Nishinomiya
Nishinomiya is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Nishinomiya is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2022, the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218,948 households and a population density of 4,800 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 99.98 square kilometres (38.60 sq mi). Nishinomiya is an important commercial and shipping city in the Kansai region with the third largest population in Hyōgo Prefecture. Nishinomiya is best known as the home of Koshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball championship is held.
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Worth seeing in and around Nishinomiya
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Koshien Stadium
Hanshin Koshien Stadium, commonly referred to as simply Koshien Stadium, is a baseball stadium located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on 1 August 1924 – the name Kōshien comes from said year rendered as the first pairing in the sexagenary cycle system i.e.
2.6 km · baseball park in Nishinomiya, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Takarazuka Revue
The Takarazuka Revue is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan that was formed in 1913. Women play all the roles in Broadway-style productions of musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, shōjo manga, and Japanese folktales.
7.7 km · Japanese all-female theatre troupe · Wikipedia - 03Mount Rokkō
Mount Rokkō is the name of a range of mountains in southeastern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
8.4 km · mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Kwansei Gakuin University
Kwansei Gakuin University, colloquially known as Kangaku, is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 undergraduate and 14 graduate programs.
3.4 km · private university in Hyōgo, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Hirota Shrine
Hirota Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The town's name, "Nishinomiya", means "shrine of the west", and the town is named for Hirota Shrine.
1.7 km · Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Nishinomiya Shrine
Nishinomiya Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. It is the head shrine of the Ebisu sect of Shinto, and it is said that there are about 3,500 shrines under it.
700 m · Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース). Go to Koshien Stadium to see one of Japan's oldest baseball teams. Fans of the Tigers are known to be the most fanatical and dedicated. The stadium itself is the oldest in Japan and is famous for having a grass field, dirt infield, and being visited by Babe Ruth. The summer high school baseball tournament is held here every year.
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Things to do
Hanami. Go to Shukugawa Park (夙川公園) end of March/early April for Nishinomiya's most popular hanami location. There are over 2300 cherry blossom trees along the Shukugawa River that stretches all the way from Hanshin Koroen Station to Hankyu Kurakuen-guchi station. Get off at either of these train stations or Hankyu Shukugawa Station to enjoy the festival. Kidzania.
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Where to eat
Eden (韓国料理エデン),. 3-17 Ueda-Nishimachi (３－１７上田西町). Open 16:00-22:30. A local favorite! This is a small restaurant with a very friendly staff (speaks some English) and delicious, traditional Korean dishes. Vegetarian options available. Take Hanshin Bus from Hanshin Koshien Station bound for either Mukogawa-danchi (武庫川団地) or Naruohama (鳴尾浜) and get off at Ueda-Nishimachi (上田西町).
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Getting to Nishinomiya
- Airports
- Osaka Itami (ITM), 10 km · Kobe (UKB), 16 km · Kansai (KIX), 36 km
- Stations
- Amagasaki Station, 7.2 km · Ashiya Station, 3.2 km · Inadera Station, 8 km · Itami Station, 8.7 km · Daimotsu Station, 8.1 km
- Tokushima → Nishinomiya101 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · ¥1,380–1,880
- Tokoname → Nishinomiya139 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · ¥2,150–2,930
- Takamatsu → Nishinomiya125 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · ¥1,900–2,600
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- Get inThe fastest way to get there is on the Kaijo Access high-speed ferry from Kobe Airport, which runs every 45 minutes (29 minutes, ¥1,850 or ¥1,000 for foreign visitors).
- Get inSeveral ferry services are available to Kobe, including routes from: Takamatsu: Jumbo Ferry, +81 87-811-6688.
- Get inKitakyushu: Hankyu Ferry, +81 78-857-1211.
- Get inShanghai: Miyazaki Car Ferry runs an overnight ferry service from Miyazaki to Kobe.
- Get inTake a bus from Miyazaki station to the ferry terminal.
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Nishinomiya is 7 km from Amagasaki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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