Why You Should Visit
A marche held at Mukogawa Danchi in Nishinomiya, the housing estate where a retired Hanshin 'Akadosha' red-bodied train is preserved. Food trucks and local handmade makers gather on the lawn, alongside a petting zoo with miniature horses and sheep, a train-conductor experience, Mölkky and a community stage. This time there is a fitness stamp rally: clear five challenges and children receive original Hanshin Railway goods. Admission is free and it goes ahead rain or shine, with Mercado Mukogawa's Kids Festa and the Takasu flea market running the same day.
Essentials
- location
- Akadosha Plaza and Mercado Mukogawa Triangle Plaza, UR Mukogawa Danchi (Nishinomiya)
- period
- October 25, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 10:00〜16:00
- cost
- Free admission (food and goods from stalls are paid)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- About a 10-minute walk from Mukogawa-Danchi-mae Station on the Hanshin Mukogawa Line.
- TICKETS / REGISTRATION
- No booking needed for entry. Only the train-conductor experience (10:00–13:30, primary-school age and under, 14 groups, free) requires a reservation: call the Mukogawa Danchi management office (Kurashi Tsunagaru Supporter, 0798-49-3534) on Monday 19 October between 13:00 and 15:00. First come, first served until full.
- NOTE
Highlights
- Petting zoo: miniature horses, goats, sheep, rabbits and guinea pigs (last entry 14:30, closes 15:00)
- Fukoku Life Mölkky challenge (free, no booking)
- Poly-bag emergency cooking demo and workshop by Kobe Gakuin University's disaster-preparedness group (numbered tickets)
- Fitness stamp rally with five challenges: pickleball target, giant ring toss, trampoline, slackline and giant soap bubbles (prizes for children only, while stocks last; may change in rain)
- Photo spot in the Akadosha driver's cab and more (14:00–16:00)
- Train gallery with exhibits and a railway simulator
- Capsule fishing game (by Tsudoiba Mannaka)
- Railway Koshien Shop: Hanshin train goods and a Plarail mini diorama
- Food trucks and handmade marche
- Apartment viewing at Mukogawa Danchi (for non-UR residents; ice cream voucher for the first 40 groups)
Stage line-up
- Naruo-Minami Junior High School Brass Band
- SEI & AN live painting
- GB Rainbow Kids Dance
- Sports 21 Wadaiko Takasu
Autumn stamp rally
- Collect four stamps around the venue to join a lottery draw (first 700 people)
Same day
- Mercado Mukogawa Kids Festa (10:00–16:00, Triangle Plaza) with mascots Habatan and Miyatan and former Nadeshiko Japan player Homare Sakaguchi
- Takasu Flea Market (10:00–16:00)
※In severe weather the event may be cancelled or partly changed
※Enquiries: Mercado Mukogawa management office, 0798-43-1296 (weekdays 10:00–16:00)
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 2 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Akadosha Plaza and Mercado Mukogawa Triangle Plaza, UR Mukogawa Danchi (Nishinomiya). The map shows each with its walking time.
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