If you know this, you can prove you’re a true Nishinomiya expert! It’s time for the “Nishinomiya Quiz.”
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Here’s today’s quiz↓
Q. What was the “Nishinomiya Battery” in Omaehama Park once used for? (Around 1911) 【Nishinomiya Quiz】
a. A glamping spot
b. A Bon Odori dance venue
c. A beer garden
d. A swimming pool
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- a.グランピングする場所4.1%(10票)
- b.盆踊り会場60.6%(149票)
- c.ビアガーデン25.6%(63票)
- d.プール9.8%(24票)
This cannon may be something everyone has seen at least once.
It’s about 12 meters tall and about 17 meters in diameter.
The Nishinomiya Battery is designated as a National Historic Site.
The correct answer is c. A beer garden.
Source: Book “Nishinomiya Then and Now,” p.70
This photo is from a postcard showing a Genpei battle reenactment performed through traditional swimming at Koroen-hama Beach.
The site is decorated with signal flags and crowded with many people; they were probably using the rooftop of the battery as a beer garden.
Is it just speculation? It’s a little hard to say lol, but holding a beer garden back in that era feels pretty stylish, doesn’t it?♪
Here’s what it looks like when you zoom in. It makes me want to color in the beer garden area (^o^)
The idea of turning this place into a beer garden is fun, and it’s surprising that it was allowed.
It’s off-limits now, so it probably won’t ever be used as a beer garden again, but imagining it is pretty exciting😀
Here’s where the Nishinomiya Battery is located↓↓
The address is 1-14 Nishihatoba-cho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
