Hyogo Comprehensive Leather Fair 2026 & 33rd Tatsuno City Leather Festival

About this event

Held in Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture, the "Hyogo Comprehensive Leather Fair & 33rd Tatsuno City Leather Festival" is an event where visitors can experience the allure of leather. At the venue, a leather fashion show featuring natural leather outfits crafted by students of Tatsuno Kita High School will be staged, with children from Tatsuno Elementary, Oyake Elementary, and Ibo Elementary joining to enliven the stage. Tatsuno Tourism Ambassadors will also grace the show wearing garments produced by the Ueda College of Fashion. An immediate sale fair will offer domestic natural leather materials along with leather goods such as shoes, bags, and belts. Visitors can also view exhibitions of winning leathers from the "New Leather Contest," which evaluates leather materials meeting the needs of a new era, as well as a photo exhibition by Yuichi Kamiyoshikawa, recipient of the Child Welfare Cultural Award. Furthermore, guests can enjoy hands-on activities such as animal leather crafting and craft workshops, leather goods repair and remake consultations, student leather artwork exhibitions, exhibitions and sales of Nihon Chemical Shoes, Banshu Ori textiles, and Miki Hardware, camping equipment sales, a gourmet street, street dance performances, and live music. A leather talk show featuring guest Manami Hashimoto is also scheduled. Free shuttle vehicles will run between JR Hon-Tatsuno Station and the venue.

Venue

Tatsuno City Youth Center

Tominaga, Tatsuno-cho, Tatsuno, Hyogo 679-4167