Osaka Street Piano Festival 2026

Dates & time: October 31, 2026 (Sat) - December 27, 2026 (Sun) Dates and hours vary by venue
Price & booking: Free No booking is needed to play or listen. Each piano's dates and hours are updated on the official site.
Venue & access: 16 venues across Osaka Prefecture plus one satellite (Grand Front Osaka, Keihan Mall, Yomiuri TV HQ, Sakai City Hall and more) Varies by venue. The three Umeda venues (JR Osaka Station, Grand Front Osaka, Whity Umeda) are steps from Osaka/Umeda stations, and Keihan Mall and Keihan City Mall connect directly to Keihan Kyobashi and Temmabashi stations.

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Why You Should Visit

A limited-time festival that puts street pianos anyone can play in shopping malls, stations, hotel terraces and parks across Osaka Prefecture. Billed as one of Japan's largest street piano festivals, it comes to the Kansai region for the first time, running from 31 October to 27 December, with pianos appearing at 16 venues and one satellite site on staggered schedules. The settings vary: a foot piano you play with your feet, the observation lobby on the 21st floor of Sakai City Hall, open-air terraces. The official ambassador, pianist Sumi Wataru, also gives short stage performances at several venues. Good for anyone who wants to play a tune on the way through, or simply listen.

Programs

Timetable & Map

Piano venues

Dates and hours differ by venue

NOTE

Playing rules (from venue notices)

Keihan Mall: about 5–10 minutes per person, taking turns. No singing, playing with other instruments or long practice sessions
hu+g MUSEUM: about 5 minutes each if others are waiting. Closed Wednesdays
Honan Market: up to 10 minutes, no back-to-back sessions. Closed Sundays

Instagram campaign

Follow @osaka_streetpiano and post a photo of a festival piano with #大阪ストピ to enter a prize draw for gifts from the venues. Posts accepted until 23:59 on Sun 27 Dec

*Dates and hours for JR Osaka Station / Osaka Station City (Toki-no-Hiroba Plaza) are still to be announced

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FAQ

Where are the pianos, and until when?

The festival runs from 31 October to 27 December, but each venue has its own dates. Yomiuri TV HQ (to 27 Dec), hu+g MUSEUM (to 26 Dec, closed Wednesdays) and Honan Market (to 26 Dec, closed Sundays) cover almost the whole period, while Daisen Park Japanese Garden has a piano only on 14–15 Nov.

Do I need to book or pay to play?

No booking or fee is needed during each piano's hours. As a guide, Keihan Mall asks for about 5–10 minutes per person, hu+g MUSEUM about 5 minutes when others are waiting, and Honan Market up to 10 minutes per turn.

Where can I hear Sumi Wataru play?

On Sat 31 Oct he opens the festival at Keihan Mall at 11:00 and Yomiuri TV HQ at 13:00. After that he plays two sets a day at Wellbe Minoh (Sun 8 Nov), Hotel Liber Osaka (Sat 14 Nov) and Morinomiya Q's Mall BASE (Sat 21 Nov).