Felissimo, which operates the rooftop deck, observation floors, and the low-rise 1st-floor entrance and ticket counter of Kobe Port Tower, is teaming up with Rights and Brands Co., Ltd., which manages the Moomin license in Japan, to hold "Moomin x Kobe Port Tower — a part of KOBE," an experiential event starting Saturday, October 10, that will bring the world of Moomin to sightseeing spots across Kobe City.
Moomin and friends will appear in designs at spots throughout the city, coloring autumn sightseeing in Kobe with the world of Moomin as the event's opening approaches.
The reservation site for entry tickets to the main venue, Kobe Port Tower, bundled with an exclusive novelty, opened at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 8.
Original event-exclusive ticket design: (left) paper ticket, (center, right) digital tickets (images for illustration only). In addition to the observation floors, the rooftop deck is also included with entry.
Collaboration Ticket Novelty
Everyone who purchases a collaboration ticket receives a set of two mini hook-pin can badges (in different designs) as a gift.
The small, 25mm can badges look cute stacked together. Two badges in different designs are given as a random gift set.
Adult: ¥1,500 (tax included)
Child (elementary to junior high school student): ¥800 (tax included)
Opens 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 8!
Moomin x Kobe Port Tower Project — a part of KOBE
Reserve tickets here: https://feli.jp/s/pr260908/1/
*Reservations open from 6:00 PM on September 8.
Experience the World of Moomin at Kobe Port Tower and the Waterfront
Kobe Port Tower will fly a symbol flag, with Moomin-themed experiential content, photo spots, sales of limited original merchandise, and a collaboration cafe planned for visitors of all ages.
*Images are for illustration only.
Two Limited Collaboration Rooms at Hotel Okura Kobe
Specially designed for this event, foot throws, mirrors, and other touches bring guests into Moomin's gentle world while they take in views of Kobe Port Tower and the port town of Kobe below.
The two room themes are:
- A room inspired by Moomin, the adventurous and curious Moomintroll
- A room inspired by Little My, brave and fiercely independent
One of each room is available, and original stay benefits are included.
Reserve here: https://feli.jp/s/pr260908/2/
*Moomin Room
*Little My Room
Guests receive an original tote bag and acrylic keychain as a stay gift (limited to one per paying guest), featuring a design exclusive to this collaboration — perfect for a stroll around Kobe.
(Photos courtesy of Hotel Okura Kobe)
Plenty of Reasons to Stay Overnight
Collaboration Afternoon Tea
During the event, four venues — Kitano Medium-tei, Kobe Kitano Museum, Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland, and Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel — will each offer a Moomin collaboration afternoon tea with its own concept.
Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland
Collaboration Cafe: Limited Sweets and Food
Restaurant Cafe Terrace Ami Kobe and other participating venues across Kobe City will offer easy-to-enjoy collaboration sweets and limited-menu food. Kobe is known as a city of sweets, so be sure to stop by for a break while strolling around town.
Restaurant Cafe Terrace Ami Kobe
Moomin Flags Color the Motomachi Shopping Street
Flags featuring the event's key visual along with Moomin and friends will be displayed at the Kobe Waterfront's New Seaport Area, Kyobashi Line, and Kyobashi Promenade, as well as along the Motomachi Shopping Street. Moomin and friends will appear throughout the city, lifting the spirits of visitors as they explore.
Kobe Waterfront — New Seaport Area, Kyobashi Line, Kyobashi Promenade
*Display period: Tuesday, October 6 – Monday, November 30, 2026
*Image for illustration only.
Motomachi Shopping Street
Flags will be displayed across roughly 1.2 km, from 1-chome to 6-chome.
*Display period: Monday, October 12 – Saturday, November 14, 2026
*Image for illustration only.
Event Overview
Centered on Kobe Port Tower, which Felissimo operates and produces, this citywide event adds to the appeal of Kobe's autumn tourism season. Through collaborations with sightseeing spots, commercial facilities, hotels, and restaurants, it will bring event-original products and collaboration menus, along with photo spots in each area where visitors can take pictures with Moomin and friends. The varied charms of Kobe's mountains, city streets, and sea resonate with the gentle world of Moomin.
An event logo designed around Moomin and Kobe Port Tower, a symbol of Kobe Port.
Overview
- Period: October 10 (Sat) – November 30 (Mon), 2026
- Participating areas and facilities (unordered, honorifics omitted):
- Main venue: Kobe Port Tower
- Accommodation: Hotel Okura Kobe, Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel
- Cruise & Cafe: boh boh KOBE, THE KOBE CRUISE Concerto
- Dining: Kitano Medium-tei, Kobe Kitano Museum (Kitano Ijinkan), Restaurant Cafe & Bar PORT TERRACE (Kobe Port Tower low-rise 3F/4F), Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland, Restaurant Cafe Terrace Ami Kobe, Le Pain Sohonten
- Retail: AQUARIUM×ART atoa, former Drewell House "Rhine no Yakata" (Kitano Ijinkan), Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Kobe Tabi Nikki Kobe Airport Store
- Event flags and more: Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street, NPO Zeri Japan (tall ship BLUE OCEAN Mirai e), New Seaport (Shinko-cho), Mosaic Big Ferris Wheel, Meriken Park large screen, Kobe Municipal Subway, Shinki Bus Co. (Port Loop)
*Business hours follow each facility.
*Details of each facility's content will be announced at a later date.
*Participating facilities and areas are subject to change.
- Co-organized by: Felissimo Co., Ltd., Rights and Brands Co., Ltd.
- Sponsored by: Digiara Holdings, Sun-Star Stationery, Skater, Taito, T's Factory, Nishiki Chemical, Marushin, Yamaka Shoten, Buggy Port, Nissou Plus (in no particular order)
- Cooperation: Harborland umie, Kobe Waterfront Development Organization
- Support: City of Kobe, Kobe Tourism Bureau
You might just cross paths with Moomin and friends at some of Kobe's most iconic sightseeing spots. ©KOBE TOURISM BUREAU
On October 12 (Mon, public holiday) and 13 (Tue), Kobe Port Tower and the Kobe Maritime Museum will be lit up in the event's theme colors of blue and yellow to mark the occasion. During the event, a Moomin silhouette will appear in the illumination art created with roughly 120,000 LEDs on the Mosaic Big Ferris Wheel — best enjoyed alongside Kobe's night view. ©KOBE TOURISM BUREAU (Photos are for illustrative purposes.)
"Tove and the Moomins: In Search of the Most Treasured" at Kobe City Museum
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the Moomin novels. To commemorate the occasion, the special exhibition "Tove and the Moomins: In Search of the Most Treasured" will be held in cooperation with the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM) in Finland. Tove Jansson (1914–2001), the creator of Moomin, was a multi-talented artist who worked across oil painting, satirical cartoons, comics, picture books, and novels. Around 300 works will be on display, including her early oil paintings, satirical cartoons from before and after World War II, original artwork and sketches from the Moomin novels and comics, and personal belongings, tracing the world of Tove's creativity. The exhibition also explores the appeal of the Moomin series as shaped by her own life.
The venue will feature presentations designed to immerse visitors in the world of Moomin, as well as murals by Tove that are little known in Japan.
Period: October 10 (Sat) – December 13 (Sun), 2026
For more on the exhibition: https://tove-moomins.exhibit.jp/
About Moomin (MOOMIN)
Moomin was created by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Since the first novel was published in 1945, its distinctive world, storytelling, and gentle humor have been loved worldwide through picture books, comics, and animation. The curious Moomintroll, the adventurous novelist Moominpapa, and the warm, loving Moominmama — the stories of their fun adventures with their unique friends remain undimmed more than 80 years later.
More information: https://www.moomin.co.jp/ ©Moomin Characters™
About Kobe Port Tower
Website: https://www.kobe-port-tower.com/
Official X: https://x.com/kobe_porttower
Official Instagram ("Felissimo's Kobe Port Tower Observation Floor"): https://www.instagram.com/kobeporttower_felissimo/
Felissimo serves as the producer overseeing the concept work, direction, and website for Kobe Port Tower, which reopened on April 26, 2024, and operates its five observation floors, the rooftop deck (open to visitors for the first time), the low-rise 1st-floor entrance area, and the shared floors on the low-rise 2nd and 3rd floors. In the year following its renewal (through April 25, 2025), total visitors reached 648,667 — the first time annual visitors topped 600,000 since 685,751 in fiscal 1993, a 210% increase over the 302,731 visitors recorded in fiscal 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic (the tower was temporarily closed from March 3 to 31, 2020). About one year and seven months after the renewal, total visitors surpassed one million on December 4, 2025.
