It looks like Hotel Plaza Kobe on Rokko Island is offering special fireworks viewing packages for the Ashiya Summer Carnival, which will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2026〜
Quoted from the press release
Early-bird discounts are also available for reservations made by Sunday, July 12.
Hotel Plaza Kobe’s “Special Ashiya Summer Carnival Fireworks Viewing Packages”
When is it?
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Fireworks show: 19:45–20:30
※These packages are offered in conjunction with the Ashiya Summer Carnival fireworks display.
Where is it?
Quoted from the press release
Hotel Plaza Kobe (on Rokko Island)
Here it is on the map ↓
The address is 2-9-1 Koyocho-naka, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo.
From Uozaki Station on the Hanshin Main Line or Sumiyoshi Station on the JR Kobe Line, transfer to the Rokko Liner and get off at Island Center Station. The hotel is about a three-minute walk from the left side of the ticket gates. By car, it is about three minutes from the Rokko Island Kita exit on the Hanshin Expressway Route 5 Bayshore Line.
The fireworks display will take place at Ashiya City General Park’s Shio-Ashiya Beach (Miratap Park Ashiya). With around 6,000 fireworks lighting up the night sky, it is said to be one of the largest fireworks displays in Hyogo Prefecture.
What do the packages include?
It looks like there are several packages that let you relax and enjoy around 6,000 fireworks from either the Summer Carnival venue or various locations within the hotel.
- Fireworks viewing from reserved viewing seats at the Ashiya Summer Carnival venue with a Kuroge Wagyu BBQ (accommodation package also available; 15% off for reservations made by July 12) 🎆
- Fireworks viewing from the Hotel Plaza Kobe Garden Terrace (the 11th-floor sky garden) with a Kuroge Wagyu BBQ (10% off for reservations made by July 12) 🍖
- An accommodation package with fireworks viewing from a high-floor guest room and a special hotel bento box 🏨
- Fireworks viewing with a full-course dinner at the top-floor French-Italian restaurant “Smiley Neptune” 🍽️
- Fireworks viewing with a Kobe beef teppanyaki dinner at the Japanese-style teppanyaki restaurant “Shioji” 🥩
At the Garden Terrace, you can apparently choose from three areas: premium rooftop seating, seaside wooden-deck seating, or spacious garden seating〜
How much does it cost?
Prices vary by package.
※Early-bird discounts of up to 15% are available for reservations made by Sunday, July 12.
How to book
Make a reservation through the official website or by phone.
Phone: 078-846-5400 (main line)
Official website: https://www.hotelplazakobe.co.jp/fireworks/
For event details, see → here (PR TIMES)
Finally
Whether you watch the Ashiya Summer Carnival fireworks while enjoying a Kuroge Wagyu BBQ or take them in over dinner from one of the hotel’s upper floors, every package sounds like a wonderfully luxurious way to spend a summer evening〜 Ashiya is closer to the action, but watching from a little farther away on Rokko Island might be a nice change of pace.
