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Hokkaido Festival in KOBE 2026
画像出典: PR TIMES（FoodFes株式会社）
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9.18 FRI – 9.23 WED

Hokkaido Festival in KOBE 2026

Meriken Park (Hatoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe)

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Dates & time
September 18, 2026 (Fri) - September 23, 2026 (Wed) 10:00–18:00（9/19のみ10:00–20:00）
Price & booking
Free admission (food and goods are paid at each booth). Food and drink are ticket-based. Before queueing at any booth, buy tickets at the operations desk inside the venue (sold in ¥100 units). Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged, but remain valid on any day through September 23. Head to the desk first when you arrive.
Venue & access
Meriken Park (Hatoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe) About 8 min walk from Minatomotomachi Station (Subway Kaigan Line). By car, about 5 min from the Kyobashi exit of Hanshin Expressway Route 3; use the paid car parks nearby.
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There are 5 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Meriken Park (Hatoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe), 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.

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Why You Should Visit

A six-day outdoor food event bringing Hokkaido's seafood, meat and sweets to Meriken Park on the waterfront. Menus come from across Hokkaido — famous names, long-loved local favourites and quiet gems alike. Beyond the food, the organizers are planning set pieces evoking Hokkaido's landscapes and culture, photo spots, and a tourism-information corner, along with a marché, festival game stalls, workshops and stage events. Admission is free, so you can graze your way through six autumn days with the harbour in view.

Programs

Timetable & Map

Participating Shops

Shop List & Map

The 20 vendors listed on the official site. Check menus and prices at each booth on the day.

画像出典: All shop photos are supplied via the organiser FoodFes press release on PR TIMES.

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Planned contents
  • Hokkaido seafood, meat and sweets
  • Menus from famous names, long-loved local favourites and lesser-known gems
  • Marché
  • Festival game stalls
  • Workshops
  • Stage events
  • Set pieces evoking Hokkaido's landscapes and culture
  • Photo spots
  • A corner for Hokkaido tourism information
  • Stage content is to include yosakoi

※It is planned not as a straight produce fair but as an outdoor festival you settle into, combining food, nature and culture.

Vendors (20, per the official site)

Zangi Specialist Oboro, Potato Friend's, Potapota Ichigo, Abashiri Beer, Urakawa Strawberry Factory, Soup Curry Spice&mill, Ikekara, Hokkai-yaki Honpo, Ochobosan, Gyoza no Houei, Snaffle's, Route Nine, Kushiro Tsubugai Honpo, Ramen Sekitoba, Nihon no Wanpaku Kozo, Hokkai Uni-don, Hokkai Kani-don, Hokkaido Potato, Hokumu Jingisukan, Okhotsk Hotate-don

Stage
  • 27 acts over three days, Sept 21–23, from around 11:00 to 16:30 each day (timetable on the official site)

※Open until 20:00 on Saturday Sept 19 only.

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出典: PR TIMES（FoodFes株式会社）

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FAQ

Is there an admission fee?
Admission is free. Food and merchandise are paid for at each booth.
Can I pay directly at the booths?
Booths are paid with tickets bought beforehand at the operations desk, sold in ¥100 units. Leftover tickets can be used on another day of the festival, but are not refunded.
Is the vendor lineup known?
Twenty vendors are listed on the official site — zangi, soup curry, jingisukan, sea urchin / crab / scallop rice bowls, gyoza, strawberry daifuku and cheesecake, Abashiri beer and more. A marché, festival game stalls, workshops and stage events are also planned.
How many days does it run, and until when each day?
Six days, from Friday 18 to Wednesday 23 September, 10:00 to 18:00 — except Saturday 19, when it stays open until 20:00. The run spans the Silver Week holidays.
Is it manageable with children?
Festival game stalls and workshops are planned, and the venue is an open park on the waterfront — easy going with a stroller, and simple to combine with Port Tower and the promenades nearby.

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