BEFREA CIRCUS vol.2 2026｜9/23〜9/29 Access & Fees

Why You Should Visit

A seven-day 'next-generation flea market' at Souq Park on the 10th floor of Hankyu Umeda Main Store. The whole venue is staged as a single circus: instead of separate booths per seller, goods are mixed and grouped by theme—tools for living, art and craft, textiles and clothing, food and everyday life. Hand-woven rugs, kintsugi, antiques, folk crafts, blown glass and fermented foods share the same shelves, so it rewards wandering rather than shop-by-shop browsing. 31 makers and shops from across Japan take part, nine of them for the first time. Free entry, and being inside a department store it is unaffected by weather.

Participating Shops

Shop List & Map

Participants from the official site (31 for vol.2). The venue has no separate booths; each seller's goods are mixed by theme.

Essentials

location

Souq Park, 10F Hankyu Umeda Main Store

period

September 23, 2026 (Wed) - September 29, 2026 (Tue)

Time

10:00–20:00（最終日は16:00閉場）

cost

Free admission

Links

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access

About 3 min on foot from Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station, or 5 min from JR Osaka Station (10F, Hankyu Umeda Main Store). By car, use the department store's affiliated car parks.

There are 11 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Souq Park, 10F Hankyu Umeda Main Store, and 4 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.

Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.

NOTE

Participants (31)

Osaka: ORi (hand-woven cotton rugs) / mood (flowers, interior, apparel) / Et cetera / SHIHORI (leather flowers and small goods) / Walls & Bridge (clothing and household tools) / general store Shirafu (objects) / KNOW//MADE (Tuareg silver) / Yoso (products from scrap) / Kintsugi K / Jyuyonsai (apparel) / Dress Narrative (kimono remake) / FOOD ORCHESTRA (food) / chamoto (craft) / pips (Mexican hammock bags) / nora glassworks (blown glass)
Kyoto: MISENOMA (folk craft and antiques) / PINT (leather, iron, hemp)
Nara: TEIBO BOOKS / ARATi (candles) / VANI (silver accessories) / haath (clothes in Indian fabrics)
Hyogo: moja (African folk art) / Ueda Orimono (knotted textiles) / Hakko LabCoo (fermented foods)
Wakayama: MON Chou Chou (Taiwanese folk craft and jewellery)
Shiga: SHIORI MUKAI TEXTILE (block print) / Enmei Land (old objects)
Tokyo: ROUND ROBIN (bamboo craft and furniture) / Pheeta / FROME (leather and rivets)
Kagawa: TALAAT YAI (Thai goods)

Layout

No booths per seller; goods are mixed by theme—tools for living, art and craft, textiles and clothing, food and everyday life
A zine is on sale (also via the official online shop)

* Final day, Sep 29, closes at 16:00

FAQ

Is there a fee or booking?

Free and no booking; just go up to the 10th floor during store hours.

How is it different from a regular flea market?

There are no per-seller booths; items from different makers are mixed by theme, so it suits browsing the shelves rather than looking for a particular shop.

Are the hours the same on the last day?

The final day, Sep 29, closes at 16:00; other days run 10:00–20:00.

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