- Dates & time
- August 1, 2026 (Sat) 17:00–21:00
- cost
- Free admission (food and goods sold at each stall)
- Venue & access
- ONE HEART BIRTH, north plaza of Kobe Port Tower About a 5-minute walk south from Exit 2 of Minato-Motomachi Station (Kobe Subway Kaigan Line). By car, about 5 minutes from the Kyobashi exit of Hanshin Expressway Route 3, using nearby lots such as Times Meriken Park Parking.
There are 10 car parks within a 12-minute walk of ONE HEART BIRTH, north plaza of Kobe Port Tower, and 3 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
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Why You Should Visit
A seaside spinoff of Futatabi Marche, the market usually held at Futatabi Park up on Mt. Rokko. This time it comes down to ONE HEART BIRTH, the plaza on the north side of Kobe Port Tower, for four evening hours of food trucks, pesticide-free vegetables, and a twilight concert. Together with students from Kobe Shinwa University, visitors join a hands-on mission to shape a Port Tower out of folded paper cranes. Enjoy food, music, and making things in the harbor at dusk, with the Kobe Port weekend fireworks visible from the venue the same night — a nice stop for an August 1 harbor stroll.
NOTE
Stalls & program:
- Barbacoa Kobo 118 (food truck)
- Kusatone / Kusatone Yahashi Farm (pesticide-free vegetables)
- Mini games with Kobe Shinwa University students (souvenir 'Key of Love' gift)
Twilight concert:
18:30 Prelude
19:00 FUKUDA+
19:40 onward Ukulele club
Paper crane workshop:
- Fold a wish-written paper crane in a mission to shape a Port Tower
- Participants receive a 100-yen discount ticket usable at the venue (one per person, single use for marche games, food trucks, goods, etc.)
Same day nearby: the Kobe Port weekend fireworks can be seen from the venue.
* Stalls and program may change without notice.
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