Welcome to “This Week in Nishinomiya,” where we look back at the Nishinomiya openings, closings, and local topics covered by “Nishitsu (Nishinomiya Tsushin)” this week (1/9–1/15)!
This year, due to the impact of COVID-19, Toka Ebisu had a different atmosphere than usual. Also, Shukugawa froze over, and apparently the Muko River froze too.
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This Week’s Openings, Closings, and Hot Topics by Area
Here are the openings, closings, and local topics Nishitsu covered this week, organized by area.
Just by reading the titles, you can get a digest of what happened around Nishinomiya.
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Nishinomiya Citywide
Yamaguchi, Najio, and Namaze Area
Nothing this week (2nd week)
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Koyoen and Kurakuen Area
Hirota, Taisha, and Uegahara Area
Nigawa and Kotoen Area
Nothing this week
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Mondoyakujin and Hinokuchi Area
Shukugawa and Kurakuenguchi Area
Hanshin Nishinomiya Area
JR Nishinomiya Area
Nothing this week
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Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Area
Koshienguchi Area
Koroen, Hamawaki, and Yogai Area
Nothing this week
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Imazu and Hanshin-Kokudo Area
Koshien and Koshienhama Area
Naruo, Takasu, and Komatsu Area
Nishinomiyahama Area
Nothing this week (2nd week)
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Weekend Nishinomiya Info
Here’s the weekend weather and event information for Nishinomiya.
The weekend should be fine, but watch out for the cold!
Saturday the 16th will be sunny with occasional rain, a 20% chance of precipitation, a high of 15°C, and a low of 5°C.
Sunday the 17th will be cloudy then sunny, with a 10% chance of precipitation, a high of 9°C, and a low of 2°C. There’s quite a temperature difference, so be careful.
Source: Japan Weather Association tenki.jp
Notable Events in Nishinomiya City
Saturday the 16th
January 2021 Regular Puppet Theater Performance Nishinomiya City University Exchange Center, Large Lecture Room (ACTA Nishinomiya East Wing 6F) Separate admission fee required Poster ※Please apply by January 6 (
Sunday the 17th
Nothing in particular
For other events, see Nishinomiya City’s 2020 event information here
Something That Changed on Nishitsu This Week
There was one thing this week.
The Tokiwa-cho Quiz Hit a Nishitsu Record of 70,000 PVs on SmartNews
At Nishitsu, we often post quizzes about Nishinomiya.
Among them, we sometimes make quizzes about town names that are hard to read or tricky to pronounce, and one of them somehow went hugely viral on SmartNews.
It got over 70,000 page views. Overwhelming.
By the way, on the Nishitsu article page itself, it got 1,900 PVs, which is completely normal.
I wondered what was going on, so I looked around inside SmartNews.
And sure enough, difficult kanji reading quizzes were everywhere and really popular.
For example:
悴む
跪く
真摯
漱ぐ
and so on.
Did you find yourself saying things like “sotsumu?” “tsumazuku?” “shingeki?”
Here are the answers ↓
kajikamu
hizamazuku
shinshi
kuchisusugu
Anyway, reading quizzes seem to be a trend on SmartNews.
Thank You for the Tips!!
We’re happy to see more information submissions coming in starting this week!
Please keep sending us tips through the information submission form or via LINE.
