Kobe Love Port or the Minato Matsuri 2017

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Event, Hyogo Prefecture, July, Kobe City, Kobe Festivals

Jun 27, 2017

Kobe Love Port or the Minato Matsuri 2017

The Kobe Love Port (Minato Matsuri) is an annual festival held on Dainitotte (the 2^nd Pier) east of Meriken Park close to the Port Terminal station on the Portliner. The festival celebrates Marine Day, express gratitude for the blessings of the ocean, and hope for prosperity in the coming year.  This festival has a distinct nautical theme, but in most other ways you will it a standard Japanese festival featuring delicous food and entertainment.  Each year is different, but the festival hosts a dedicated stage where a wide variety of acts from taiko drum displays to bands and “talents” are invited to perform.

You can get there via a free shuttle bus between Sannomiya, Motomachi, and Kobe stations on the JR line and the festival, but the nearest station is actually Port Terminal Station on the Portliner. If you are highly motivated, getting to the festival takes  20 minutes on foot from Sannomiya.

Kobe Love Port・Minato Matsuri 2017

July 16, 17th (Sunday & Monday) 2017, 10:00 to 20:00

Pier No. 4 in the Shinko neighborhood of Kobe
2 Shinko-cho Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken 650-0041 (Google Map)
www.minatomatsuri.jp/page/english
www.facebook.com/kobe.minatomatsuri