From the Meiji era through the early Showa period, the towns and villages in what is now Nishinomiya belonged to a very large district called Muko District, and its district office was actually located in Nishinomiya Town.
A monument commemorating it still remains in Matsubara-cho today.
It’s inside this plaza.
Here it is.
The Muko District Office was first established in Nishinomiya Kurakake-cho (around today’s Honmachi), then later moved here to Matsubara-cho, but was abolished soon afterward.
Apparently, the nearby Kinro Kaikan was also originally a Muko District facility.
Muko District was a huge district that stretched over a wide area from Amagasaki to Takarazuka and Kobe, so it does make you feel proud that one of its central facilities was located in Nishinomiya.
