Why You Should Visit
A two-day Halloween event spread across Rokko Island. Shop and company booths, food trucks, a performance stage and roaming street performers fill the River Mall and Event Plaza, while kids in costume can trick-or-treat at shops around the island and try inflatable play equipment, festival games and craft corners. A costume contest is planned for the 24th and a costume parade for the 25th.
Essentials
- location
- Rokko Island River Mall / Event Plaza
- period
- October 24, 2026 (Sat) - October 25, 2026 (Sun)
- cost
- No admission fee listed (to be announced on the special site)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- Right at Island Center Station on the Rokko Liner. By car, about 5 min from the Rokko Island Kita exit of Hanshin Expressway Route 5 Bayshore (use nearby paid parking)
- TICKETS / REGISTRATION
- No registration needed for booths, Trick or Treat and the stage. The costume contest (Oct 24) and costume parade (Oct 25) require advance registration; details will be announced on the special site to be published later.
- NOTE
Both days
- Booths: shops and companies from the island, food trucks, fresh vegetables
- Trick or Treat: visit shops and facilities around the island and say the magic words for sweets (while supplies last)
- Halloween Bank / Halloween Craft: art corner where you design your own Halloween goods (while supplies last)
- Games & attractions: inflatables and old-style fair stalls
- Street performances: performers roaming the venue
- Performance stage: local dance teams and artists
Sat Oct 24
- Costume contest: advance registration. Prizes for top entries
Sun Oct 25
- Costume parade: advance registration. Gifts for registered participants, first come first served
- Vissel Kobe mascot Movi and the Elecom Kobe Finies Cheerleaders join the parade
※Program as of Sept 7, 2026. Details will be updated on the special site to be published later
※Inquiries: Halloween Festival office (email only) ric-event@newsdust.com
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 3 public restrooms within a 8-minute walk of Rokko Island River Mall / Event Plaza. 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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