Why You Should Visit
At Rokko's GREENIA athletic park, the Midsummer Snow Festival returns for the first time in seven years, hauling about 100 tons of snow up the mountain in midsummer. A snow field up to 16 meters square hosts snow play and a treasure hunt, and this year adds a new water-gun shooting game on a snow hill. At around 850m elevation — about 5°C cooler than the city — you can touch snow in the heat of summer. It runs about 18 days, mostly weekends, holidays and the Obon period; snow play and the treasure hunt are included with GREENIA admission.
Schedule
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Essentials
- location
- Rokko Mountain Athletic Park GREENIA
- period
- July 18, 2026 (Sat) - August 30, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 11:00–16:00 (Jul 18 only 10:30–16:00; Aug 13–16 11:00–16:30)
- cost
- GREENIA admission: adults ¥3,000 / students ¥2,500 / elementary ¥2,000 / preschool (4–6) ¥1,500 (free for ages 0–3). Snow-hill shooting game ¥400 per play.
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- From Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo station, take the Rokko Sanjo bus. By car via the Omote-Rokko or Ura-Rokko Driveway.
- NOTE
Open days (18 total)
- Jul 18 (Sat)
- Jul 19, 20, 25, 26
- Aug 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 13–16, 22, 23, 29, 30
Festival highlights
- Snow play on a snow field of about 100 tons
- Treasure hunt in the snow (finds are yours to keep; Fishers cards too)
- Snow-hill water-gun shooting game (new this year)
- Opening day Jul 18: 150 sunflowers and 100 pinwheels; mascots Snoil & Waruil appear
Athletics
- Water course wonder amembo (supervised by Fishers) and 5 areas included with admission
- mecya forest / zip slide cost extra
*Held in light rain; canceled in severe weather.
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 5 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Rokko Mountain Athletic Park GREENIA, and 2 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.
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