Why You Should Visit
For two days, the sand at Suma Beach turns into a full-scale sports ground. Nine disciplines are staged side by side — beach volleyball, beach tennis, slackline, beach molkky, beach handball, beach korfball, frescobol, beach athletics and beach YOU.FO — while beach soccer, beach sumo and air badminton are offered at hands-on booths. Entry and the try-out booths are free (a few programmes charge), so you can simply watch the matches or step onto the sand yourself. In 2026 an internationally sanctioned tournament of YOU.FO, a new sport from the Netherlands, is held on the same beach.
Essentials
- location
- Suma Beach, Suma Ward, Kobe
- period
- October 24, 2026 (Sat) - October 25, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 9:00–17:00
- cost
- Admission and the try-out booths are free, with a few paid programmes. Entering the beach YOU.FO tournament costs 15,000 yen for a three-player team, 18,000 yen for four, 20,000 yen for five, or 5,000 yen for an individual entry.
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- The venue is Suma Beach, just across from JR / Sanyo Suma Station on the south side. By car, use the paid car parks around Suma Beach; the organisers have not yet published parking information.
- REGISTRATION
- No advance booking has been announced for watching or trying the sports. To enter the beach YOU.FO tournament, apply through the Japan YOU.FO Association's entry form by 23:59 on Sunday, September 27, 2026. Teams are mixed-gender with three to five players, and at least one man and one woman must be on court at all times. Individual entries are also accepted.
- NOTE
Sports
- Beach volleyball (Japan Volleyball Association)
- Beach tennis (Japan Beach Tennis Federation)
- Slackline (Japan Slackline Federation)
- Beach molkky (Japan Molkky Association)
- Beach handball (Japan Handball Association, Beach Handball Committee)
- Beach korfball (Japan Korfball Association)
- Frescobol (Japan Frescobol Association)
- Beach athletics (Beach Athletics Federation)
- Beach YOU.FO (Japan YOU.FO Association)
Try-out booths
- Beach soccer
- Beach sumo
- Air badminton
- Beach wrestling
- Beach clean-up (Suma Universal Beach Project)
Beach YOU.FO international tournament
- Titled YOU.FO Ring Cross Open in Japan Beach Games SUMA 2026
- Sanctioned by the YOU.FO RingCross World Federation (YRWF)
- Played on the stretch nearer JR Suma Station, marked by the red lighthouse
- Three-a-side, with three to five players registered per team; 8–12 teams expected (20 maximum)
- After the group stage, teams split into a championship bracket and a friendship bracket, with at least four matches per team per day
- The free BEACH YOU.FO EXPERIENCE is open from age six: ring rallies and a strike-out game, three to five minutes per turn
Beach clean-up
- Held on the morning of October 24
* The timetable and collaboration events are still being prepared on the official site
* Details may change without notice
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 4 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Suma Beach, Suma Ward, Kobe, and 1 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
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