KOBE NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN 2026-2027

About this event

"KOBE NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN 2026-2027" is a one-night-only countdown festival held at Roadside Station Kobe Fruit and Flower Park Ozo in Kita-ku, Kobe, where visitors can welcome the new year while enjoying lights, music, and a drone show. The venue opens at 20:00, and fantastical illuminations will be lit from 21:00 until 2:00 the following morning. Just before the turn of the year, the "COUNTDOWN Drone Show," where drones decorate the night sky enveloped in lights, will take place from 23:50 to 0:10 the next morning. DJ parties will be held starting at 22:00, 23:00, 0:15, and 1:15, and street performances by buskers will also appear throughout the venue. A bubble show featuring fantastical floating bubbles will be held multiple times throughout the night. A food area lined with kitchen cars is also set up, making it appealing to stay up late while enjoying a meal. The event runs until 2:30 the next morning, and dedicated countdown tickets are required on the day. Direct round-trip shuttle buses connecting Sannomiya and the venue are also scheduled to operate.

Venue

Roadside Station Kobe Fruit and Flower Park Ozo (Michi-no-Eki Kobe Fruit and Flower Park Ozo)

2150 Kamiozo, Ozo-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1522