Kobe Festivals & Events

The Japanese people work hard and party even harder and no where are their merry manners more evident than at the various festivals in Japan. At these Japanese festivals, you will find the locals shedding their formal pins and stripes demeanor, tossing out their presentations and their laptops and plunging headlong into the bonhomie. Things are no different at Kobe either and the various Kobe festivals & events bear ample testimony to this fact.

About The Kobe Festivals & Events

The social calendar is teeming with Kobe festivals & events for the Kobe folks need no reason to celebrate. Chinese New Year or the hot springs. Ice or spirituality. Anything and everything under the sun is cause celebre. Take for instance festivals in Kobe like the Arima Hot Springs Irizome Shiki. One of the most renowned of the Kobe festivals, it is the Kobe folks' way of thanking the hot springs for bringing in prosperity to the region and praying for more good luck in the days to come. This is one of those Japanese festivals where you can acquaint yourself with some of the traditional customs and beliefs.

The Japanese people are quite aesthetically inclined and harbor a passion for all things beautiful. It is no wonder they make a beeline for the Rokkosan Ice Festival, one of the most popular Kobe festivals & events that is known all over the world too. This event showcases wondrous ice sculptures done by artists from all around the globe.

The Chinese celebrate their New Year with much pomp back in their own country and also in Kobe. The Nankinmachi Shunsetu Sai (Chinese New Year's) is one of the most popular of the Kobe festivals & events, where a lot of color is thrown for good measure.