Kemono Stay (けものステイ！) is a fursuit hotel-stay gathering in Kobe, Japan, run by the volunteer committee behind Kemono Station. Fursuiters book a guest room at the host hotel, change only in their own room, and spend the event days in character with other participants. The organizers aim it at fursuiters who already have some experience.
Kemono Stay 1 (けものステイ！１) runs from Friday, January 29 to Sunday, January 31, 2027. It is the first numbered edition, following a pre-edition in 2026. The venue, the price and the registration start date have not been announced yet. The organizers will post the registration and lodging details on @KemonoStation, and the participation guide will appear on the Kemono Stay page during the sign-up period.
Kemono Stay is a small, rule-driven stay for people who want to spend a weekend in suit with other experienced fursuiters. In the organizers' words, the event provides a place and an occasion to meet, not a hosted service. They ask everyone to treat participants and crew as equals who make the event work together, and they turn away people who expect to be served as paying customers. Because the hotel stay is part of the format, each fursuiter has a private room to change in.
Schedule and programming for 2027 is not published yet.
Not published yet.
The 2027 venue has not been announced, so wait for the organizers' lodging guide before you book travel. The 2026 pre-edition took place at Kobe Fruit Flower Park in Kita-ku, northern Kobe, rather than in the city centre. If you drive, note that the organizers forbid changing into fursuit in the car, in the car park or in the roadside station toilets.
The hotel is the event, so you stay where Kemono Stay takes place. In 2026 that was Kobe Hotel Fruit Flower, inside Kobe Fruit Flower Park; the 2027 hotel has not been named. A fursuiter must book a guest room to take part, and a registration without a room can be cancelled. Only people listed on the hotel guest register may enter the guest floors, so you cannot share a room with someone who is not on the booking. Do not contact the hotel about the event: the organizers handle all arrangements with it and ask participants to send questions to them instead.
Kemono Stay ran its 2026 pre-edition at Kobe Hotel Fruit Flower and Kobe Fruit Flower Park in northern Kobe. No exact dates or attendance figure were published for this pre-edition.
2027
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The same committee runs Kemono Station, a beginner-friendly fursuit event at KIITO Hall in central Kobe. For a larger Japanese furry convention, see JMoF.