Why You Should Visit
Ennichi Hyogo is a hands-on festival that the Ennichi Regional Promotion Association tours around Hyogo Prefecture. The Akashi stop, at Akashi T3 Terrace next to Akashi City Hall, has about 150 booths over two days: kitchen cars, food stalls, handmade goods and workshops, plus plenty for children, including pony rides, a mobile petting zoo, a mobile aquarium touch pool, heavy machinery and carpentry experiences and a dinosaur maze. There is a stage with brass bands, taiko and Awa Odori, and a prize draw with a Nintendo Switch among the prizes. Free entry.
Essentials
- location
- Akashi T3 Terrace
- period
- October 10, 2026 (Sat) - October 11, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- Sat 10 Oct 10:00–17:00; Sun 11 Oct 10:00–16:30
- cost
- Free admission (food, shopping and activities are paid at each booth)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- Train: about 11 minutes on foot from JR Akashi Station, or about 10 minutes from Sanyo Akashi Station / Car: over 1,500 paid parking spaces in total around the venue
- NOTE
What's on at Akashi
- Kitchen cars and food stalls, shopping, handmade goods and workshops
- Kids' fair games, Ennichi Circuit, Ennichi Princess & Prince
- Dinosaur maze and bouncy castles, pony rides, mobile petting zoo, mobile aquarium touch pool, micro pigs and other animals
- Heavy machinery, carpentry and tyre-changing experiences, police vehicle display
- Akashi local industry booth; handmade baked goods and accessories from a disability employment support centre
- Stage: brass band, kids' dance, hula, Tahitian dance, taiko, Awa Odori, singers, street performers and more
Prize draw (both days)
- Special prize Akashi specialties; 1st Nintendo Switch; 2nd ¥10,000 voucher; 3rd ¥5,000 voucher; 4th sweets
- To enter, cut out the "Ennichi lottery" slip from the flyer and take it to the event HQ. Without the newspaper flyer, you can print the one posted on Instagram and social media; the HQ also has a limited number of flyers
- Also rock-paper-scissors and kids' knockout contests
Good to know
- Take your rubbish home or use the bins in front of the stall where you bought it
- The organizer films and photographs the venue for publicity and social media
- The animal corners may change or close depending on the animals' condition and the weather
- Contents may change or be cancelled in severe weather
- Akashi T3 Terrace has a dog run on site
About Akashi
A seaside city facing the Akashi Strait, known for Akashi Park on the castle grounds and a seafood culture of akashiyaki, Akashi octopus and the Uonotana market street. Akashi T3 Terrace sits between Akashi Station and City Hall, so it is easy to combine the festival with a walk around town.
Next Ennichi Hyogo
- Sat 24 – Sun 25 Oct, Kawanishi (Kisera Kawanishi)
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 3 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Akashi T3 Terrace. The map shows each with its walking time.
Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.
FAQ
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