Why You Should Visit
The traveling hands-on theme park "Ennichi" returns to Kobe Meriken Park with some 260 stalls over two days. Beyond kitchen cars, festival food and shopping, kids can ride luxury cars on the "Ennichi Circuit," meet animals at a mobile zoo and aquarium, try a reverse bungee or dinosaur maze, and play classic festival games. Both days feature a non-stop stage — brass bands to K-pop dance and samba — plus a lottery with a Nintendo Switch grand prize.
Programs
Timetable & Map
Essentials
- location
- Kobe Meriken Park
- period
- June 20, 2026 (Sat) - June 21, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- Sat Jun 20: 11:00–19:45 / Sun Jun 21: 11:00–17:30
- cost
- Free admission
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line: Minato Motomachi Stn (Exit 2) approx. 5 min walk
JR / Hanshin: Motomachi Stn (West Exit) approx. 15 min walk
JR: Kobe Stn (South Exit) approx. 15 min walk
Hanshin / Hankyu: Kosoku-Kobe Stn approx. 15 min walk - NOTE
June 20 fireworks cancelled
The Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks (June 20 from 19:30), originally a simultaneous event, has been cancelled due to bad weather from strong winds. The Ennichi itself goes ahead as planned. The organizer says it will be held because everyone is looking forward to it, and asks visitors to come prepared for rain (official Instagram story).
Experiences & attractions
- Ennichi Circuit: ride in a Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes G-Class, Land Cruiser, Lexus and more, plus kids' electric ride-on cars
- Mobile zoo (micro pigs, horse riding) / mobile aquarium with touch pool
- Bouncy castles, dinosaur maze, bubble balls, reverse bungee, giant soap bubbles, Ennichi SL train
- Studio Ennichi Princess & Prince: dress-up with makeup and nails plus a photo album
- "Try-Yaru Kids" job experiences: heavy machinery, tire changing, carpentry, make-up & nails
Kids' festival games
- Target shooting, lottery, medaka fish scooping, ring toss and more
Stalls — about 260 over two days
- Many kitchen cars and festival food stalls
- Handmade goods, workshops, massage and ear-acupressure jewelry
- Kobe local-industry booth (craft beer, chicken wings, confectionery)
- Sales booths by supported-employment workshops
- Hyogo mascot Habatan visits
Garapon lottery (both days)
- Grand prize: Nintendo Switch or a kids' electric ride-on car
- 2nd: princess set / 3rd: ¥10,000 voucher / 4th: ¥5,000 voucher / 5th: sweets
- Cut out the lottery ticket on the flyer and bring it to the event HQ (the flyer also works as a ¥100-off coupon on purchases of ¥500+, once)
- A janken (rock-paper-scissors) tournament with toy prizes too
Stage lineup (overview)
- Jun 20: Solare Wind Ensemble, Nikomama Eisa Club Tensho, Nikoniko Band, Enchanted Theater, Samurai Tate-juku Hiryu, CRAZY CATZ, Jclassy/DiT, Kimiyo Hula Halau, Dance Studio A★'s, D-NEXTWAY DANCE SCHOOL, Yosakoi Takumi, pineapplealohahula
- Jun 21: Hotto Taiko, Kobe Nanko-ren, Kobe Storks Cheer School, URAN / Kie Shibata, Performer RYOUGA, Kobe High School brass band, Sosakushu Ouki, Kobe MORE&MORE, Copains Shinies, Feijão Preto, Kobe Mama TWICE, Uozaki Yuimai
(See the timetable above for times)
Notes
- Take heat precautions: hydrate often and wear a hat
- Public transport recommended; drivers should use nearby paid lots
- Use the public restrooms; take trash home or dispose of it where purchased
* Inquiries: Ennichi Regional Promotion Association, 0794-88-6969 (9:00–17:00, Japanese)
* Stage MC: Tada Toda (comedian). Lineup and times subject to change without notice
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 Kobe Meriken Park, 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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