Why You Should Visit
The harvest festival of the Joto district of Tamba-Sasayama, home of the Habe black soybean from which Tamba black beans descend, in its 23rd year in 2026. Black edamame sales and food stalls fill the area around Joto Community Center, with matsutake rice, meat udon, wild boar soup, chestnut puffs, black bean croquettes, Sasayama beef curry and more. The stage features the Sasayama Higashi Junior High School brass band, bands and singers, and there is a first-come bingo game. It goes ahead in rain, except the stage.
Essentials
- location
- Around Joto Community Center (outdoors)
- period
- October 18, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 10:00–15:00
- cost
- No admission fee is listed; produce and food are sold at each booth
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- By car: on National Route 372, near the Joto Shisho-mae intersection
- NOTE
What's on
- Black edamame sales
- Food stalls: matsutake rice, yakisoba, meat udon, wild boar soup, chestnut puffs, black bean croquettes, Sasayama beef curry, black bean bread, black bean natto, warabi-mochi and more
- Stage: Sasayama Higashi Junior High School brass band, bands, singers
- Bingo game (first come first served)
Parking
- Five car parks around the venue, 190 spaces in total
Tamba-Sasayama black edamame
- Harvested mid-ripening from Tamba-guro, the extra-large black soybean used for New Year dishes
- Available for only two to three weeks a year
*Goes ahead in rain; only the stage is cancelled
*No black bean tasting
*Oct 18 overlaps with the Kurooka Kasuga Shrine autumn festival, so the castle town is also busy
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