- Dates & time
- September 19, 2026 (Sat) - September 23, 2026 (Wed) 10:30–16:30
- cost
- 300 yen per go at each stall (park entry free). Ropeway round trip 920 yen adults / 460 yen elementary; observatory 3F cafe entry 200 yen adults / 100 yen children
- Venue & access
- 1F, Rotating Observatory, Sumaura Hilltop Park (Suma-ku, Kobe) Take the ropeway right outside Sumaura-koen Station (Sanyo Electric Railway) up to the park. By car, turn uphill at the Sumaura-koen intersection on Route 2; the municipal Sumaura-koen car park (about 200 spaces, paid) is west of the station rotary
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Why You Should Visit
For five days over the September holidays, the ground floor of the Rotating Observatory at Sumaura Hilltop Park turns into a small Japanese fair with string-pull prizes, ball scooping and cork-gun shooting, each 300 yen a go. Park entry is free; you ride the ropeway up from Sumaura-koen Station and get views over Suma beach and the Akashi Strait on the way. The stalls are indoors, so it runs rain or shine, and there's a table-tennis room (paid) and a free ball pit upstairs for kids.
NOTE
Fair stalls
- Senbon-tsuri (pull a string, win the prize on the end)
- Ball scooping
- Cork-gun shooting
*300 yen per go each
Also in the building
- 2F: table tennis (paid), ball pit (free)
- 1F: jukebox
Hours
- Ropeway 10:00–17:00, Rotating Observatory 10:10–16:40
- The park closes Tuesdays except holidays; Tue Sep 22 is a holiday and the fair is on
*Runs in rain
*Inquiries: 078-731-2520 (10:00–17:00)
出典: 須磨浦山上遊園 公式サイト
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