Why You Should Visit
An autumn festival at Kita-Kobe Den-en Sports Park (Denspo) in Kita-ku, Kobe. Across the main ballpark and lawn plaza, the day mixes active and browse-around attractions: a baseball clinic by the Hyogo Bravers, goat petting, mini-train rides and a camping-car display. The stage features dance, karate and baton twirling, plus a tug-of-war you can sign up for on the day and a true-or-false quiz. Entry is free, and with handmade soba and food trucks on site, families can easily spend half a day here.
Essentials
- location
- Kita-Kobe Den-en Sports Park
- period
- November 21, 2026 (Sat)
- Time
- 10:00–15:00
- cost
- Free entry (food and goods are paid)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- About a 20-minute walk from Dojo-minamiguchi Station on the Kobe Electric Railway. By car, about 10 minutes from Nishinomiya-kita IC on the Chugoku Expressway (parking ¥500 per visit on the day)
- NOTE
Main attractions
- Baseball clinic by the Hyogo Bravers (base running, speed gun, toss batting and more; participants get a player card)
- Meet the goat mother and kid Tsukimi and Komugi (next to the dog run)
- Camping-car display (lawn plaza)
- Mascot gathering (Shinchan, Habatan, Kitaru-san and others)
- Mini-train rides (Kobe Electric Railway)
- Working-vehicle display (fire, police, Self-Defense Forces and more)
- Blood donation bus (10:00–12:00 / 13:15–16:00)
- Pet disaster preparedness, lemonade stand (charity for childhood cancer)
- Train parts and goods sale (Kobe Electric Railway / Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau)
- Flower seedlings and vegetables, woodwork and produce from local welfare workshops
- Stadium flea market
Activities
- Basketball and soccer, Mölkky, Tarzan rope, kick target, recreational sports
- Two-way radio, handmade telescopes, rescued-dog meet-and-greet
- Goldfish and beetle-larva scooping, target shooting
- Bouncy kids' land, kids' maze
Stage
- Morning, from 10:10: dance, Kobe City Fire Department band, Hata taiko, mascot gathering and more
- Afternoon, from 12:00: Kita Ward tug-of-war (sign-up from 11:30; elementary and under / junior high and over; up to 6 per team; free; participation gifts), dance, karate demonstration, baton twirling
- Around 14:25: true-or-false quiz (free; prizes for the last ones standing)
Food
- Handmade soba, bakery, Japanese sweets, fried chicken and fries, okonomiyaki
- Food trucks (rice-flour taiyaki, crepes, pork-and-egg onigiri, fried chicken, takoyaki, baby castella)
*Goes ahead in light rain
*Program subject to change
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)FAQ
Does it go ahead in the rain?
Can anyone join the tug-of-war?
Is there parking?
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