Illuminations · Kansai
Kobe Luminarie
神戸ルミナリエ
Italian-designed light sculptures fill central Kobe for ten nights in memory of the 1995 earthquake.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Fri 29 Jan to Sun 07 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Higashi Yuenchi Park, Former Foreign Settlement and Meriken Park
- City
- Kobe
- Prefecture
- Hyogo
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Illuminations
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Kobe Luminarie Organizing Committee has confirmed the 32nd edition for 29 January to 7 February 2027, lit in the evenings across Higashi Yuenchi Park, the Former Foreign Settlement and Meriken Park, where the main viewing area is ticketed. The event began in December 1995 to commemorate the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and has run in late January since 2024.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://www.feel-kobe.jp/kobe_luminarie/eng/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.