Gardens is offering free parking from 4 p.m. on weekdays through July 22.
(Thanks to Kagayaki @ Nishitsu SP for the tip)
Screenshot from the Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens official website
A quick review of Gardens’ parking service
- The first 1 hour is free
- After that, 200 yen per 30 minutes
- Only the annex parking lot offers the first 2 hours free (worth noting!)
This is the annex↓
How many free hours you can get with shopping or the Odekake Card
- Shopping inside the facility
3,000 yen or more → +1 hour free
10,000 yen or more → +2 hours free - TOHO Cinemas Nishinomiya OS
For each movie → +2 hours free - Hankyu Hanshin Odekake Card / App
Weekdays only → +1 hour free
*Excludes weekends, national holidays, and 1/1–1/3
If you have an Odekake Card, right now the first hour is free plus one hour with the Odekake Card, so on weekdays it’s basically free from 2 p.m. And if you shop for 3,000 yen or more, it’s free from 1 p.m. (We mistakenly wrote that it was free from 3 p.m. 🙇♂️ Thank you, Miyumama, for pointing that out!)
How to use the discount (done in 3 steps)
The Hankyu Hanshin Odekake App can only be used at advance payment machines. Please be aware.
- Insert your parking ticket into the payment machine!
First, insert your parking ticket and check the fee. - Scan the card barcode or the app QR code!
The 1 hour free discount will be applied automatically here. - Pay the remaining amount
Don’t forget to have your wallet and phone ready!
*The exit payment machines cannot read the Odekake App QR code.
Finally
If it’s been a while since your last visit to Gardens, it’s easy to forget how much of the parking service is free, so we hope this was a helpful refresher.
*Kagayaki @ Nishitsu SP, thank you for the information!!
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