becomes a Bookstore for a Day
Belst Suzurandai, floors 1–3 (directly connected to Suzurandai Station, Kobe Electric Railway)
Free Books Culture Market Marche
Oct 3 (Sat)
10/3
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
10/3〜10/4
KOBE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2026
Sannomiya Central Street to the Waterfront (pedestrian zone)
Free Sannomiya Kobe Port Waterfront
10/3
2nd Kobe Tug-of-War Championship
Sannomiya Central Street, in front of Ikuta Shrine's first torii (KOBE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2026 "THE WALK" area)
Free Sannomiya Motomachi Nankinmachi
10/3
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Come to Suma Beach
Suma Beach (south of JR Suma Station)
Free Suma Tarumi Sports Activity
Oct 10 (Sat)
10/10〜11/30
Moomin × Kobe Port Tower: a part of KOBE
Kobe Port Tower and 20+ locations across Kobe
Kobe Port Waterfront Culture Art
Oct 11 (Sun)
Oct 15 (Thu)
10/15
Mt. Rokko Architecture Tour 2026
Around the Mt. Rokko summit (meet and finish at the concourse of Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo Station)
Nada Rokko Hiking
Oct 17 (Sat)
Oct 19 (Mon)
10/19〜10/23
Minato HANABI 2026 – Five Nights Over Kobe
Meriken Park (free area) / Shinko Pier No.1 (ticketed area)
Kobe Port Waterfront Sannomiya
Oct 23 (Fri)
10/23〜10/24
Suidosuji SSS Bar Hop 2026
The Suidosuji area, from the west exit of Hankyu Oji-koen Station to the Suidosuji shopping street
Nada Rokko Gourmet
Oct 29 (Thu)
10/29
Mt. Rokko Architecture Tour 2026
Around the Mt. Rokko summit (meet and finish at the concourse of Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo Station)
Nada Rokko Hiking
10/29
G Arena Night Relay Marathon in KOBE 2026
TOTTEI / GLION ARENA KOBE
Kobe Port Waterfront Sports Activity
Oct 31 (Sat)
10/31
Kobe Renga Art Marche in Nada 2026
South side of the JR Nada Station plaza (Museum Road area)
Free Nada Rokko Culture Art
Nov 5 (Thu)
11/5
Mt. Rokko Architecture Tour 2026
Around the Mt. Rokko summit (meet and finish at the concourse of Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo Station)
Nada Rokko Hiking
Nov 7 (Sat)
11/7
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
Nov 12 (Thu)
11/12
Mt. Rokko Architecture Tour 2026
Around the Mt. Rokko summit (meet and finish at the concourse of Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo Station)
Nada Rokko Hiking
Nov 21 (Sat)
11/21
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
Nov 27 (Fri)
11/27
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Nov 28 (Sat)
11/28
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Nov 29 (Sun)
11/29
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 4 (Fri)
Dec 5 (Sat)
12/5
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
Dec 6 (Sun)
Dec 11 (Fri)
12/11
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 12 (Sat)
12/12
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 13 (Sun)
12/13
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 18 (Fri)
12/18
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 19 (Sat)
12/19
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 20 (Sun)
12/20
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 21 (Mon)
12/21
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 22 (Tue)
12/22
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 23 (Wed)
12/23
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 24 (Thu)
12/24
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 25 (Fri)
12/25
umie Christmas Market 2026
Takahama Quay, Kobe Harborland
Free Harborland Kobe Port Waterfront
Dec 30 (Wed)
12/30
KOBE MUSIC COMMONS 2026
GLION ARENA KOBE (2-1 Shinkocho, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Kobe Port Waterfront Music Jazz
Jan 29 (Fri)
1/29〜2/7
32nd Kobe Luminarie
Meriken Park, Higashi Yuenchi, Former Foreign Settlement
Sannomiya Culture Art
Feb 6 (Sat)
2/6〜5/30
The Great Van Gogh Exhibition II: The Langlois Bridge at Arles
Kobe City Museum
Sannomiya Culture Art
Feb 13 (Sat)
2/13
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
Feb 20 (Sat)
2/20
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
Mar 6 (Sat)
3/6
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
Mar 20 (Sat)
3/20
Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
Free Kobe Port Waterfront Night View
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