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Nishinomiya
Core city in Kansai, Japan

Nishinomiya

Nishinomiya is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Nishinomiya

Nishinomiya has access to three airports: Kansai International Airport (KIX IATA), Kobe Airport (UKB IATA), and Osaka International Airport (ITM IATA). Despite its name, Osaka International Airport is a domestic airport. There is bus service to and from the airport for ¥700 to Hanshin Koshien (甲子園) Station.

See

Worth seeing

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.

Do

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.

Eat

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).

How locals move

Getting around Nishinomiya the local way

  • 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.
  • Get inThe ferry departs at 19:10 and arrives at Miyazaki at 07:30.

From Wikivoyage: Kobe, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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