Why You Should Visit
A two-day hands-on festival at Kobe's waterfront Meriken Park, built for children but open to everyone. Zones cover job experiences, hands-on AI, culture, sports, and free play, with special booths including an inflatable water slide, a go-kart circuit and pony rides. Food trucks, a stage, a disaster-preparedness zone, a Japanese festival-stall zone and a PET EXPO area fill the park as well. Admission is free; this is the third Kobe edition.
Participating Shops
Shop List & Map
The exhibitor list announced on the official Mirai Fes site, covering food trucks, company booths, the disaster-preparedness zone, festival stalls, PET EXPO, indoor booths and special attractions. Line-ups and days may change without notice.
Essentials
- location
- Meriken Park, Kobe
- period
- September 12, 2026 (Sat) - September 13, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- Sat 9/12: 11:00–20:00
Sun 9/13: 10:00–18:00 - cost
- Free admission (some booths charge for materials or activities)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- 【Train】About 5 min on foot from Minato-Motomachi Station (Subway Kaigan Line); about 12 min from JR/Hanshin Motomachi Station
【Car】No venue parking — use nearby coin parking lots - NOTE
Zones
- Job experiences
- Hands-on AI
- Culture
- Sports
- Play & discovery
- Food trucks
- Disaster preparedness
- Japanese festival stalls
- PET EXPO
- Indoor booths (Kobe Maritime Museum hall)
Special attractions
- Inflatable water slide (both days)
- GOGO Circuit (both days)
- Pony rides (Sep 13 only, Akashi Riding Association)
How the activity booths work
- All activity and special booths take sign-ups on the day; there are no advance reservations
- Entry may be limited when crowded
- Each visit is capped at roughly 30 minutes per time slot
Food trucks (44 planned, 27 on both days)
Myown Myown/TORIKARA STAND/道楽屋/あげジャガ屋/株式会社 松縁 LIHI MAHALO/BBQ PRO SHOP アルフレッド/カフェモンロー/銀だこキッチン/ベビーカステラ専門店 〇菓子/EEDEN/宇佐からあげ 日田焼そば 高田屋/なにわや/WIND Street Foods/池カラ2号車/カステラのきもち/うるすらHOME/kitchen Nall/京風たこ焼き福篭/中井上商店/中津からあげ大吉/タンドリー/Little Lanka/FOOD TRUCK RAINBOW/媽媽菜館六花/株式会社新翔工業/株式会社ユーピー/淡路島玉ねぎ焼きそば/ラパン・ブラン/Next Kitchen/弥栄/株式会社eMカンパニー/中井上商店ひめじ/SPRTAN ROASTERY/BORBOLETa(ボルボレッタ)/株式会社てんかむてき/TOMS BURGER/どりむ家(有限会社ドリーム企画)/殿様の茶室/からあげ鶏太/トライベッカ/Well Cafe/ささやま団子/BAMBYCAFE/株式会社gozofeliz
Stage
Both days feature a children's performance stage and a live-music stage. Kids' hula (Mahalo Hula Room) and kids' cheer dance (NATSUKI Cheer Dance School BRIGHTS) appear, plus talk sessions with special guests on children's futures.
Heat
Meriken Park has little shade and gets hot in September. Organizers take heat-stroke precautions, but tell a nearby staff member if you start feeling unwell.
Can recycling
Empty drink cans are collected at the headquarters tent and all recycling proceeds are donated to the Kodomo Ouen Project.
※Line-ups and days may 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 Meriken Park, 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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