Why You Should Visit
An autumn special from 'Hitofuro Ippuku', which runs workshops on resetting mind and body. In the early evening, adults-only rooftop yoga takes place amid drifting soap bubbles on Sorafune Kobe, the rooftop terrace of the Kobe Portopia Hotel's main building, 110 m up. After dark the event moves to Shimin Hiroba plaza for a night bubble show that fills the sky with light and thousands of bubbles. Part of the yoga fee (5,500 yen) funds bubble shows for children staying at Child Chemo House and Ronald McDonald House Kobe. Yoga participants get front-row seats for the show, and children accompanying them are brought to the front row too.
Essentials
- location
- Sorafune Kobe rooftop terrace, Kobe Portopia Hotel / Port Island Shimin Hiroba plaza
- period
- October 12, 2026 (Mon)
- Time
- 16:30–19:00(天空ヨガ 第1部16:30〜/第2部17:30〜、しゃぼん玉ショー18:30〜)
- cost
- Bubble show free to watch (standing area at the back). Rooftop yoga premium ticket 5,500 yen (tax incl., junior high age and up, 15 per session)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- Right by Shimin-Hiroba Station on the Port Liner (about 10 min from Sannomiya). By car, about 5 min from the Kyobashi ramp of Hanshin Expressway Route 3; use the hotel car park.
- TICKETS / REGISTRATION
- Booking required for the rooftop yoga: apply via the link in the organizer's Instagram profile. Children staying at support facilities or hospitals and their families are invited to special seating for the bubble show (reservation via the QR code on the announcement).
- NOTE
Viewing
- The bubble show is free; anyone can watch from the standing area at the back
- Front-row seats are for yoga participants and invited children and families from Child Chemo House, Ronald McDonald House Kobe and Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital
Schedule
- 16:30– Rooftop yoga, session 1 (Sorafune Kobe)
- 17:30– Rooftop yoga, session 2 (Sorafune Kobe)
- 18:30– Bubble show (Shimin Hiroba plaza)
Included in the premium ticket (5,500 yen)
- Special entry to Sorafune Kobe (110 m up, city-wide views)
- Bubble rooftop yoga (adults only)
- Front-row seating for the bubble show; accompanying children also seated at the front
- One welcome drink at Sorafune
- 10% off restaurant voucher
- Part of the fee funds bubble shows for children at Child Chemo House and Ronald McDonald House Kobe
Organizer
- Hitofuro Ippuku (workshops on bath salts, incense, yoga and other ways to reset mind and body)
- Held with the cooperation of the Port Island Reborn Project
* Yoga is adults' time to refresh; the show afterwards is for the whole family
* Partly funded by a Kobe City community contribution grant (FY2026)
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 4 public restrooms within a 8-minute walk of Sorafune Kobe rooftop terrace, Kobe Portopia Hotel / Port Island Shimin Hiroba plaza. The map shows each with its walking time.
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