Mitsui Shopping Park Marinepia Kobe

Mitsui Shopping Park Marinepia Kobe (三井アウトレットパーク マリンピア神戸) is a waterfront outlet shopping mall in Tarumi Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It sits on reclaimed land on the city's western waterfront and was planned by the City of Kobe under the theme of a place where people, the sea and fish meet. The site covers roughly 18.5 hectares with about 16,600 square meters of store area, and its trade area is estimated at around five million people. Its design concept is a southern European port town. The complex opened in stages from the late 1990s. Seaport Restaurants opened in July 1999, Factory Outlets WEST in October 1999, Factory Outlets EAST in June 2000, Seafood Marche in July 2000, Kobe Fisherina in October 2001, Factory Outlets ANNEX in April 2006 and Factory Outlets Central in March 2009. It was originally known as Marinepia Kobe Porto Bazaar, but on 1 April 2008 it was renamed as part of Mitsui Fudosan's policy of unifying the names of the outlet malls it operates nationwide. The mall is developed by Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and operated and managed by Mitsui Fudosan Retail Management Co., Ltd. It is branded as part of the Mitsui Shopping Park / Mitsui Outlet Park network. The tenant mix centers on factory outlet stores across fashion, sportswear, outdoor gear, footwear, accessories and lifestyle goods, alongside restaurants and food outlets, and it hosts events and campaigns such as running events, stamp rallies and craft beer festivals. The facility closed temporarily from January 2023 for a renewal, and it held a grand reopening on 26 November 2024. The wider Marinepia Kobe area also included the Kobe Municipal Fisheries Experience Learning Center (nicknamed Sakana no Gakko), which closed in March 2023, and Kobe Fisherina, a yacht harbor operated by the City of Kobe and Yamaha Motor that was registered as a sea station and whose mooring facility was used until the end of March 2022. A former Seafood Marche facility run by the Kobe City Fisheries Cooperative Association was later renovated by Mitsui Fudosan and became Factory Outlets ANNEX.

Marinepia Kobe occupies reclaimed waterfront land in Tarumi Ward, Kobe. Land reclamation began on 28 January 1991 and was completed on 21 January 1997. The City of Kobe developed the area around the theme of a place where people, the sea and fish meet, and the site totals about 18.5 hectares with roughly 16,600 square meters of store area. The first facilities opened in the late 1990s. The Kobe Municipal Fisheries Experience Learning Center, nicknamed Sakana no Gakko (School of Fish), opened on 20 March 1998 as an educational institution intended to foster understanding of the fishing industry. Seaport Restaurants opened on 30 July 1999, followed by Factory Outlets WEST on 1 October 1999. Factory Outlets EAST opened on 28 June 2000, and Seafood Marche opened on 28 July 2000. Kobe Fisherina, a yacht harbor operated by the City of Kobe and Yamaha Motor and registered as a sea station under the name Kobe Tarumi Umi no Eki, opened on 1 October 2001; its mooring facility was used until the end of March 2022. Factory Outlets ANNEX opened on 7 April 2006, and Factory Outlets Central opened on 18 March 2009. The complex was originally called Marinepia Kobe Porto Bazaar. On 1 April 2008 it was renamed as part of Mitsui Fudosan's policy of unifying the names of the outlet malls it operates nationwide, becoming Mitsui Shopping Park Marinepia Kobe. The mall is developed by Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and operated and managed by Mitsui Fudosan Retail Management Co., Ltd. Seafood Marche, a facility run by the Kobe City Fisheries Cooperative Association that handled locally caught seafood and included a market and restaurants, was later renovated by Mitsui Fudosan and became Factory Outlets ANNEX. The Kobe Municipal Fisheries Experience Learning Center closed in March 2023. The mall itself closed temporarily from January 2023 for a renewal and held a grand reopening on 26 November 2024.

• 2024

  Grand reopening on 26 November.

• 2023

  The mall closed temporarily from January for renewal; the Fisheries Experience Learning Center closed in March.

• 2022

  Kobe Fisherina mooring facility was used until the end of March.

• 2009

  Factory Outlets Central opened on 18 March.

• 2008

  Renamed from Marinepia Kobe Porto Bazaar to Mitsui Shopping Park Marinepia Kobe on 1 April.

• 2006

  Factory Outlets ANNEX opened on 7 April.

• 2001

  Kobe Fisherina opened on 1 October.

• 2000

  Factory Outlets EAST opened on 28 June; Seafood Marche opened on 28 July.

• 1999

  Seaport Restaurants opened on 30 July; Factory Outlets WEST opened on 1 October.

• 1998

  Kobe Municipal Fisheries Experience Learning Center (Sakana no Gakko) opened on 20 March.

• 1997

  Land reclamation was completed on 21 January.

• 1991

  Land reclamation began on 28 January.

A waterfront outlet mall in Kobe branded under the Mitsui Shopping Park / Mitsui Outlet Park network, themed as a southern European port town and positioned as a leisure shopping destination for a trade area of roughly five million people.

• Factory Outlets WEST

  Outlet zone opened in October 1999.

• Factory Outlets EAST

  Outlet zone opened in June 2000.

• Factory Outlets ANNEX

  Outlet zone opened in April 2006, later occupying the renovated former Seafood Marche facility.

• Factory Outlets Central

  Outlet zone opened in March 2009.

• Seaport Restaurants

  Dining zone opened in July 1999.

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